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3 Nov 2016, 5:54 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
More distressing, homeownership disparities are not a function of education. [read post]
30 Oct 2016, 2:43 pm by Kevin LaCroix
  Discussion As Alison Frankel noted in her Reuters article, the Court’s reading of the champerty statute and its conclusion that the transaction at issue was champertous certainly “sounds ominous” for litigation funders and distressed debt investors. [read post]
20 Oct 2016, 7:10 am by John L. Culhane, Jr.
The report describes various problems allegedly experienced by borrowers when making rehabilitation payments to debt collectors, such as retroactive invalidation of payments, and when a loan is transferred from a debt collector to a servicer, such as a lack of clear communication. [read post]
17 Oct 2016, 4:26 pm by Kevin LaCroix
  The fact is that the occasions in which an insurer might offer terms only with a creditor exclusion is when the prospective policyholder is financially distressed. [read post]
6 Oct 2016, 9:30 pm by Justin Daniel
” The Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released the “living wills” of five major U.S. banks—plans that are required of banks with more than $50 billion in assets under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and that “must describe the company’s strategy for rapid and orderly resolution in the event of material financial distress or failure of the company. [read post]
5 Oct 2016, 7:10 am by Cathy Moran
Bankruptcy enables retirement savings One of the most distressing fact patterns for me is the person who insists on paying minimum payments on credit card debt and has nothing left to save for retirement. [read post]
30 Sep 2016, 6:09 am
Empirical Evidence Posted by Erik Gilje, The Wharton School, on Sunday, September 25, 2016 Tags: Agency costs, Bank debt, Bankruptcy, Behavioral finance, Debt-equity ratio, Decision making, Distressed companies, Incentives, Leverage, Risk, Risk-taking Beyond Dirks: Gratuitous Tipping and Insider Trading Posted by Donna M. [read post]
25 Sep 2016, 5:48 pm
To prevent needless financial distress, be proactive by speaking with a knowledgeable Kane County divorce attorney, who can assist you in this area. [read post]
25 Sep 2016, 6:00 am
How does corporate investment risk-taking change when a firm has high leverage or approaches distress? [read post]
11 Sep 2016, 4:49 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
To identify the effect of distress on risk-taking, I use a natural experiment with exogenous changes to leverage. [read post]
5 Sep 2016, 4:05 am by SHG
Too often, the inability to pay pushes the young person deeper into the juvenile justice system and exacerbates the family’s economic distress. [read post]
1 Sep 2016, 5:43 pm by Dan Kirkpatrick and Harry Cole
Supposedly wrapping up 2006, 2010 and 2014 reviews, FCC leaves most media ownership restrictions in place, adds some new burdens As we have observed more than once (here and here, for example), the FCC’s quadrennial media ownership review process is Sisyphean in nature: even before the Commission can complete one review, the next begins, and previously completed reviews return thanks to court remands. [read post]
31 Aug 2016, 12:22 am
That document "reaffirms" your debt on the contract, excluding it from the discharge—the legal write-off—of your debts. [read post]
25 Aug 2016, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Even if Trump’s supporters began the campaign by basking in his purported sympathy for their economic distress, what they are mostly hearing now is an increasingly blatant acknowledgement that he only truly cares about discriminating against people who are not white Christians.Note that I did not say “white Christian Americans,” because it turns out that Trump is willing to stand with white Christians in other countries even when their bigotry conflicts with the economic… [read post]
23 Aug 2016, 10:37 am
A credit extension is defined as “the right to defer a payment of debt, or to incur debt and defer its payment, offered or granted primarily for personal, family or household purposes. [read post]
23 Aug 2016, 9:30 am by Todd Murray
Under the FDCPA, a successful claim gets you: * Up to $1,000 in statutory damages (even if you’ve suffered no monetary loss); * Provable actual damages (including for emotional distress); * Your attorney fees and court costs must be paid by the collector Most consumer lawyers, including me, handle FDCPA lawsuits on a contingency fee. [read post]
23 Aug 2016, 5:00 am by Melissa Jacoby
Here is the brief abstract: When a financially distressed city files for bankruptcy, recovery for civil rights violations is at risk. [read post]
23 Aug 2016, 5:00 am by Todd Murray
The FDCPA only applies to “debt collectors” collecting “consumer debts” The FDCPA only covers a debt collector that is collecting a debt for someone else. [read post]