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Alabama County Prepares for
Bankruptcy
Jefferson County, Ala., officials told their lawyers to prepare a
bankruptcy filing if the county can't reach an agreement with creditors
over how to escape from $3 billion of bonds with soaring interest
rates... Read More
FHA Raises Its Premiums to Insure Repayment of
Mortgages
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the U.S. agency rapidly
shouldering more of the risk on home loans, raised the premiums it
charges for insuring that mortgages will be repaid... Read
More
Thornburg
Mortgage Continues to Struggle
Jumbo home loan specialist Thornburg Mortgage Inc. said that
its survival remained in doubt following additional margin calls, but it
is on track to complete a restructuring and avoid collapse... Read More
FDIC Weighs Tapping Treasury as Funds Run Low
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) Chairman Sheila Bair said
yesterday that her agency might have to borrow money from the Treasury
Department to see it through an expected wave of bank failures... Read
More
New Credit Hurdle Looms for Banks
U.S. and European banks, already burdened by losses and concerns about
their financial health, face a new challenge of paying off hundreds of
billions of dollars of debt coming due... Read
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16th Annual Southwest
Bankruptcy Conference
September 4-6, 2008
Las Vegas, Nevada
Complex Financial
Restructuring Program
September 4-5, 2008
Las Vegas, Nevada
Bankruptcy 2008: Views
from the Bench
September 12, 2008
Washington, D.C.
28th Annual Midwestern
Bankruptcy Institute & Consumer Forum
Kansas City, Missouri
October 3, 2008
Chicago Consumer
Bankruptcy Conference
Chicago, Illinois
October 13, 2008
International Insolvency
Symposium
Frankfurt, Germany
October 31, 2008
Detroit Consumer
Bankruptcy Conference
Troy, Michigan
November 11, 2008
Winter Leadership
Conference
Tucson, Arizona
December 4-6, 2008
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110th Congress
S.
3287, To amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish a national
usury rate for consumer credit transactions.
S.
3259, To amend title 11, United States Code, with respect to the
priority of certain high cost credit debts.
P.L.
110-262, To designate the United States bankruptcy courthouse
located at 271 Cadman Plaza East in Brooklyn, New -ork, as the `Conrad
B. Duberstein United States Bankruptcy Courthouse'
H.R.
3010, To amend chapter 1 of title 9 of United States Code with
respect to arbitration.
H.R.
4044, To amend the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer
Protection Act of 2005 to exempt from the means test in bankruptcy
cases, for a limited period, qualifying reserve-component members who,
after September 11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform a
homeland defense activity for not less than 60 days.
H.R.
5830, To create a voluntary FHA program that provides mortgage
refinancing assistance to allow families to stay in their homes, protect
neighborhoods, and help stabilize the housing market.
H.R.
5679, To amend the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to
require mortgagees for mortgages in default to engage in reasonable loss
mitigation activities.
H.R.
3221, A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other
purposes. (Senate housing stimulus package).
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