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Fund Investors Sue Countrywide over Loan
Modifications
Hedge fund Greenwich Financial Services yesterday sued Countrywide
Financial Corp., demanding that Countrywide compensate holders of some
securities backed by mortgages if the lender changes the terms of the
loans… Read More
Governors Press Congress for Stimulus Package
The nation's governors urged Congress to pass an economic-stimulus
package for states, warning that their collective budget shortfall could
rise to $140 billion by mid-2010… Read More
Economic Signs Point to Long, Deep U.S. Recession
The U.S. economy entered
a recession one year ago, a group of the nation's leading economists
said yesterday, and new evidence that the downturn will be deep and
prolonged sent the stock market plummeting… Read
More
Fed Signals More Action to Combat Economic Slump
Federal Reserve Chairman
Ben Bernanke laid out new steps the Fed might take to lift the economy
after economists revealed that the nation has been in recession for a
year… Read More
Bailout Monitor Sees Lack of a Coherent Plan
Prof. Elizabeth
Warren, the head of a new congressional panel set up to monitor
the federal bailout, says that the government still does not seem to
have a coherent strategy for easing the financial crisis, despite the
billions it has already spent in that effort… Read More
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Winter Leadership
Conference
Tucson, Arizona
December 4-6, 2008
Northeast Consumer Winter
Forum
Boston, Massachusetts
January 19, 2009
Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy
Conference
Denver, Colorado
January 22-23, 2009
Atlanta Consumer
Bankruptcy Skills Training
Atlanta, Georgia
January 28, 2009
Caribbean Insolvency
Symposium
Grand Cayman
February 5-7, 2009
Valcon '09
Las Vegas, Nevada
February 25-27, 2009
Bankruptcy Battleground West
Conference
Beverly Hills, California
March 13, 2009
Annual
Spring Meeting
National Harbor, Maryland
April 1-4, 2009
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110th Congress
S.
3690, the "Homeowner Assistance and Taxpayer Protection
Act."
P.L.
110-343, the "Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of
2008."
H.R.
5244, the "Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of
2008."
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.
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