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Movie Gallery Emerges from Bankruptcy
Protection
Movie Gallery Inc. said yesterday that it had concluded its chapter 11
restructuring and successfully emerged from bankruptcy protection… Read
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Commentary: The Risks of Rescuing Borrowers
Some industry experts warn that the government's housing plan to help
distressed homeowners refinance costly loans is riskier than disclosed
and that if home prices continue to decline for years, taxpayers could
be on the hook for billions, according to a New York Times
commentary today… Read
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Automakers Balk at Federal-Mogul Injunction Bid
A group of claimants led
by DaimlerChrysler Corp., Volkswagen of America Inc. and Ford Motor Co.
is seeking to stop the asbestos personal injury trust created by
Federal-Mogul Corp.'s reorganization plan… Read More
Plastech Seeks Bankruptcy Court Approval for Sale
Bankrupt auto parts
supplier Plastech Engineered Products Inc. is seeking court approval to
sell its businesses and said that it is in talks to sell its interiors
unit to Johnson Controls Inc… Read More
Government Extends Its Power in Student
Lending
With scores of lenders unable to come up with money to provide student
loans, the Department of Education is preparing to exercise broad new
powers in the coming weeks that could fundamentally recast how millions
of students pay for college… Read
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15th Annual Central
States Bankruptcy Workshop
June 12-15, 2008
Traverse City, Michigan
15th Annual Northeast
Bankruptcy Workshop & Consumer Forum
July 10-13, 2008
Brewster, MA
13th Annual Southeast
Bankruptcy Workshop
July 16-19, 2008
Amelia Island, Florida
4th Annual Mid-Atlantic
Bankruptcy Workshop
July 31-August 2, 2008
Cambridge, Maryland
16th Annual Southwest
Bankruptcy Conference
September 4-6, 2008
Las Vegas, Nevada
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110th Congress
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).
S.
2753, To protect consumers, and especially young consumers, from
skyrocketing credit card debt, unfair credit card practices, and
deceptive credit offers.
H.R.
5579, To remove an impediment to troubled debt restructuring on the
part of holders of residential mortgage loans, and for other
purposes.
H.R.
5138, To amend title 11 of the United States Code to provide
protection for medical debt homeowners, to restore bankruptcy
protections for individuals experiencing economic distress as caregivers
to ill or disabled family members, and to exempt from means testing
debtors whose financial problems were caused by serious medical
problems.
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