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Fannie, Freddie to Suspend Foreclosures During Holidays
Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will suspend foreclosure sales and evictions on certain properties until after the holiday season, as they prepare to implement a previously announced loan-modification program… Read More

Crisis Hits Values of Commercial Mortgages
Fears about rising default rates and declining property values are spreading to the commercial real estate market, hammering the value of bonds backed by loans made to office buildings, shopping centers and apartment complexes… Read More

Congress Postpones Stimulus Plan to '09
Lawmakers postponed work on a sweeping stimulus package until the new Congress and administration can take over next year… Read More

Analysts: Auto Failure Could Add Fuel to Credit Crisis
Some analysts are saying that the possibility of allowing one of the nation's automakers to fail would deepen the nation's credit crisis… Read More

Pennsylvania Governor Promises Bankruptcy Exit Help for Boscov's
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) is offering $35 million in state-guaranteed federal loans to help regional department store chain Boscov's exit bankruptcy… Read More

Judicial Law Clerk Institute at Pepperdine NEW!

ABI Bookstore: Cross-border Insolvency Cases NEW!

ABI Resident Scholar Prof. Jack Williams' Appearance on CNN to Discuss Potential GM Bankruptcy NEW!

ABI Bookstore: Thorny Issues in Consumer Bankruptcy Cases NEW!

2009 Marketing & Media Kit

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Recordings of the 2008 Southwest and Mid-Atlantic CLE Programs Online

Summary of 110th Congress Hearings and Other Activity UPDATED!

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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


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. View all Legislative News