House GOP Bankruptcy Legislation Stalled

AP Online;  January 28, 2004 ;     619 words ......force Democrats to accept GOP bankruptcy legislation that keeps protections for abortion...if Democrats don't accept the bankruptcy legislation without the abortion provision...Democrats say combining the overall bankruptcy legislation with the help for farmers won...blame for the ...

Republic of debtors: Bankruptcy in the age of American independence

American Bankruptcy Institute Journal;  April 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...With Republic of Debtors, Bruce H. Mann, a professor of law and...how America's unique view of debt and debtors emerged during the late 18th century...turns the spotlight on life in America's debtors' prisons. At the dawn of the 18th century...

Thai Debt-Restructuring Agency Puts Seven Debtors into Receivership.

Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  September 9, 2002 ;     371 words ......Management Corporation is putting seven debtors into receivership for failing to sign...the TAMC. The TAMC is adamant that the debtors, who owe a total of 700 million baht...Bankruptcy Court. Earlier, the agency asked 10 debtors to sign debt restructuring agreements...

Debtors urged to amend concepts, NATION

The Nation (Thailand);  June 29, 1998 ;     700+ words ...The Nation (Thailand) 06-29-1998 DEBTORS and creditors should understand that their...Watanagase stressed that both creditors and debtors should ensure that the debt-restructuring...corporate taxes of institutions and their debtors who agreed to restructure their debts...

Prospect for bankruptcy legislation.(FINANCE)

The Kiplinger Letter;  June 21, 2002 ;     61 words ...At long last, bankruptcy legislation is about to clear Congress. In the next few weeks, most likely...making it easier to collect debts... changes will force more debtors into Chapter 13 repayment plans. They'll no longer be able to...

Republic of Debtors: Bankruptcy in the Age of American Independence

Business History Review;  July 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Republic of Debtors: Bankruptcy in the Age of American Independence...abuse, are decidedly not. Republic of Debtors is a beautifully written and thoroughly...Whether a society forgives its failed debtors, and how much forgiveness they can expect...

Senate begins debate on bankruptcy legislation

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  March 1, 2005 ;     229 words ......aides said. The White House said it supported the bankruptcy legislation. "These commonsense reforms to the nation's bankruptcy...discouraging class- action lawsuits. Making the case for the bankruptcy legislation, Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., said in the Senate chamber Monday that ...

Abuse or protection? "Opportunistic" debtors appear to have little to fear...

Regulation;  September 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......the conflicting objectives of helping debtors in financial distress and promoting credit...protecting creditors. Bankruptcy law provides debtors with consumption insurance by discharging...ability to pay falters. This increases debtors' minimum consumption levels by allowing...

Can Third World debtors climb out of the hole?

U.S. News & World Report;  January 20, 1986 ;     700+ words ...* Restive debtors are sending out fresh warnings that the...International Monetary Fund, Latin American debtors, meeting last month in Uruguay, called...the hole than a year ago, the largest debtors--Brazil, Mexico and Argentina, which together...

Means testing of Chapter 13 debtors is constitutional

Lawyers USA;  June 9, 2008 ;     342 words ......of regional means testing to Chapter 13 debtors didn't violate the Constitution's requirement...require a bankruptcy court to means test debtors to determine the availability of funds...protection. At the time of their filing, the debtors had an annualized income of $84,976, an...

Republic of Debtors: Bankruptcy in the Age of American Independence.(Book...

Canadian Journal of History;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Republic of Debtors: Bankruptcy in the Age of American Independence...Samuel Moody of Maine the laws governing debtors were simple: they were God's laws. In...rather than a moral problem. In Republic of Debtors, Brute H. Mann tells the story of these...

Bankruptcy legislation update

The Secured Lender;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......to hammer out a final version of bankruptcy legislation that had been previously approved...throughout the fall, putting the bankruptcy legislation, and most other legislation unrelated...issues. If it becomes clear that the bankruptcy legislation has stalled, an effort may be ...

Creditors may require debtors to pay up after bankruptcy

THE JOURNAL RECORD;  June 13, 2002 ;     700+ words ......generally bankruptcy courts will allow debtors to reaffirm debts incurred before filing bankruptcy. Oftentimes, debtors will have several outstanding loans...filing a Chapter 7 bankruptcy case, the debtors attempted to reaffirm their home mortgage...

JUDGES SAY THEY LAUNCHED REFORMS FOR DEBTORS' ISSUES

The Boston Globe;  August 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......yesterday about proposed changes to the way debtors are treated in small-claims courts was...address "issues" in the courts' treatment of debtors raised in a Globe Spotlight Team series...judges and clerks, new efforts to make debtors aware of their rights, and possible legislation...

Bankruptcy law, an economic medicine: how Russia's new bankruptcy...

Cornell International Law Journal;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......main features of Russia's current bankruptcy legislation. Section II illustrates how the...and Formative Years of Russia's Bankruptcy Legislation A. Development of Russia's Bankruptcy...Communist regime, Russia lacked bankruptcy legislation.(6) During the period of political...