Loan Modification

Bondi: The IRS, UBS, and Swiss Bank Secrecy Law
Bradley J. Bondi (SEC) has published Don?t Tread on Me: Has the United States Government?s Quest for Customer Records from UBS Sounded the Death Knell for Swiss Bank Secrecy Laws?, 30 Nw...

Bondi: The IRS, UBS, and Swiss Bank Secrecy Law
Bradley J. Bondi (SEC) has posted Don?t Tread on Me: Has the United States Government?s Quest for Customer Records from UBS Sounded the Death Knell for Swiss Bank Secrecy Laws?, 30 Nw...

Bank lobbyists make very direct quid pro quo argument
Bank lobbyists are really laying it out there. The New York Times reported over the weekend that lobbyists presented their case against an amendment that could reduce debit card fees, the existence of which increase the price of pretty much everything you and I purchase, by threatening to withhold campaign contributions...

Federal Bank Act, Regs Preempt State Par Value Statute
A three-judge panel of the Eleventh Circuit ruled last week in Baptista v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. that Office of the Comptroller of the Currency regulations promulgated under the National Bank Act preempted Florida's "par value" statute...

Barbies are Not Entirely Blank Screens
Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards claim that “Barbie didn’t so much influence us as … she was a blank screen on which to project what what happening in our heads”  (Manifesta, p...

WHAT THE WORLD HAS BEEN WAITING FOR: Lady Gaga Barbie. I still prefer SpongeBob Barbie.
WHAT THE WORLD HAS BEEN WAITING FOR: Lady Gaga Barbie. I still prefer SpongeBob Barbie.

Power of Attorney and Living Wills for the aged
Options for caring for aging parents

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Grandparents Visitation Rights
Every state lets elderly grandparents petition to visit grandchildren

Living Wills and Powers of Attorney
Laws effecting the elderly

Pre-paid Leagal Services
What are Prepaid Legal Benefit Plans

Chevy Chase Bank
lawsuit claims the bank is in violation of the Truth in Lending Act

Bank Transaction
City Bank president Mike Liner agrees to pay $25,000 fine for assisting in a cash deposit.

Chemical Companies
alleging danger to people living near the plants.

Bank Scandal
Swiss bank pays Parmalat $30 million bankruptcy settlement.

John Vermillion and Associates LLC et al.
allegedly misrepresented themselves as qualified financial advisers to sell living trusts and exploit senior citizens.

Department of Education Fraud
$4.25 million settlement to be paid in whistleblower lawsuit.