Loan Modification

Credit Default Swaps: Regulation Du Jour
Credit Default Swaps: Regulation Du Jour In testimony last week before the Senate Banking Committee, SEC Chairman Cox pointed out the enormous regulatory black hole in which credit default swaps have come of age since pretty much the dawn of...

CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS AND INSURANCE ISSUES UNDER DUTCH CARIBBEAN LAW
Are credit default swaps insurance products? The National Ordinance on the supervision of the Insurance Business (?NOSI?) does not contain a definition of ?insurance agreement?. Under Netherlands Antilles law the definition contained in article 315 of the Netherlands Antilles Commercial Code is usually used, which informally translated reads as follows: “Insurance is an agreement whereby an insurer [...

Tax Treatment of Credit Default Swaps
Ari Joshua Brandes (Georgetown) has posted Toward a New Framework and a Better Understanding of Credit Default Swaps on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Derivative contracts with contingent payments have been the subject of a great deal of financial commentary...

Credit Default Swaps
This article does a good job of explaining the nature and dangers of credit default swaps.

Credit Default Swaps -- and other issues relating to the Subprime Mortgage Collapse Explained
Yesterday, NPR interviewed Law Professor Michael Greenberger, who provided an explanation of the complex derivatives, such as credit default swaps, which are not transparent and, as a result, create a "shadow" economic impact which we still can't fully evaluate...

Who can you believe
On Oct. 6, bizjournals noted:And on Friday, Sept. 26, a ?silent run? began on Wachovia?s deposits, as borrowers drew down on lines of credit and depositors removed funds from their accounts, the suit states...

Truth In Lending Act
Consumer Loans and Consumer Credit Protection Act

Bankruptcy Law
A complete prime (pre-2005)

Collection Agencies and Creditors
How to deal and stop the harassment

Federal Adoption Tax Credit
Financial Incentive for Adoptive Parents

TransUnion
Class action credit practices suit offers free credit monitoring services for millions.

Wells Fargo Faces Potential Class Action Over Home Equity Credit Lines
Wells Fargo Faces Potential Class Action over Home Equity Credit Lines

Citibank
Will Repay $14 Million to Credit Card Customers

LOWE's
Faces Class Action for Credit Card Violations

Chase Bank
Faces Class Action over Credit Card Rates

JP Morgan Chase & Co
Faces Lawsuit Over Hikes in Credit Card Interest Rate