http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-sanantonio.com/blog San Antonio Bankruptcy Lawyers & Attorneys Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:12:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Satisfy Your Credit Counseling Requirement Before Filing Bankruptcy 1 Before Filing http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-sanantonio.com/blog/?p=87 1 After Filing Personal Financial Management Instruction http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-sanantonio.com/blog/?p=86 In re Melillo, 385 B.R. 476, 481-82 (Bankr. D. Mass. 2008) (Hillman) (Failure to object to balloon payment of arrearages is not consent to treatment that is inconsistent with § 1325(a)(5)(B)(iii)(l). "I cannot infer a secured creditor's consent to treatment which is expressly prohibited by the Bankruptcy Code from a ... http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-sanantonio.com/blog/?p=85 FirstFed Financial Corp. filed for chapter 11 protection less than a month after its banking unit was shut down by federal regulators, Reuters reported yesterday. The company listed assets of $4.8 million and liabilities of $159.7 million in court papers filed on Wednesday. OneWest Bank, formerly failed mortgage lender IndyMac, ... http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-sanantonio.com/blog/?p=84 House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said that he plans to propose legislation today that could force bond-rating companies to take a more positive stance toward state and municipal bonds, the Wall Street Journal reported today. The $2.5 trillion municipal-bond market is currently rated on a risk scale ... http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-sanantonio.com/blog/?p=83 Continental Airlines said yesterday that it had abandoned merger talks with United Airlines and was planning to remain an independent carrier, a blow to lengthy efforts by United to find a merger partner, the New York Times reported today. Continental’s move was a stunning development for United’s parent, UAL, which ... http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-sanantonio.com/blog/?p=82 Last year's landmark labor deals and the weak dollar are breathing new life into U.S. auto plants, leading Detroit's auto makers to plan sizable exports of U.S.-made vehicles to markets around the world, the Wall Street Journal reported today. General Motors Corp. is looking to export U.S.-made vehicles to Europe ... http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-sanantonio.com/blog/?p=81 The Enron Creditors Recovery Corp. said yesterday that it had distributed $1.03 billion to holders of general unsecured claims and allowed guaranty claims, Bankruptcy Law360 reported yesterday. The distribution included $980,600,000 in cash; $37. 4 million in Portland General Electric Company common stock and $9 million in interest, dividends and ... http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-sanantonio.com/blog/?p=80 U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers said that it had filed a lawsuit today to reclaim $352 million from Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp in the wake of a finance scam, Reuters reported. The loans in question were made last year to finance a revamp of hospitals and lease medical equipment ... http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-sanantonio.com/blog/?p=79 Southern Building Products Inc., Florida's largest maker of roof and floor trusses, has filed for chapter 11, the latest victim of a slowdown in the U.S. housing market, the Associated Press reported yesterday. The company said that its sales revenue fell from a high of $33 million in 2005 to ... http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-sanantonio.com/blog/?p=78