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Pension Dumping: The Reasons, the Wreckage, the Stakes for Wall Street

Fran Hawthorne

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Pensions! 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 9 people found this review helpful.

This is a great book! You need to read it whether you're already retired, thinking about retirement, or retiring in the far future. Lots of important info for all.

Editorial Review:

Pension plans in America no longer represent commitments that financially troubled companies will honor. Neither bankruptcy courts, nor Washington, nor unions have the clout to make them do so. The disposition of these plans is instead left to serve the needs of big investors. Often these investors are a company's best hope of restructuring after bankruptcy. Investors want a lean investment unburdened with financial promises to employees no longer on the payroll. Despite laws passed to discourage the termination of plans, the courts allow it, caving in to the forces garnered to reinvigorate a failing company. Unions are often compelled to choose between the financial welfare of retirees and jobs for active workers.

This book explains in shocking detail how terminating the pension plan became a knee-jerk strategy for bankrupt companies that hope to attract big investors to help them reorganize.

Bankruptcy Code, Rules and Official Forms, June 2008 Law School Edition

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This statutory supplement can be used with any law school bankruptcy casebook. The 2008 edition includes the current Bankruptcy Code and related provisions of titles 18 and 28 of the United States Code; including court rules and the current bankruptcy court fee schedule; the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure and Interim Amendments; the Official Forms; related uniform laws; and federal tax lien statutes Internal Revenue Code.

Bankruptcy for Businesses: Benefits, Pitfalls and Alternatives (Entrepreneur Legal Guides)

Lei Lei Wang Ekvall, Evan D. Smiley

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Take Advantage of Bankruptcy Protection

If your business is in financial distress and you're considering bankruptcy, ensure you make the right decision with this expert advice from two experienced bankruptcy attorneys. Get the tools you need to determine if bankruptcy is the right move for you. Alternatives and valuable prevention strategies are covered in detail. It's a complete do-it-yourself guide to filing for bankruptcy under the most recent bankruptcy laws.

Wang Ekvall and Smiley cover:

• Nonbankruptcy alternatives that can save your business
• How to determine whether your business is salvageable
• What to expect during your bankruptcy case
• Maximizing the protections and benefits of bankruptcy
• Restructuring your finances
• Liquidating the assets of a business in an orderly manner

Give your business the best possible chance of survival-or cease operations with minimal difficulty-with this professional counseling.

Valuable forms include:

• Voluntary Petition
• Notice of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case
• Statement of Financial Affairs
• List of Creditors Holding 20 Largest Unsecured Claims
• Declaration on Behalf of a Corporation or Partnership
• Declaration Concerning Debtor's Schedules
• Summons to Debtor in Involuntary Case
• Order for Relief in Involuntary Case
• Acceptance or Rejection of Plan, Combined with Notice Thereof
• Class Ballot for Accepting or Rejecting Plan of Reorganization
• And more

And schedules for:

• Real Property
• Personal Property
• Property Claimed as Exempt
• Creditors Holding Secured and Unsecured Claims
• Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases
• Co-debtors

  For 30 years, Entrepreneur has provided the most trusted business advice available to business owners. Our legal guides continue that tradition by offering current and cost-effective legal advice so you can resolve the business and legal issues you face on a daily basis. We also strive to help you identify when it's in your best interest to seek the personalized advice and services of a practicing lawyer.

Basic Bankruptcy Law for Paralegals

David L. Buchbinder

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Excellent as a textbook 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

I use this book in teaching a Bankruptcy class to California paralegal students. It is an excellent introduction to the bankruptcy system, and includes discussions of both consumer and business bankruptcies (with a definite emphasis on the consumer side). I expecially appreciate the thorough treatment of the BAPA (laws that changed in October 2005).

Good Book - 4 out of 5 stars.
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This is a good book for paralegals. If you will be dealing with business bankrupties also read: Chapter 11 Business Reorganizations: For Business Leaders, Accountants And Lawyers

Personal Bankruptcy for Dummies

James P. Caher, John M. Caher

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The number of new personal bankruptcies filed each year continue to increase. And there is no relief in sight. Bankruptcy is never a painless or easy decision, but with a little know-how, you can get through this process with a minimum of headache, heartache, and indigestion. With a clear focus towards the future, you can then begin to get your finances—and your life—back in order.

If you’re considering bankruptcy, are currently in the process of filing for bankruptcy, or on the brink of bankruptcy and looking for a way to get through debt, Personal Bankruptcy For Dummies can help you make the best decisions about your financial future.

Personal Bankruptcy For Dummies is a nuts-and-bolts toolbox, which covers both Chap7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy. Written by two seasoned experts on bankruptcy law, this easy-to-follow guide walks you through the bankruptcy process and explains how to rebuild your credit after filing for bankruptcy. Straightforward answers and re liable advice can help you sort out all of your possibilities, with a clear understanding of what you have to gain and what’s to lose. This carefully written guidebook will show you how to:

• Consider alternatives to bankruptcy
• Decide which type of bankruptcy is right for you
• Prevent further financial damage before filing for bankruptcy
• Defend yourself from bill collectors and the IRS
• Save your home and other important assets
• Wipe out credit card debt
• Use bankruptcy to deal with tax debts
• Repair your credit and stay out of financial trouble

Filled with expert tips and tactics for navigating the world of bankruptcy, Personal Bankruptcy For Dummies gives you the ammunition and information you need to intelligently and confidently choose your own best path and get back on your feet again.

The Bankruptcy Solution: How to Eliminate Debt and Rebuild Your Life

Peggy Palms

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For many people, the word bankruptcy carries negative connotations. Yet, if you are one of the millions of Americans who is facing massive credit card debt, stagnant income, or sudden unemployment, bankruptcy may be the best answer to putting your finances on the road to repair.

Often viewed as a disaster, bankruptcy is, in fact, a rescuer. Unlike other books on this topic, which take a dry, mechanical approach, The Bankruptcy Solution helps you get past the shame around debt and make the law your ally when you are faced with financial hardships.

The Bankruptcy Solution shows you how you can: ·Prepare for filing bankruptcy
·Deal with collection agencies
·Understand which debts you should pay off first
·Repair your credit after bankruptcy
·Find the right attorney

You’ll also learn about the laws that can affect—and often help—you if you file for bankruptcy:

·Bankruptcy Reform Act
·Fair Credit Reporting Act
·Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

Written in an approachable style by expert bankruptcy attorney Peggy Palms, The Bankruptcy Solution gives sound advice on whether or not bankruptcy is the right choice for you—and helps you get through this stressful process with your head held high and your sanity intact.

Too Big to Fail: The Hazards of Bank Bailouts

Gary H. Stern, Ron J. Feldman

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The potential failure of a large bank presents vexing questions for policy-makers. It poses significant risks to other financial institutions; to the financial system as a whole; and possibly to the economic and social order. Because of such fears; policymakers in many countries - developed and less developed, democratic and autocratic - respond by protecting bank creditors from all or some of the losses they otherwise would face. Failing banks are labeled "too big to fail" (or TBTF). This book examines the issues surrounding TBTF, explaining why it is a problem and discussing ways of dealing with it more effectively. Gary Stern and Ron Feldman, officers with the Federal Reserve, warn that not enough has been done to reduce creditors' expectations of TBTF protection. Many of the existing pledges and policies meant to convince creditors that they will bear market loses when large banks fail are not credible, resulting in significant net costs to the economy. The authors recommend that policymakers enact a series of reforms to reduce expectations of bailouts when large banks fail.

Bankruptcy Law: Principles, Policies, And Practice

Charles J. Tabb, Ralph Brubaker

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Law School Legends Bankruptcy (Law School Legends)

David Epstein

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Excellent Intro and Exam Prep 5 out of 5 stars.
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This review is excellent. Epstein's approach in this Bankruptcy review is to teach the essentials to write a good final exam.

I drive a lot. That's when and why I use these CD's. I listen to them in the beginning of the semester to get the "lay of the land" for the course. Then I listen to them again in the middle of the semester to keep perspective about where we've been and where we're going. Finally, I listen to them a third time at the end of the semester, when everything is review. I have found this to be an EXCELLENT strategy to supplement all of my reading+writing review. This is a constructive use of my driving time, and well worth the expense.

Editorial Review:

This set of CDs includes a 4 hour lecture on Bankruptcy and a 14 page handout.

For the Law School Legends Audio Series, we found the truly gifted law school professors most law students can only dream about - the professors who draw rave reviews not only for their scholarship, but for their ability to make the law easy to understand. We asked these select few professors to condense their courses into a single lecture. And it’s these lectures you’ll find in the Law School Legends Audio Series. With Law School Legends, you’ll get a brilliant law professor explaining an entire subject to you in one simple, dynamic lecture.

Bankruptcy Investing - How to Profit From Distressed Companies

Ben Branch, Hugh Ray

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Very poor content and presentation 1 out of 5 stars.
11 of 13 people found this review helpful.

I was really disappointed with this book, particularly given that it was written by seasoned bankruptcy experts. The book is very skinny on content - it spends about 30 pages on bankruptcy law and its procedures, a few on case studies that are superficial/poorly written and several on bond analysis, and standard research tools that are well-known to a person with basic financial knowledge, ie the sort of people who would be interested in something relatively exotic as Bankruptcy Investing. The few useful pages that there are are marred by poor writing, and a complete absence of analytical frameworks that stay with the reader.

Bankruptcy is a complex topic and there is a need for a book of the sort Branch and Ray have attempted. However, this is most certainly not that book.

Absolutely Terrific Introduction into Bankruptcy Investing 5 out of 5 stars.
9 of 9 people found this review helpful.

Great introduction and overview of the world of distressed and bankruptcy investing. The authors managed to synthesize a very complicated subject into an easy-to-read and understandible book. Of course no one book can cover the entire subject in detail, but this one comes amazingly close. Highly recommended.

Editorial Review:

This topical and easily understood handbook explains how bankruptcy can affect a corporation and its capital structure and how investors can profit from the corporate bankruptcy process.