http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-indianapolis.com/blog Indianapolis Bankruptcy Lawyers and Attorneys Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:49:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Satisfy Your Credit Counseling Requirement Before Filing Bankruptcy 1beforefiling.com http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-indianapolis.com/blog/?p=123 1 After Filing Personal Financial Management Instruction http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-indianapolis.com/blog/?p=122 Wachovia Dealer Servs. v. Jones (In re Jones), 530 F.3d 1284, 1290-91 (10th Cir. 2008) (Henry, Tacha, Lucero) (The conditions for confirmation in § 1325(a) are mandatory, but a secured creditor's silence can be acceptance of an otherwise unconfirmable plan. "[T]he conditions set forth in § 1325(a) are requirements the debtor ... http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-indianapolis.com/blog/?p=121 Modern Continental Construction Co., the largest contractor in Boston's $15 billion "Big Dig" road and tunnel construction project, filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday, one business day after it was charged with liability in the project's 2006 collapse, Reuters reported. Modern Continental said that it faced debts of $500 million to ... http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-indianapolis.com/blog/?p=120 Financial services firm Fremont General Corp. said Wednesday night that  it filed for bankruptcy protection as part of its plan to sell its retail banking assets to CapitalSource Inc., the Associated Press reported yesterday. The bankruptcy filing was necessary to allow CapitalSource, a commercial lender, to complete the purchase of ... http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-indianapolis.com/blog/?p=119 General Motors Corp. CFO Ray Young said that the company is open to raising additional financing to weather the auto industry's current downturn, the Wall Street Journal reported today. Young said that the Detroit-based auto maker remains confident in its liquidity for 2008, but that GM's North American operations are ... http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-indianapolis.com/blog/?p=118 Bankrupt auto parts maker Dura Automotive continues to edge closer to emerging from bankruptcy, most recently filing an amended chapter 11 plan that lowers the value of the company from $600 million to $495 million, Bankruptcy Law360 reported on Friday. The biggest change made by the new plan is the ... http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-indianapolis.com/blog/?p=117 The Federal Reserve and the Federal Trade Commission proposed new rules yesterday that would require lenders to tell consumers when they are being offered less favorable terms based on poorer credit scores, Reuters reported. The rules would require a "risk-based pricing" notice to consumers when they receive more expensive credit ... http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-indianapolis.com/blog/?p=116 Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said U.S. financial markets are emerging from the credit crunch and that "the worst is likely to be behind us," marking possibly the most optimistic comments yet from the Bush administration on the financial crisis, the Wall Street Journal reported today. Paulson's comments reflect Treasury's view ... http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-indianapolis.com/blog/?p=115 As fraud against seniors rose nearly 40 percent last year, according to the North American Securities Administrators Assn., Congress recently introduced legislation that aims to curtail bogus credentials used to snare elderly clients, the Los Angeles Times reported yesterday. The Senior Investor Protection bill would provide funding for states to ... http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-indianapolis.com/blog/?p=114