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High-Profile Bankruptcies

Allmand Law Firm
January 12, 2009 High-Profile Bankruptcies

Citigroup Backs Loan Modification In Bankruptcy

Citigroup is banking proposed legislation that would allow homeowners to modify their mortgage loans during bankruptcy. According to the Center for Responsible Lending, the proposed legislation allowing mortgage loan modification in bankruptcy could help...

Allmand Law Firm
December 23, 2008 High-Profile Bankruptcies

Bank Executives Get Biggest Bailout

According to an article in the Dallas Morning News, nearly bankrupt banks who received the multi-billion dollar taxpayer funded bailout rewarded their top executives with nearly $1.6 billion in salaries, bonuses and other benefits...

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December 19, 2008 High-Profile Bankruptcies

Automaker Bailout Approved!

According to CNN , the federal government announced a $13.4 billion bailout for automakers General Motors and Chrysler. "Allowing the U.S. auto industry to collapse is not a responsible course of action," President Bush...

Allmand Law Firm
December 17, 2008 High-Profile Bankruptcies

Dallas-based Automotive Dealership Chimes In On Potential Automaker Bailout

An article on MSNBC asked some probing questions about the viability of an automaker bailout and the ramifications of an automaker bankruptcy. Greg Chaney, Manager of Chacon Autos, the Dallas-based owner of eight automotive...

Allmand Law Firm
December 3, 2008 High-Profile Bankruptcies

$200 Billion Bail Out Should Come With Strings Attached

The federal government's $200 billion bail out for big bankers should come with strings attached that protect the ordinary consumer from predatory lending practices. USA Today did a two-part investigative series on how credit...

Allmand Law Firm
December 1, 2008 High-Profile Bankruptcies

Bankruptcy For General Motors Good or Bad For Employees

According to the Dallas Daily News, Jody Grant, the recently retired chairman of the Dallas-based Texas Capital Bancshares Inc. says that General Motors Corp shouldn't get a "no questions asked" $25 billion bailout. "You...

Allmand Law Firm
November 19, 2008 High-Profile Bankruptcies

Harold Norman Going Bankrupt

After sixty years in business, Harold's Stores, Inc. filed for bankruptcy last Friday. Harold's which has been a household name for generations of Dallas-Fort Worth residents, opened its first Dallas area store in 1977;...