Last year many states and municipalities across our country as well as the elected officials who led them celebrated our nation’s low unemployment, increasing tax revenue and the zenith moments of ...

A Florida community development district’s Chapter 9 promised to be a test case for seeking protection from creditors without getting the governor’s consent first. Processing Content That test won’t ...

I have practiced bankruptcy law for 40 years. Last year, I represented Westfall Twp. when it filed the first municipal bankruptcy case — what is known as Chapter 9 — in Pennsylvania. I have been asked ...

On December 5, 2013, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan released its 143 page decision upholding the City of Detroit’s eligibility to be a debtor under chapter 9 of the ...

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Catherine Peek McEwen will hold a hearing Friday to hear arguments on a motion to terminate the Clearwater Cay CDD’s bankruptcy case, which was filed in Tampa on June 4. The ...

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