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		<title>Can you spell i-r-o-n-y?</title>
		<link>http://illinoisbankruptcylawyerblog.com/2009/11/12/can-you-spell-i-r-o-n-y/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We would have accepted either C-I-T or A-D-V-A-N-T-A as a correct answer
As reported all over the Web, including this story by CNN, credit card overlord and perennial heavy-handed creditor Advanta filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection a few days ago &#8211; just one week after CIT Group, a top secured lender to small business, did [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=illinoisbankruptcylawyerblog.com&blog=469859&post=748&subd=dcbabk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Only an economist would call this a positive sign!</title>
		<link>http://illinoisbankruptcylawyerblog.com/2009/11/10/only-an-economist-would-call-this-a-positive-sign/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
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In an article that would only make sense to an economist, Bloomberg reported that fewer people this November have mortgages that exceed the value of their homes &#8211; that is, fewer people are &#8220;underwater&#8221; this year than last. That faint flicker of hope is supposed to mean that overall the housing market is stabilizing. 
In [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=illinoisbankruptcylawyerblog.com&blog=469859&post=739&subd=dcbabk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Q+A: Are 401(K) Loans Secured Debts?</title>
		<link>http://illinoisbankruptcylawyerblog.com/2009/11/09/qa-are-401k-loans-secured-debts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mhedayat</dc:creator>
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Q: I took a loan from my 401(K) retirement account. Is that 401(k) loan a secured debt?
A: A secured debt is one backed by collateral. Typical examples include a home mortgage or vehicle loan. But in its decision in In re Egebjerg, 2009 WL 2357706 the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that 401(k) loans [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=illinoisbankruptcylawyerblog.com&blog=469859&post=674&subd=dcbabk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Q+A: Potential Embezzlement</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
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Q: I am a limited partner. I suspect that the general partner converted funds belonging to the limited partnership. How do I sue on behalf of other limited partners?
A: A general partner is a fiduciary to limited partners, much as a director is to shareholders in a corporation. This means that the gp account for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=illinoisbankruptcylawyerblog.com&blog=469859&post=659&subd=dcbabk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Trustee v. Griffin</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
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In re Griffin Trading Company, Inc., 98 B 41742
Leroy G. Inskeep, Trustee v. Farrel and Roger Griffin, 01 A 00007
Opinion: In an Adversary case stemming from the Chapter 7 bankruptcy of a futures broker, judgement for Trustee is reversed due to lack of sufficient causation following remand from the District Court.
Opinion Issued October 30, 2009
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