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  2. History of bankruptcy law in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The 1986 Act applies to cases filed since November 26, 1986. The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994 is effective as to cases filed on or after October 22, 1994. The reform act and the case law interpreting its provisions have a great impact upon the mortgage banking industry and the servicers of mortgage loans.

  3. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel - Wikipedia

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    In 1994, Congress enacted the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994, which included an amendment of 28 U.S.C. § 158 (the statute governing appeals in bankruptcy cases) to require all circuits to establish a BAP unless the judicial council of a circuit found that (1) there were insufficient judicial resources in the circuit to do so, or (2) the ...

  4. Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act

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    The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA) made changes to American bankruptcy laws, affecting both consumer and business bankruptcies. Many of the bill's provisions were explicitly designed by the bill's Congressional sponsors to make it "more difficult for people to file for bankruptcy."

  5. Student loans: Bipartisan bankruptcy reform bill proposes ...

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    Jason Iuliano, associate professor of law at the University of Utah and an expert on student loan bankruptcy law, told Yahoo Finance that the bill's 10-year waiting period was noteworthy.

  6. Bankruptcy Act - Wikipedia

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    The Bankruptcy Act 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 119) The Bankruptcy Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 134) The act 25 & 26 Vict. c. 99 is sometimes called the Bankruptcy Amendment Act 1862 [10] The Bankruptcy Amendment Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 104) popularly called Moffatt's Act [11] The Bankruptcy Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 71)

  7. Banks, investors hope for lighter regulations after Fed's ...

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    Bank stocks rose Monday on the prospect of more lenient oversight after the Federal Reserve’s top supervisory official stepped down to avoid a potentially thorny legal battle with President ...

  8. $50 billion of student debt could be entitled to automatic ...

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    The report by the Student Borrower Protection Center is the first estimate of how much private student loan debt may be dischargeable in bankruptcy.

  9. Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 - Wikipedia

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    The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–598, 92 Stat. 2549, November 6, 1978) is a United States Act of Congress regulating bankruptcy. The current Bankruptcy Code was enacted in 1978 by § 101 of the Act which generally became effective on October 1, 1979.