Consumer advocates won a victory with the passage of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009. (Credit Card Act). The Credit Card Act bans certain pricing practices that were confusing to credit card users. Ironically, the seeds of this legislative victory may...

Greece is at a decisive moment. It has to choose between defaulting and an economic program of structural reforms, privatization, efficient tax collection, and shrinking of the public sector. Unilateral suspension of debt payments would be an economic catastrophe for Greeks, resulting in deep...

Over the last thirty years, our bankruptcy laws have seen a series of amendments designed to enhance and solidify select creditors' entitlements in bankruptcy cases. The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (“BAPCPA”) dramatically furthers this trend. A number of...