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Bloomberg BNA
March 31, 2018
“This Sugar Policy Modernization Act is nothing more than a 'sugar farmer bankruptcy bill,'” he said. “Sugar farmers rely on USDA loans, the same as the corn, wheat, and soybean guys, who also benefit from government support.” Try Environment & Energy Report. Story Also Available On. Related Products.
Agri-Pulse
March 22, 2018
They are lobbying for legislation we call the Sugar Farmer Bankruptcy Bill. This bill would limit sugar farmers' access to the farm policy tools available to other crops. And it would force the USDA to oversupply the U.S. market with subsidized foreign sugar. On Tuesday, nearly 60 banks and Certified PublicÃâà...
Pacific Standard
March 7, 2018
A 2005 bankruptcy bill made the problem worse. In the name of preventing people from cheating their lenders, the bill heaped new requirements on debtors and their lawyers. The scope of such abuses was questionable, but the burdens of the new requirements drove up attorney fees nationwide by aboutÃâà...
The State Journal-Register
March 6, 2018
“I also filed a bankruptcy bill, because this is a tool cities need,” she said. “I'm going to sell it around the state.” She advocates a constitutional amendment to allow changes in state and local government pensions, which the state Supreme Court said cannot be diminished or impaired, regardless of thoseÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
March 5, 2018
A 2005 bankruptcy bill made the problem worse. In the name of preventing people from cheating their lenders, the bill heaped new requirements on debtors and their lawyers. The scope of such abuses was questionable, but the burdens of the new requirements drove up attorney fees nationwide by aboutÃâà...
Law.com
December 6, 2017
Caesars' Final Big Law Bankruptcy Bill Tops $160M. Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., one of America's biggest gaming companies, will pay more than $160 million to a half-dozen Am Law 100 firms for their services during its nearly three-year stay in Chapter 11 that concluded in October.
KMAland
October 30, 2017
(Washington)--Senator Chuck Grassley's bipartisan Family Farmer Bankruptcy Clarification Act of 2017 was signed into law by President Trump last night. Grassley reintroduced this legislation to correct a 2012 Supreme Court ruling that made it harder for family farmers to reorganize their finances whenÃâà...
Bloomberg BNA
July 20, 2017
... when the repeal of Title II of Dodd-Frank is added to the discussion, he said. Including the bankruptcy bill as an amendment to the spending legislation greatly increases the likelihood that the Senate will consider the measure, especially since it doesn't contain the Title II repeal controversy, Hessler said.
