Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed nine housing bills into law this week. One in particular, Senate Bill 94, consumer advocacy groups are calling a clear victory for […]

New York financier J. Michael Cline set out to build a billion-dollar empire in the realm of consumer-debt disputes. His firm would stand at the center […]

New data suggest that foreclosures are rising in more expensive housing markets. About 30% of foreclosures in June involved homes in the top third of local […]

In another promising sign of economic recovery, the torrid pace of personal and business bankruptcies slowed during the third quarter. In the first quarterly decline since […]

A crucial issue for a closely held business that wishes to buy out one of its principal ownwrs is whether it will have the funds to […]

Unless the partners have entered into a written agreement that provides otherwise, dissolution of the partnership will result from (1) a partner’s death (Corp. Code Section […]

Bureaucratic bungling, red tape and political gridlock don’t come cheap — especially when they get in the way of paying California’s bills. The state has shelled […]

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. today proposed that banks prepay tens of billions of dollars in fees to bolster its insurance fund that has been depleted […]

What is it with these banks that are so quick to hit you with a fee for spending more than you have in your checking account […]

Investors swamped California with orders in its first debt sale since resolving its budget crisis, allowing the state to sell $8.8 billion in short-term notes, the […]