Atlanta William Anderson, BBA Finance Michael C. Bagley, Action Capital Corporation Bowen K. Flowers, Phoenix Management Services LLC Jeff Gladstein, Turnaround Atlanta LLC Robert W. Kirsch, Stroudwater Associates California - Northern Tim King, Hitachi Ltd. Paul A. Mann, EY California - Southern...

Donald Trump emerged victorious in the most dramatic and polarizing presidential election of our lifetimes. The first 100 days of the new administration have come and gone, and Trump remains nearly as divisive as he was on the campaign trail. He continues to tweet his way to controversy after...

Prognosticating about the economic impact of Donald Trump’s presidency is a task fraught with uncertainty and challenge. Is he truly committed to achieving his promised effects? Can he “Make America Great Again” by bringing manufacturing jobs back to America, protecting Social Security, and...

Restructuring professionals welcome change in the economic order of things. Failed managements’ reactions to change provides increased turnaround opportunities. Companies are forced to adjust to structural change and need professional advice in doing so. With the new U.S. president threatening to...

Supported by government funding of some $135 billion in student loans and grants each year, for-profit and not-for-profit colleges are big business. More than 13 million students receive loans and grants to help cover the costs of tuition, room and board, books, and living expenses. It is still the...

Most politicians and business executives favor U.S. corporate tax reform as a long overdue undertaking to improve American competitiveness. Now that such an opportunity appears possible, however, there is considerable disagreement over how exactly to accomplish this objective. It’s not that “the...

Since 2007 coal consumption in the United States has declined 29 percent, 1 and the cost per ton of thermal coal has declined from $140 to as low as $40 in 2016. Peabody Energy, Arch Coal, and Alpha Natural Resource, the top coal producers in the United States, have all filed for Chapter 11...

Heston Is New Bankruptcy Judge in Western District of Washington Mary Jo Heston , a member of the TMA Northwest Chapter for more than 20 years, was recently sworn in as a judge for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Washington . Chief Judge Ricardo S. Martinez of the U.S...

Alabama Matthew M. Cahill, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC Arizona Nathaniel Curtis, Navigant Consulting Inc. Ry J. Neri Atlanta Michael Bouhadana, The Keystone Group Andrew Graziano, Synovus Financial Corp. Jay Harrison, Ellucian Mark M. Maloney, King & Spalding LLP Dennis...

An important decision related to the trading of bank loans was issued recently by New York State’s highest court. To the relief of the loan trading market, the decision reaffirms market practice surrounding the formation of binding obligations to close a trade. In Stonehill Capital Management et al...