That’s how one leading bankruptcy lawyer described the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s new power to take over and liquidate nonbank companies whose failure would jeopardize the financial system.
Intended as a “third way” between bankruptcy and bailout, the FDIC’s expanded authority is part of the 2,300-page Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act signed into law on July 21.
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