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Claims Trading From The Inside Out: Ninth Circuit BAP Holds That A Non-Insider Claimant’s Vote On A Plan Is Not Discounted Merely Because The Claimant Purchased Its Claim From An Insider
By Michael M. Lauter In an unpublished decision in In re The Village at Lakeridge, LLC, BAP Nos. NV-12-1456 and NV-12-1474 (B.A.P. 9th Cir. Apr. 5, 2013), the United States…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
Will I Lose My Security Clearance if I File Bankruptcy?
By Bryan Fears
Many federal employees ask, “Will I lose my security clearance if I file bankruptcy?” The unsatisfying answer is, “It depends.” The federal government makes security clearance determinations on a case-by-case…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Skeel & Jackson on Dynamic Resolution of Large Financial Institutions
Dynamic Resolution of Large Financial Institutions, by David A. Skeel Jr., University of Pennsylvania Law School; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), and Thomas H. Jackson, University of Rochester, was recently posted…
Georgia Bankruptcy Blog
Judge Diehl In ND Georgia Allows Lien Stripping In Chapter 7, Follows McNeal
By Scott Riddle
In In re Malone, Ch. 7 Case No. 12-61289, 2013 Bankr. LEXIS 1282 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. March 28, 2013) (click here for .pdf), the Debtor filed a Motion to Determine Status…
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Official Bankruptcy Forms Revised To Reflect April 1, 2013 Dollar Amount Adjustments
As discussed in an earlier post called "Going Up: Bankruptcy Dollar Amounts Will Increase On April 1, 2013," various dollar amounts in the Bankruptcy Code and related statutory provisions were increased…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Fordham’s Securities Moot Court Needs Judges March 22-24
Each spring, Fordham University School of Law hosts the Irving R. Kaufman Memorial Securities Law Moot Court Competition. This year’s Kaufman Competition will take place on March 22-24, 2013. The…
Louisiana Law Blog
“Artificially Impaired” Creditors Can Vote on Chapter 11 Plans in the Fifth Circuit
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals dealt a blow to secured creditors in a recent opinion affirming a successful “cramdown” reorganization plan in a commercial real estate (“CRE”) case.…
Finance & Bankruptcy Law Blog
Bankrupt Municipality May Reduce Retiree Benefits
By Aaron Kleven The bankruptcy of the largest U.S. city to file a chapter 9 bankruptcy petition has yielded a decision with serious implications for municipal creditors. Specifically, the United…
Finance & Bankruptcy Law Blog
Tribal Corporate Bankruptcy Petition Raises Issues of First Impression for Bankruptcy Court
By Christine Swanick, Carren Shulman, Wilda Wahpepah, and Shawn Watts On March 4, 2013, ‘SA’ NYU WA, Inc., a tribally-chartered corporation wholly owned by the Hualapai Indian Tribe, filed a…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
What is Chapter 20 Bankruptcy?
By Bryan Fears
The Bankruptcy Code is a set of federal laws found in Title 11 of the United States Code. The Bankruptcy Code is divided into nine chapters that deal with the…