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Nov 2017

Inside ABI November 2017 Two Bankruptcy Cases on the Supreme Court’s Calendar: Plus Other Circuit Splits Waiting in the Wings Legislative Highlights November 2017 ABI Commission Hearings Held During NABT Convention in New Orleans How to Lose a Repo in 10 Days (but Get Your Money Back)

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Oct 2017

Inside ABI October 2017 Legislative Highlights October 2017 Proposed Amendments to the FRBP; Written Comments Due by Feb. 15, 2018 Benchnotes October 2017 Happy 25th Birthday, ABC!

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Sept 2017

Inside ABI September 2017 Legislative Highlights September 2017 ABI Consumer Commission Hears from Stakeholders at NACTT Conference Just Say No to Drugs? Creditors Not Getting a Fair Shake When Marijuana-Related Cases Are Dismissed Unjust Enrichment or Fraudulent Transfer? Try Both

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Aug 2017

Inside ABI August 2017 You Get What You Paid For: Bankruptcy Court Agrees to Hear Nationwide Class Action Suit Against a Claim Purchaser House-Passed SPOE Bill: Why Shield Officers and Directors? USTP’s Activities Highlighted in Testimony Before Congress Reasonable Search and Seizure: Balancing a Trustee’s Duties Against the Fourth Amendment

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July 2017

Inside ABI July 2017 Legislative Highlights July 2017 Scholars Oppose Eliminating OLA as Crisis-Avoidance Restructuring Backstop USTP’s Agenda on Chapter 11 Corporate Reorganization Issues ABC Congratulates New Members

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June 2017

Inside ABI June 2017 Caught in a Vicious CERCLA: GM’s Environmental Turnaround Developing: Puerto Rico Enters Bankruptcy on May 3: Faithful to PROMESA and Congressional Intent? Legislative Highlights June 2017 ABI Consumer Commission Holds Hearing at NACBA Annual Meeting

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May 2017

Inside ABI May 2017 Legislative Highlights May 2017 House Committee Approves Large Bank Financial Resolution Bill Re-“Structuring” Dismissal Flexibility: An Analysis of the Supreme Court’s Jevic Decision Examining § 362(a)(3): When “Stay” Means Stay

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April 2017

Inside ABI April 2017 ABI Announces Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy Legislative Highlights April 2017 Judge Gorsuch on Bankruptcy Centralized Cash-Management and Avoidance Actions (Part II): Contemporaneous-Exchange Defense and More Headaches

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March 2017

Inside ABI March 2017 Legislative Highlights March 2017 Gorsuch: A Writer in the Style of Judges Easterbrook and Posner Benchnotes March 2017 Marblegate: Second Circuit Limits TIA Prohibition to Altering Legal Right to Payment

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Feb 2017

Inside ABI February 2017 Legislative Highlights February 2017 President Trump’s Selections for Key Positions; 115th Congress Organizes A Busy Start to 2017 for ABC Is Dewsnup Unravelling Due to Lien-Stripping Cases under § 1322(b)(2)?

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Jan 2017

A Closer Look at State Filing Trends Divided Circuit Denies Lenders Standing to Appeal under “Persons Aggrieved” Doctrine Rule 3002.1 Minefield: Mortgagees in Chapter 13 Face Substantial Sanctions for Noncompliance The Not-So-New Rule 3002.1: It Only Works if We Use It Holding On to Reclamation Rights under In re Reichhold Holdings

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Dec 2016

The Rooker-Feldman Doctrine and Foreclosure Proceedings Ethics and the Internet Law Firm ’Tis the Season for Thanksgiving and Holiday Cheer How to Lessen the Big Costs of Small-Business Bankruptcy CFBP’s Debt-Collection Proposals Spring No Surprises

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Nov 2016

Creditors Cannot Avoid Billions Stockholders Received in 2007 LBO Warning Signs of Financial Distress Are New Environmental Policies and Proposed Rules for Self-Bonding Lumps of Coal or Diamond? Benchnotes November 2016 How to Treat Constructive Trust Claims in Bankruptcy

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Oct 2016

Coal Bankruptcies: Interface with Environmental Laws and Regulators The Treatment of an Innocent Spouse for Nondischargeable Fraud ABC Leadership Enhances Best Practice at Specialization Roundtable Why Are U.S. Retail Reorganizations So Hard? Purchasing Claims Free and Clear of a Debtor’s Defenses: The Conflicting Views of the Third and Ninth Circuits

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Sept 2016

Fixing Our Infrastructure May Require Fixing the Bankruptcy Code: Preference Actions Threaten Municipal Contractors Inside the “Brexit Bubble”: What’s Next for the U.K.? Don’t Hate Me for Being Critical: Critical Thoughts about Critical Vendors A Primer on Mexico’s Ley de Concursos Mercantiles Getting Prepared for Certification, Plus New ABC Members Announced

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