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ABI RELEASES
UPDATED CREDITORS’ COMMITTEE MANUAL
size='3'>August 23, 2006, Alexandria, Va.
size='3'>— The American Bankruptcy Institute has released the
fifth edition of the
size='3'>Creditors' Committee Manual, which
explores the role, function and responsibilities of committees and
committee members in nontechnical, easily understood language. The
latest revision of the
size='3'>Manual was written to incorporate the
new creditors’ committee requirements implemented by the
Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005
(BAPCPA).
size='3'>Joseph S.U. Bodoff of Bodoff &
Slavitt LLP (
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author of the fifth edition of the Creditors’ Committee Manual.
size='3'>He currently serves as the executive editor of the ABI World
Website and as co-chair of the ABI Task Force on Bankruptcy Rules. He is
a former member of ABI’s Board of Directors and Executive
Committee, as well as former co-chair of ABI’s Unsecured Trade
Creditor Committee. Under Bodoff’s leadership, ABI completed a
two-year project studying the Bankruptcy Code’s preference
provisions and three of the recommendations resulting from the study
were incorporated into BAPCPA.
The 34-page pamphlet is
available for purchase at ABI’s Online Bookstore for $10 ($6 for
ABI members). Click here to order.
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