ABI's Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11 yesterday heard testimony on state governmental interests during a public hearing at the State Capitol in Santa Fe, N.M. The Commission hearing was part of the annual convention of the States' Attorneys Bankruptcy Association and the National Association of Attorneys General. NAAG bankruptcy counsel Karen Cordry coordinated the testimony of state AGs on the role of government regulatory power in bankruptcy cases, enforcement of pre-petition governmental claims, sales of estate property free of interests, taxes, treatment of workers comp claims, section 525 discrimination and more. Witnesses included Maureen Leary (N.Y.), Allen Rosenberg (Mass.), Jennifer Gauger (Ind.), Peter Roth (N.H.), Ester Telser (Ill.), and Fred Rudzik (Fla.). The audio and full transcript from the lively hearing will be posted to the Commission website (www.commission.abi.org) next week and excerpted in the November issue of the ABI Journal. The next Commission field hearing will be Nov. 1 at the NCBJ annual meeting.
