Alexandria, Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) Winter 2016 Law Review (Volume 24, No. 1) features a special examination of chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code. Chapter 15 was included in the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 to foster comity and cooperation and to provide an effective means for harmonizing international bankruptcy proceedings, according to Peter M. Gilhuly, Kimberly A. Posin and Adam E. Malatesta of Latham & Watkins LLP (Los Angeles) in their article “Bankruptcy Without Borders: A Comprehensive Guide to the First Decade of Chapter 15.” “While courts have answered many vexing questions about the application of chapter 15 during the past decade, chapter 15 remains an evolving area of law that will continue to develop as its use intensifies,” the authors write.
Other articles in the Winter 2016 Law Review include:
- “The Expansion of the Triggering Creditor Doctrine in an Action to Avoid Fraudulent Transfers” by Michael H. Strub Jr. and Jeffrey M. Reisner at Irell & Manella LLP (Newport Beach, Calif.).
- “Critical Vendor Trade Agreements in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy” by Elizabeth H. Shumejda, an Assistant District Attorney for the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office in New York.
- “Competing Efficiencies: The Problem of Whether and When to Refer Disputes to Arbitration in Bankruptcy Cases” by Alexis Leventhal, a law clerk at the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the Middle District of Florida (Orlando), and student Roni A. Elias of Florida A&M University College of Law (Orlando).
- “Fiduciary Capacity and the Bankruptcy Discharge” by Prof. Jonathon S. Byington of the Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana (Missoula).
ABI’s Law Review, published in conjunction with St. Johns University School of Law in Jamaica, N.Y., is among the most cited and respected scholarly publications in the bankruptcy community. It has the largest circulation of any bankruptcy law review. Past issues of the Law Review have focused on a variety of timely insolvency issues, including chapter 11 reform, distressed sectors, single-asset cases, consumer bankruptcy, the revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code and other topics.
Members of the press looking to obtain any of the articles from the Winter 2016 issue should contact John Hartgen at 703-894-5935 or jhartgen@abiworld.org.
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