By Samuel Antill (Stanford Graduate School of Business) In Chapter 11 bankruptcies, a court-supervised negotiation among …
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The Employee Rights in Employer Bankruptcy Act
By Robert Hockett (Cornell Law School) The Blackjewel Coal bankruptcy of summer 2019 exposed critical weaknesses in our …
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Recent Developments in Cross-Border Insolvency and Recognition of Foreign Bankruptcy Proceedings in the US Bankruptcy Courts
By Mark G. Douglas and Dan T. Moss (Jones Day) On July 25, 2019, the Judicial Insolvency Network announced its adoption of …
Notes from the Puerto Rico Oversight (Not Control) Board
By David Skeel (University of Pennsylvania Law School) On June 30, 2016, Congress passed the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management …
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Presumption of Filed Claim’s Validity and Amount Does Not Apply in Proceeding to Determine Secured Amount of Claim
By Paul M. Green, Mark G. Douglas (Jones Day) The Bankruptcy Code creates a rebuttable presumption that a proof of claim is …
A Functional Law and Economics Analysis of the Restructuring Directive from a French Law Perspective
Vasile Rotaru (Droit & Croissance / The Rules for Growth Institute) From a functional law and economics perspective, the …
Teams and Bankruptcy
Ramin Baghai (Stockholm School of Economics), Rui Silva (London Business School), Luofu Ye (London Business School) Corporate …
Same Class, Different Recoveries — No Bar to Plan Confirmation
By Francis J. Lawall and John Henry Schanne II (Pepper Hamilton LLP) In Ad Hoc Committee of Non-Consenting Creditors v. Peabody …
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Corporate Governance, Bankruptcy Waivers and Consolidation in Bankruptcy
By Daniel J. Bussel (UCLA School of Law) Bankruptcy law—once the vanguard of enterprise liability —has increasingly tended to …
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Bankruptcy’s Cathedral: Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Distress
By Vincent S.J. Buccola (University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School) What good can a corporate bankruptcy regime do in the …
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Bankruptcy Sales: Is A Public Auction Required to Assure That Property Is Sold for The Highest and Best Price?
By Vicki R. Harding (Vicki R. Harding, PLLC) A buyer negotiating acquisition of commercial real estate from a Chapter 7 trustee …
Rent Extraction by Super-Priority Lenders
By B. Espen Eckbo (Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth), Kai Li (Sauder School of Business at University of British Columbia) and …
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The New Bargaining Theory of Corporate Bankruptcy and Chapter 11’s Renegotiation Framework
By Anthony J. Casey (University of Chicago Law School) The prevailing theory of corporate bankruptcy law states that its purpose …
Reprofiling Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow: A Unilateral Italian Debt Restructuring
By Emma Cervantes, Victoria Dodev, Shane Ellement, Isabelle Sawhney (Duke University, School of Law) Italy has €2.4 trillion of …
A Sovereign Debt Restructuring Framework for the Euro Area
By Sebastian Grund, Mikael Stenström (European Central Bank) Our new paper discusses the legal framework for sovereign debt …
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Reorganizing Health Care Bankruptcy
By Laura Coordes (Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law) Many health care providers are experiencing financial distress, and if the …
Involuntary Bankruptcy: Limited Remedy and Strong Sanctions for Abuse
By Michael L. Cook (Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP) Involuntary bankruptcy cases are relatively rare. According to the Second …
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The Rise and Fall of Regulatory Competition in Corporate Insolvency Law in the European Union
By Horst Eidenmüller (University of Oxford; European Corporate Governance Institute - ECGI) In a recent paper, I discuss the rise …
Indenture Trustee Duties: The Pre-Default Puzzle
By Steven L. Schwarcz (Duke University School of Law) Indenture trustees act for the benefit of the investors in a company’s …
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Establishing Corporate Insolvency: The Balance Sheet Insolvency Test
By Dr. Kubi Udofia Cash flow and balance sheet insolvency tests are the two predominant means of determining insolvency. A …
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