By Edward J. Janger (Professor, Brooklyn Law School) and Adam J. Levitin (Professor, Georgetown University Law Center) In …
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Singapore Schemes of Arrangement: Empirical and Comparative Analysis
By Wai Yee Wan (City University of Hong Kong), Casey Watters (Bond University), and Gerard McCormack (University of …
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The Hertz Maneuver (and the Limits of Bankruptcy Law)
By Anthony J. Casey (Professor of Law, The University of Chicago Law School), Joshua C. Macey (Assistant Professor of Law, The …
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Insolvency of Significant Non-Financial Enterprises: What Can We Learn from Bank Failures and Bank Resolution?
By Ilya Kokorin, Leiden Law School (The Netherlands) The current economic downturn triggered by the spread of COVID-19 …
Insolvency Law in Emerging Markets
By Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez (Singapore Management University) Corporate insolvency law can serve as a powerful mechanism to …
Want to Take Control of Professional Fees in Large Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Cases? Talking with Your Client’s General Counsel is a Good First Step
By Professor Nancy Rapoport (William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas) As someone who studies …
What Small Businesses Need Most Is A Little More Time
By Brook Gotberg (University of Missouri Law School; Chair, Small Business Committee of the Bankruptcy & COVID-19 Working …
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Estimating the Need for Additional Bankruptcy Judges in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Benjamin Iverson (BYU Marriott School of Business), Jared A. Ellias (University of California, Hastings College of the Law), …
Bankruptcy Venue Reform
By Nicholas Cordova (Harvard Law School) Although the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is headquartered in Texas, it filed for …
Planning for an American Bankruptcy Epidemic
By Ben Iverson (Brigham Young University), Mark Roe (Harvard Law School) The COVID-19 pandemic looks likely to cause a surge …
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The Italian Insolvency Law Reform
By Andrea Zorzi (University of Florence) On January 12, 2019, a new ‘Code of enterprise crisis and of insolvency’ was adopted …
China Continues to Issue New Rules Promoting Corporate Rescue Culture, Facilitation of Bankruptcy Proceedings
By Xiao Ma (Reorg | Harvard Law School) Coupled with continued efforts in financial deleveraging and industrial reorganization, …
Keeping Up with the Joneses: In Bold Cross-border Move, the DIFC Enacts New Insolvency Law
By Laura Smith (Norton Rose Fulbright) The Dubai International Financial Centre (the "DIFC"), one of the leading international …
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 …
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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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 …
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 …
What’s Wrong with Chapter 11?
By Charles J. Tabb (University of Illinois College of Law) The time has come to cast a discerning eye at chapter 11, the United …
Disrupting Secured Transactions: Should UCC Article 9 Be Revised to Reflect the Rise of the Internet of Things?
By Christopher G. Bradley (University of Kentucky College of Law) The "Internet of Things" (IoT) refers to the networks formed …
The Social Costs of Dividends and Share Repurchases
By J. B. Heaton (J.B. Heaton, P.C.) The issue of share repurchases has captured the attention of United States senators on both …
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