By Alvin Velazquez (Indiana University Maurer School of Law) Editor's Note: Professor Velazquez's article was recently …
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Judge Rules SPAC Trust Account Sacred for Public Shareholders and Not Property of the Estate
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Bankruptcy Law in the Wake of the MeToo Movement
By Adi Marcovich Gross (Postdoctoral Fellow, Wharton Initiative on Financial Policy and Regulation; JSD Candidate, Columbia Law …
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Bankruptcy’s Turn to Market Value
By Professor Mark Roe (Harvard Law School) and Professor Michael Simkovic (USC Gould School of Law) Many lawyers viewed …
One Person Can Knock Out Our Firm? Imputation and Retention Risks for Professionals Under Chapter 11
By Marshall S. Huebner, Adam L. Shpeen, and Hailey W. Klabo (Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP) The Bankruptcy Code applies …
Due Process Alignment in Mass Restructurings
By Sergio J. Campos (University of Miami School of Law) and Samir D. Parikh (Lewis & Clark Law School) Mass tort …
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Holdout Panic
By Stephen J. Lubben (Seton Hall Law School) It has been recognized that corporations themselves are designed to promote …
Are Judges Randomly Assigned to Chapter 11 Bankruptcies? Not According to Hedge Funds
By Niklas Hüther (Indiana University) and Kristoph Kleiner (Indiana University) ''The bankruptcy system is supposed to work …
The Judge Behind the Curtain
By Melissa B. Jacoby (Graham Kenan Professor of Law - University of North Carolina School of Law) After a district court halted …
Scarlet-Lettered Bankruptcy: A Public Benefit Proposal for Mass Tort Villains
By Samir D. Parikh (Lewis & Clark Law School) Financially distressed companies often seek refuge in federal bankruptcy …
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J. Crew, Nine West, and the Complexities of Financial Distress
By Kenneth Ayotte (University of California - Berkeley School of Law) and Christina Scullly (University of California - Berkeley …
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Bankruptcy Grifters
By Lindsey Simon (University of Georgia School of Law) The recent decision in In re Purdue Pharma did not uphold the third-party …
COVID-19 Debt and Bankruptcy Infrastructure
By Robert K. Rasmussen (USC Gould School of Law) The COVID pandemic put unprecedented pressure on all economies around the …
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Chapter 11’s Descent into Lawlessness
By Lynn M. LoPucki (Security Pacific Bank Distinguished Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law) The bankruptcy courts that …
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Mass Exploitation
By Samir D. Parikh (Lewis & Clark Law School; Fulbright Schuman Scholar; Bloomberg Law; Fulbright Commission) Modern mass …
Hidden Wealth Transfers in Bankruptcy Asset Sales: A Real Option Analysis
By Jordan Neyland (Assistant Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University) and Kathryn St. John (Legal …
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Practice Makes Perfect: Judge Experience and Bankruptcy Outcomes
By Benjamin Charles Iverson (Brigham Young University), Joshua Madsen (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Carlson School of …
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