On March 22, the Supreme Court decided Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corp., holding that bankruptcy courts may not approve structured …
Bankruptcy Jurisdiction Over Foreign Entities: Exorbitant or Congruent?
By Adrian Walters (Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology) As Oscar Couwenberg and Stephen Lubben have …
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United States: In GM, Second Circuit Takes a Wrong Turn on Its Treatment of Unknown Claims
By Debra A. Dandeneau (Baker & McKenzie) Elliott v. General Motors LLC (In re Motors Liquidation Co.), 829 F.3d 135 (2d Cir. …
Three Ages of Bankruptcy
By Mark J. Roe (Harvard Law School) During the past century, three decisionmaking systems have arisen to accomplish a bankruptcy …
Bankruptcy and the U.S. Supreme Court
By Ronald J. Mann (Columbia Law School) The continuing struggle of the United States to emerge from the Great Recession gives …
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Bankruptcy’s Endowment Effect
By Anthony J. Casey (University of Chicago Law School) The notion of endowments and entitlements has a powerful effect on …
The Dubai World Tribunal and the Global Insolvency Crisis
By Jayanth Krishnan (Indiana—Bloomington) In 2009, as markets from the United States to Europe to the Global South shook, one …
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Priority Matters
By Douglas G. Baird, University of Chicago Law School Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code is organized around the absolute priority …