Editor's Note: On December 4, 2023, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy. The Bankruptcy …
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Purdue Pharma Supreme Court Decision: Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Roundtable and Reorg Podcast
By Professors Ralph Brubaker (University of Illinois College of Law), Anthony Casey (University of Chicago Law School), and …
[Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Series] Respondent Briefs (Respondent and pro-release parties)
Editor’s Note: On December 4, 2023, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral argument in the bankruptcy case of Purdue Pharma …
[Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Series] Petitioner Briefs (US Trustee and other anti-release parties)
Editor’s Note: On December 4, 2023, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral argument in the bankruptcy case of Purdue Pharma …
Creditors Strike Back: The Return of the Cooperation Agreement
By Professor Samir Parikh (Lewis & Clark Law School) In the low interest rate environment that followed the Great …
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The Administrative State in Bankruptcy
By Professor Jared Ellias (Harvard Law School) and Professor George Triantis (Stanford Law School) Bankruptcy is becoming …
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The Brave New World of Sovereign Debt Restructuring: The ‘China Conundrum’ and Other Challenges
By Steven T. Kargman (Kargman Associates) Emerging economy and developing country sovereigns have faced daunting economic …
Loan-to-Own 2.0
By Professor Robert Miller (University of South Dakota, Knudson School of Law) The rise of convertible debtor-in-possession …
Can AI Help Explain Bankruptcy Law?
By Deepak Subburam (Copula AI) I am a machine-learning engineer who maintains a database of bankruptcy case law, at the …
[Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Series] The Rule of the Deal: Bankruptcy Bargains and Other Misnomers and Sorting Bugs and Features of Mass Tort Bankruptcy
Editor's Note: On August 10, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to hear the appeal of the bankruptcy of Purdue …
[Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Series] Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee Hearing on “Evading Accountability: Corporate Manipulation of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy”: A Recap
Editor's Note: On August 10, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to hear the appeal of the bankruptcy of …
[Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Series] Are Third-Party Releases Proper?
Editor's Note: On August 10, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to hear the appeal of the bankruptcy of Purdue …
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Chapter 11’s Inclusivity Problem
By Sarah Paterson (LSE Law School) and Adrian Walters (Chicago-Kent College of Law) [Editor's Note: This article will be …
Bankruptcy Ruling Bolsters Uptier Transactions Challenges
By James Newton, Geoffrey Peck, and Darren Smolarski (Morrison & Foerster LLP) Editor's Note: This is the Harvard Law …
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Standardizing and Unbundling the Sub Rosa DIP Loan
By Kenneth Ayotte and Alex Zhicheng Huang (University of California, Berkeley School of Law) In many recent Chapter 11 cases, …
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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 …
Death, Bankruptcy, and the Public Hospital
By Michael Francus (Notre Dame Law School) The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted, and strained, finances across the healthcare …
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Silencing Litigation Through Bankruptcy
By Pamela Foohey (Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law) and Christopher K. Odinet (University of Iowa - College …
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Second Circuit Weighs In on Bankruptcy Code v. Chapter 11 Plan Impairment and the Solvent-Debtor Exception
By Dan B. Prieto and Mark G. Douglas (Jones Day) A handful of recent high-profile court rulings have considered whether a …
In Defense of Chapter 11 for Mass Torts
By Anthony J. Casey and Joshua Macey (University of Chicago Law School) Recent high-profile bankruptcies involve the use of …
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