Academics Lay Out Proposals for Digital Asset Safeguards at Senate Hearing After examining related issues in the previous 117th Congress, the Senate Banking Committee convened a hearing on Feb. 14 titled, “Crypto Crash: Why Financial System…

Legislative Highlights Warren, Porter, Dozens of Democratic Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Repeal 2018 Rollback of Dodd-Frank Protections Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and U.S. Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) led dozens of Democratic lawmakers …

President’s Column In December 2022, I received what Past ABI President Bob Feidler calls his “Christmas Distribution,” his third. Its focus was on the remembrance of anniversaries and major events “in liberty and the law.” What especially …

Benchnotes By Bradley D. Pack, Aaron M. Kaufman and Christina Sanfelippo Third Circuit Holds that “Financial Distress” Is Requisite Component of Good Faith in Filing a Petition In a move colloquially known as the “Texas Two-Step,” a highly …

Ownership Issues in Crypto Cases By Justin Bernbrock, Jennifer Nassiri and Pouneh Almasi 1 Since the so-called “crypto winter” hit the industry in May 2022, several major crypto companies have filed for bankruptcy. 2 Given the unique nature…

DOJ Provides Guidance on Evaluating Federal Student Loan Discharge Requests in Bankruptcy By Carissa Sterling 1 The Department of Justice (DOJ), in coordination with the Department of Education (DOE), has released new guidance on the proces…

Form over Substance Leaves a Precarious Remedy for Violations Against Corporate Estates By Kristina M. Johnson The protection of the automatic stay is one of the most fundamental, universal rights under the Bankruptcy Code for all debtors. …

President’s Column It seems appropriate that, in ABI’s 40th year, it has returned fully to in-person conferences. I, along with many other ABI members and attendees, have relished the full calendar of top-flight educational programs and net…

Here Yesterday, Gone Today: No Authority to Confirm a Modified Chapter 13 Plan Longer than 60 Months After the Expiration of § 1329(d) By Hon. Elizabeth L. Gunn and Don F. Mago The appearance and disappearance just over two years later of §…

Have We Led Chapter 13 Debtors Down the Garden Path with Promises of Pandemic Relief? 1 By David Cox COVID-19 entered the chapter 13 consumer debtor community like a “wrecking ball.” 2 Soon after COVID-19 began spreading across the U.S., th…