Event Roundup ABI’s Annual Health Care Program Returns to DC ABI’s Health Care Program, a one-of-a-kind conference focusing on the future of health care and the latest on restructurings in this critical industry, returned to its roots in Wa…
Benchnotes By Christina Sanfelippo, Aaron M. Kaufman and Bradley D. Pack 1 Third Circuit Discusses Equitable Authority to Appoint Receivers for Corporations, Ownership of Successor-Liability Claims In a consolidated appeal, the Third Circui…
Should Courts Use the Separate-Filings Rule to Allocate Tax Refunds Among Spouses? By James C. Lanik When spouses file a joint chapter 7 petition, two estates are created, 1 although those estates are typically jointly administered. 2 The a…
The Separate-Filings Rule Is Neither Practical nor Equitable for Debtors or the Estate By Edward Boltz The separate-filings rule is often described as the most technically precise approach to allocating joint tax refunds between spouses in …
Domestic Violence, Bartenwerfer and the Ninth Circuit By Prof. Angela Littwin Bankruptcy professionals might be surprised to learn that there is a major connection between consumer debt and domestic violence. Abusers in violent relationship…
Debt’s Grip: Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy Reviewed by Nicholas G. Glover Written by Prof. Pamela Foohey, Prof. Robert M. Lawless and Dr. Deborah K. Thorne Consumer bankruptcy affects Americans across the socioeconomic spectrum. It is a jarr…