President’s Column The last 11 months have provided me with the best opportunity to truly appreciate what ABI offers that does not meet the eye at first blush. Following my installation as ABI President in April 2023, I undertook the “ABI A…
Legislative Highlights Senators, State AGs Submit Amicus Briefs Calling for Supreme Court to Reject Georgia-Pacific’s Bankruptcy Maneuver Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and fellow Senate Judiciary Committee colleag…
Benchnotes By Christina Sanfelippo, Aaron M. Kaufman and Bradley D. Pack Bankruptcy Courts Lack Discretion to Deny a Request to Appoint an Examiner If Requirements of § 1104(c)(2) Are Met The Third Circuit recently held that if “the debtor’…
Must Debtors Contribute Exempt Assets to Pay Creditors? By Lisa Boardman Burnette Is a chapter 13 debtor required to use exempt personal-injury settlement proceeds to pay creditors in a plan that provides less than 100 percent payment to un…
Everyone Wants a Piece: Handling Post-Petition Funds in Chapter 13 By Christopher Conte Let’s picture this hypothetical: An individual debtor files a typical chapter 13 case. The debtor is above median in income and shows disposable income …
Property Disclosure Duties in Chapter 13 By Sumner A. Bourne The consumer bankruptcy system, where the economic resources for investigating debtors’ financial affairs are especially limited, relies on accurate and predictably timed debtor-f…