Business Reorganization

A tort claim time-barred at filing doesn’t become estate property when the legislature reopens the statute of limitations.

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 Washington, D.C., Oct. 22-23 at

The Ninth Circuit will sit en banc, presenting the possibility of a circuit split that could end up stripping bankruptcy trustees of qualified judicial immunity.

The issuance of an execution to the sheriff in New York results in the creation of a lien on personalty and the time of a transfer for preference purposes.

If an individual chapter 11 debtor administratively closes a confirmed case to avoid U.S. Trustee fees, be sure to have an order continuing the stay until a discharge is entered.

Only one circuit court has opined on the ability of a bankruptcy court under Rule 9006(b) to extend the deadline for filing avoidance actions.

Amicus briefs are needed so the Supreme Court sees the big picture and understands that creditors can suffer if judicial estoppel is applied indiscriminately.

Lack of financial distress was one of several contributing factors for the Tenth Circuit BAP’s affirmance of dismissal for bad faith filing in chapter 11.

Event Roundup Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop Convenes in Chocolate Town, U.S.A. This year’s Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, geared toward practitioners in the Mid-Atlantic region, was held Aug. 18-20 in Hershey, Pa., at the family-friendly Hershey Lodge. Attendees

Ninth Circuit questions continuing validity of BAP opinions on finality handed down before Ritzen.