Business Reorganization

President’s Column I am now halfway through my year as ABI President. Members tend to ask me two questions more than any others about this role: (1) How is all the travel going; and (2) is it worth it? The short answers are “great” and “yes,” but allow me to expand. ABI

Legislative Highlights Federal Reserve Proposes Scaled-Back Bank Capital Requirements Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr on Sept. 10 unveiled changes to a proposed set of U.S. banking regulations that roughly cuts in half the extra capital that the

A chapter 11 plan may not impair the rights of a mortgage lender against a co-owner who is not in bankruptcy.

President’s Column I have now had the honor of starting several regional conferences with the opening remarks. Good thing I am a morning person, as 7:30 a.m. comes quickly after these Opening Receptions! If you have been to any of my remarks at recent ABI conferences

Legislative Highlights Legislation Aims to Deter “Texas Two-Step” Maneuver in Bankruptcy U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), and Representatives Emilia Sykes (D-Ohio) and Lance Gooden (R-Texas), on July 23 introduced the “Ending Corporate

Reversing the BAP, the Ninth Circuit held that counsel’s oral waiver of sovereign immunity did not bind the state.

Benchnotes By Bradley D. Pack, Aaron M. Kaufman and Christina Sanfelippo Reverse Alter-Ego Claims Are Property of Bankruptcy Estate and Can Be Sold/Settled by Trustee In In re Nordlicht , 1 the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that claims that business entities are