SOUTHBAY LAW FIRM – INDUSTRY NEWS – WEEK ENDING May 18, 2025

Discharge:

A History Of The Bankruptcy Discharge: From Debtor’s Prison To Uniformity (Central Virginia v. Katz)

Mass Torts:

Defending “Second-Party” Releases in Mass Tort Bankruptcies

Intercreditor:

Tropicana Debt Deal Casts Light on Rampant Creditor Warfare

Bankruptcy Statistics:

Experts warn of summer bankruptcy spike amid economic instability

UCC:

Avoid This Shortcut Despite the Temptation

Bankruptcy Statistics:

Why US Bankruptcies are Rising Again

New Value:

Congress Codified The Ninth Circuit’s New Value Exception/Corollary To The Absolute Priority Rule For Individual Debtors: In BAPCPA?

Discharge:

Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Declines to Extend Bartenwerfer to Intentional Torts

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