09 Feb Central District of California’s Judicial Practices Survey
For those practitioners practicing locally here in SoCal - or for those who need to appear pro hac in one...
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13 Jan Getting to the “Core” of the Matter
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] Last year, the Supreme Court issued one of its more significant bankruptcy decisions in...
20 Jun When Shari’a Law Meets Chapter 11
A prior post on this blog featured an article highlighting some of the basic principles from Shari'a law which apply...
16 May When Speaking Up Isn’t Enough
When a retailer becomes insolvent, suppliers or vendors who have recently provided goods on credit typically have the ability to assert "reclamation" rights...
10 May When Equitable Subordination Isn’t Equitable.
Most insolvency practitioners are familiar with the fighting which often ensues when creditors jockey for position over a troubled firm's...
19 Apr Nobody Does It Better . . . Than Government Regulators
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Title II of the Dodd-Frank Act provides “the necessary authority to liquidate failing financial companies that pose a systemic risk...
12 Apr Political Will and Fiscal Federalism in Municipal Bankruptcy
When a municipality faces municipal distress, who ultimately picks up the tab? More importantly, who should pick up the tab? That’s...
05 Apr Regulatory Bankruptcy: How Bank Regulation Causes [Real Estate] Firesales
It is axiomatic in American business bankruptcy practice that though they may disagree strenuously on the particulars, all parties to...
12 Mar Chapter 15 and US Bankruptcy Courts: How Universal is “Universalism”?
Chapter 15 of the US Bankruptcy Code, enacted in 2005, was Congress' effort to make cross-border insolvency proceedings just a...
21 Feb Shari’a Law and Bankruptcy
During recent years, the global economy has seen significant growth in transactions which purport to be governed by classic Islamic...