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Post date: Wednesday, October 26, 2022
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Joy D. Kleisinger

Chapter 7 panel trustees play an integral role in the bankruptcy system and perform a number of duties to effectively liquidate an estate for a debtor’s discharge. One of the trustee’s most important duties is to “collect and reduce to money the property of the estate ...

Post date: Wednesday, October 26, 2022

The Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (SBRA), Pub. L. No. 116-54 § 3(a), is probably the largest wholesale change to the Bankruptcy Code since BAPCA in 2005. Enacted in February 2020, the SBRA essentially created subchapter V of chapter 11 and made it easier for small business owners to keep their equity without having to liquidate and sell the remainder of their assets.

Post date: Wednesday, October 26, 2022

In August 2001, after two state trial court clerkships, a short stay at a small, matrimonial law firm, and then a position as a staff attorney with a committee of our state supreme court, I declined an offer to work for Legal Services (the goal that had been the sole purpose of my entering law school in 1989) and accepted a one-year position as a shared (“swing) law clerk with the U.S.

Post date: Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase surprised many in its first 2022 quarterly report when it informed customers that “custodially held crypto assets may be considered to be the property of a bankruptcy estate, in the event of a bankruptcy,...

Post date: Wednesday, October 26, 2022

The Hawaii Bankruptcy Court’s ruling in In re Minesen Co. [1] is a cautionary tale of how seemingly innocuous contract language can have unintended consequences — effectively waiving applicable nonbankruptcy law and overriding contract language to allow assignment without counterparty consent.

Post date: Thursday, March 24, 2022

Now more than ever, companies have been in distress and facing financial troubles since the COVID-19 pandemic struck the globe.

Post date: Thursday, March 24, 2022

In the much-discussed decision of City of Chicago v. Fulton [1], the Supreme Court ruled that a creditor’s continued retention of estate property that was seized pre-petition does not violate the automatic stay under § 362(a)(3) [2] of the Bankruptcy Code.

Post date: Monday, November 08, 2021
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David R. Doyle

2021 has been an incredibly productive year for the Young and New Members Committee. The committee continued to produce high-quality newsletters and educational programs, while branching out and trying some new things, too. Below are some highlights.

Quarterly Newsletters

Post date: Monday, November 08, 2021

Can chapter 13 debtors deduct voluntary 401(k) contributions under § 541(b)(7)(A) when calculating disposable income? If so, can they plan for bankruptcy in good faith by making pre-petition 401(k) plan contributions to their 401(k) plans prior to filing to decrease their disposable income? The Sixth Circuit recently broke with dicta from Seafort v.

Post date: Monday, November 08, 2021

As the Young and New Members Committee, we (unsurprisingly) count many young and new members among our ranks. Many of our members may be new to practice or to the insolvency field, and/or new to ABI. It can be daunting to navigate a new role, new industry and new organization.

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Wed, 2015-10-07

The ABI Bankruptcy Litigation Committee recently published a newsletter with articles focusing on IP matters in bankruptcy litigation. Following publication of the newsletter, authors invited members to dial in for further discussion of the topic and articles.

Tue, 2015-09-08

The Asset Sales Committee will host John Hutton and Henry Jaffe as they discuss the GM successor liability decision, now on appeal in the Second Circuit, describing the arguments and positions taken by different parties on key issues in the case and discussing the potential impact of the ruling on appeal.

Wed, 2015-07-01

The ABI Commission Report proposes some significant changes to the Bankruptcy Code, and the preferential transfer statute in Section 547 is no exception.This webinar explores the rationale behind the recommendations, such as the good faith belief for filing a demand letter or preference complaint, the increase in the statutory minimum to bring a preference action, and more.

Sat, 2015-04-18

Tax-Sharing Agreements in Bankruptcy that Have Been the Subject of Recent Appeals Courts Decisions

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Ms. Bodie B. Colwell
Co-Chair
Preti Flaherty, LLP
Portland, ME
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Co-Chair
Cozen O'Connor
Chicago, IL
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Mayer Brown LLP
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Mr. John T. Baxter
Education Director
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Ms. Amber M. Carson
Education Director
Gray Reed
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Mrs. Letson Douglass Boots
Membership Relations Director
Bernstein Shur
Portland, ME
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Mrs. Christian A. Conway
Membership Relations Director
Neal and Leroy, LLC
Chicago, IL
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Ms. Joy D. Kleisinger
Newsletter Editor
Frost Brown Todd, LLC
Cincinnati, OH
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Mr. John Richard O'Connor
Newsletter Editor
Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC
Chicago, IL
(630) 308-2487

Ms. Gabrielle G. Palmer
Special Projects Leader
Onsager | Fletcher | Johnson | Palmer LLC
Denver, CO
(720) 457-7059

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