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Just a quickie: I'm attending a conference at Brooklyn Law School this Friday on Choice of Law in Cross Border Bankruptcy Cases, organized by my long-time co-author, and friend of the blog, Ted Janger. ... Read full article

Hey, Everyone!  Great to be back on  CreditSlips.   ... Read full article

Credit Slips  is pleased to welcome back Professor Susan Block-Lieb of Fordham University. A long-time "friend of the blog" -- as Stephen Colbert might put it -- Susan has blogged with us in the past with Professor Ted Janger . This time, we ... Read full article

In this post I will explain the extent of the discharge given to insolvent individuals under the new Spanish insolvency law. Different problems arise from the way it has been introduced, ranging from its extent to the differences depending on the nature ... Read full article

I have an new article, The Politics of Financial Regulation and the Regulation of Financial Politics ,  forthcoming in the Harvard Law Review .  The article is a multi-book review essay that serves as a launching pad for a discussion about the role of ... Read full article

As part of my study of religious organizations' Chapter 11 cases, I interviewed attorneys who represented a variety of churches and other faith-based institutions in their reorganization cases. Some of my findings are presented in this new paper . In ... Read full article

Today is your last chance to comment on the CFPB's Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Regulation F , regarding debt collection.  I had the pleasure of working with  Pat McCoy on a joint comment to the ANPR. ... Read full article

A phenomenon that has puzzled me for the last several years is why community banks consistently carry water for the megabanks on regulatory reform issues.  I'm hoping that readers might be able to shine some light on this issue. ... Read full article

Harvard Law School's Bankruptcy Roundtable , a dialogue between academics and practitioners, is now in the blogosphere!  The Roundtable has launched with a number of very substantive posts by Douglas Baird and Anthony Casey; Judge Sontchi; Thomas ... Read full article

A grand tour of several percolating global restructuring issues, including Greece, the Ukraine, TXU, and, Mark and Anna's favorite, Argentina. Over at Dealb%k . ... Read full article

Well, not exactly. But for anyone who is interested, here  is my written Congressional testimony for a House Financial Services Committee, Subcommittee on Capital Markets and GSEs hearing on " The Dodd-Frank Act's Impact on Asset-Backed ... Read full article

On behalf of the  Credit Slips  bloggers, I want to extend our sympathy to the family and friends of Professor Ted Eisenberg who passed away suddenly on Sunday. Ted worked in the areas of civil rights, the death penalty, and bankruptcy. He also was a ... Read full article

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My previous post announced my intention to focus on the new Spanish Insolvency Law’s differences between individual debtors with or without business activities. ... Read full article

Much excitement in our nerdly circles is arising about Detroit's plan of adjustment , just filed yesterday.  This has gotten me thinking about what's next (other than the obvious ongoing cajolling/negotiations).  Three ruminations thereon: ... Read full article

It's hardly news that arbitration agreements are used to effectuate class action waivers.  The Supreme Court has blessed the comandeering of a federal policy favoring enforcement of forum selection clauses to limit types of proceedings, incl uding t ... Read full article

Chapter 15’s modified universalism structure requires cooperation between courts in different countries as well as tolerance for outcome differences under different bankruptcy laws. While in general it’s fair to say U.S. courts have been cooperative and ... Read full article

So Business of Fashion points to a story on the Independent's web page , wherein a fashion designer calls for the adoption of something like chapter 11 in the UK. ... Read full article