Judge Harlin Hale

Two Cases Illustrate How to Bring a Chapter 11 Case to a (Successful) End

11/26/14

This is an article about the end of a Chapter 11 case.  As the Doors put it:

This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end

Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end

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Ethics, Empiricists and International Insolvency at NCBJ

11/04/13

Saturday was the final day of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges.   The panels focused on ethics issues of the future, the role of empirical research and international insolvency.

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Ethics, Empiricists and International Insolvency at NCBJ

11/04/13

Saturday was the final day of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges.   The panels focused on ethics issues of the future, the role of empirical research and international insolvency.

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Bankruptcy Court Denies Recognition to Non-Debtor Releases Contained in Mexican "Concurso"

06/29/12
In a major decision interpreting chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code, Judge Harlin Hale has denied recognition of the provisions of the “Concurso” order obtained by Vitro, SAB in Mexico which would have released the liability of its non-bankrupt U.S.
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