This year's National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges featured a symposium on the role of equity under the Bankruptcy Code. "Senators" Melissa Jacoby, Ken Klee and Rich Levin convened a mock hearing in which they questioned professors Diane Lourdes Dick, Bruce Markell, Laura Coordes and Jay Westbrook about the role of equity. Some of the themes they covered included the difference between equity and discretion, the public interest and whether the Bankruptcy Court is a court of equity. A version of the sy
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