A most frustrating baseball statistic is the “LOB,” runners left on base, representing missed opportunities to score runs.
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First Case Interpreting a Debtor’s Creative Use of IRS Expense Allowances Disallows the “Double Dip”
If the trustee or an unsecured creditor objects to the debtor’s plan, the court may not approve it unless it provides that all of the debtor’s projected disposable income for either a three-or five-year period, depending on the debtor’s
Buyers of claims in bankruptcy have long feared that their claims (including syndicated bank loan claims) may be tarnished by the conduct of a previous owner. Standard legal documentation used to purchase claims strives to protect buyers from "bad actors" in the upstream chain of title.
Fairness opinions, the opinion of a financial advisor that the price of a prospective transaction is fair from a financial point of view, have been in the news recently for several reasons. The controversy involves conflicts of interest between providers of fairness opinions and other parties involved in the transactions.
The Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC) is a nonprofit organisation established in 1997 to provide commercial mediation services. It is structured as a company limited by guarantee of the Singapore Academy of Law (SAL). The SMC was launched by the Honourable Chief Justice Yong Pung How on 16 August 1997.
The recent amendments to the Bankruptcy Code via the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA) have provided a number of significant
The Judicial Conference has approved Official Forms 22A and 22C for use in making the means test calculation in chapter 7 (OF 22A) and determining disposable incom
With his decision in In re Attorneys at Law and Draft Relief Agencies, 332 B.R. 66, (Bank. S.D. Ga.
This article is the first in a series about how bankruptcy trustees and advisors can create cash from assets that have traditionally been difficult to monetize. This installment focuses on generating cash from both highly-aged and previously written-off commercial receivables.