President’s Column This, my final President’s Column, is all about moments. They come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. One of my favorite expressions from listening to the radio is a “driveway moment.” In the context of car radios, it’s wh…
Event Roundup Distressed Real Estate Symposium Moves to Dallas Commercial real estate has continued to take a hit due to modifications in work culture, and has endured a record amount of maturing loans, boosting the prospect of a surge in d…
President’s Column The Practice of Restructuring Law: Lessons from Four Decades in the Field While attending the Annual Spring Meeting in April, I was approached by a young lawyer eager to discuss what she could do to become a great restruc…
Health Savings Accounts Should Be Fully Exempt in Bankruptcy from the Reach of Creditors By Dr. Michael D. Sousa The U.S. currently stands on the precipice of a national health insurance crisis where millions of Americans are experiencing a…
Benchnotes By Bradley D. Pack, Aaron M. Kaufman and Christina Sanfelippo Ninth Circuit (En Banc) Limits Scope of Trustees’ Judicial Immunity Bankruptcy trustees are protected from liability for acts undertaken in carrying out their duties u…
Consumer Corner Partial Surrender of Personal Property Secured by a Cross-Collateralized Loan Under § 1325(a)(5) By Maxwell Milavetz and Sarah Laybourne Cross-collateralized loans are attractive to creditors who can leverage equity in one p…
A Closer Look at What Is Sold (or Not) in an MCA Transaction By Jacob D. Flentke Merchant cash advance (MCA) agreements have increasingly become a common way for financially strapped small businesses to attempt to cover cash-flow shortages.…