A Quick Look at Bankruptcy/Debt Issues to Date in the 118th Congress As Congress returned to Capitol Hill in early September following summer recess, many of the headlines regarding legislative action once again turned toward key issues sur…
Untangling the Sub V Eligibility Criteria for Individual Debtors By Kellie Fisher and Adam R. Prescott Editor’s Note: ABI’s Subchapter V Task Force, launched in April, will study practitioners’ experiences with the three-year-old law, culmi…
By Bradley D. Pack, Aaron M. Kaufman and Christina Sanfelippo Debtor Must Pay Default Rate Interest to Cure Defaulted Debt; Takes Deep Dive into Difficult Issue While plenty has been written on the issue of what a debtor must do to “cure” a…
Supreme Court Grants Cert to Examine Purdue’s $6B Sackler Opioid Settlement The U.S. Supreme Court on Aug. 10 granted an emergency stay application to examine Purdue Pharma’s $6 billion settlement of opioid lawsuits against its Sackler fami…
Event Roundup Southeastern Practitioners Hit Florida’s Shoreline for July’s Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop Amelia Island, Fla., came alive when more than 300 insolvency professionals attended ABI’s Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop at The Ritz-C…
President’s Column Having served as ABI President for just over three months, while it is good to remain focused on advancing the organization, I want to take some time to reflect on life and family. Life takes unexpected turns. The recent …
President’s Column Subchapter V Task Force We can use all your help! Consistent with my primary initiative announced at my installation at the Annual Spring Meeting in April, the Subchapter V Task Force is off to the races (not the Kentucky…
Legislative Highlights Awaiting Decision of Supreme Court, Biden Vetoes Measure to Cancel Student Debt Relief President Joe Biden on June 7 vetoed a legislative measure (House Joint Resolution 45) that would have canceled his plan to forgiv…
Oversight Results in Uncertainty for Small Business Owners Converting to Subchapter V By Jennifer B. Lyday and Joshua Plummer In February 2020, Congress codified the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (SBRA) as subchapter V of chapte…