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Chapter 9 Plan Confirmation Standards And The Role Of State Choices, Juliet Moringiello
Chapter 9 Plan Confirmation Standards And The Role Of State Choices, Juliet Moringiello
Juliet M Moringiello
Because so few municipalities have ever filed for bankruptcy, none of the Chapter 9 confirmation standards have benefitted from extensive judicial scrutiny. The standards are particularly undeveloped as applied to cities and counties, whose debt structure and service obligations are more complicated and diverse than those of the special purpose districts whose cases generate the vast majority of Chapter 9 judicial opinions. The lack of clarity is not only bad for distressed cities and their creditors, it is undesirable from a public policy standpoint. States can choose whether to permit their municipalities to file for bankruptcy, and clear plan confirmation …
Hidden In Plain View: The Pension Shield Against Creditors, Patricia E. Dilley
Hidden In Plain View: The Pension Shield Against Creditors, Patricia E. Dilley
Patricia E Dilley
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Whose Pension Is It Anyway? Erisa And The Bankruptcy Code, Bruce Grohsgal, Marvin Krasny
Whose Pension Is It Anyway? Erisa And The Bankruptcy Code, Bruce Grohsgal, Marvin Krasny
Bruce Grohsgal
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