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Hidden In Plain View: The Pension Shield Against Creditors, Patricia E. Dilley Aug 2015

Hidden In Plain View: The Pension Shield Against Creditors, Patricia E. Dilley

Patricia E Dilley

This Article examines the virtually unquestioned protection of retirement assets from creditors, in both state and federal law, with a view to determining whether tax qualification or even retirement itself is a sufficient rationale for preserving debtor assets in the face of creditors' claims, and if so, what the limits of such protection should be. The problems of current law stem in large part from the use of tax qualified status as a convenient shortcut for determining the appropriate bankruptcy treatment of retirement accounts. The result is a wide disparity in the treatment of debtors epitomized by the cases of …


The Case For Cooperative Territoriality In International Bankruptcy, Lynn M. Lopucki Jun 2000

The Case For Cooperative Territoriality In International Bankruptcy, Lynn M. Lopucki

Michigan Law Review

Universalism - the idea that a multinational debtor's "home country" should have worldwide jurisdiction over its bankruptcy - has long had tremendous appeal to bankruptcy professionals. Yet, the international community repeatedly has refused to adopt conventions that would make universalism a reality. In an article published last year, I proposed an explanation. Universalism can work only in a world with essentially uniform laws governing bankruptcy �nd priority among creditors - a world that does not yet exist. Because it is impossible to fix the location of a multinational company in a global economy, the introduction of universalism in current world …


The Case For Cooperative Territoriality In International Bankruptcy, Lynn M. Lopucki Jan 2000

The Case For Cooperative Territoriality In International Bankruptcy, Lynn M. Lopucki

UF Law Faculty Publications

Universalism - the idea that a multinational debtor's "home country" should have worldwide jurisdiction over its bankruptcy - has long had tremendous appeal to bankruptcy professionals. Yet, the international community repeatedly has refused to adopt conventions that would make universalism a reality. In an article published last year, I proposed an explanation. Universalism can work only in a world with essentially uniform laws governing bankruptcy and priority among creditors - a world that does not yet exist. Because it is impossible to fix the location of a multinational company in a global economy, the introduction of universalism in current world …


Roundtable Discussion, David Aronofsky, Barry S. Engel, Eric Henzy, Gideon Rothschild, Jeffrey A. Schoenblum May 1999

Roundtable Discussion, David Aronofsky, Barry S. Engel, Eric Henzy, Gideon Rothschild, Jeffrey A. Schoenblum

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Welcome to the Roundtable panel discussion. Each of the speakers is going to open with a few minutes statement. And then we're going to pose some questions to open discussion, so it will take people through the whole asset protection route from beginning to end, hopefully. And then, any questions you may have we believe we'll have sufficient time to ask those questions and have them answered. You may get very different views. And then we've just decided that the jury will decide whether asset protection trusts are a good thing or a bad thing. Okay. So pay attention.


Hidden In Plain View: The Pension Shield Against Creditors, Patricia E. Dilley Apr 1999

Hidden In Plain View: The Pension Shield Against Creditors, Patricia E. Dilley

UF Law Faculty Publications

This Article examines the virtually unquestioned protection of retirement assets from creditors, in both state and federal law, with a view to determining whether tax qualification or even retirement itself is a sufficient rationale for preserving debtor assets in the face of creditors' claims, and if so, what the limits of such protection should be. The problems of current law stem in large part from the use of tax qualified status as a convenient shortcut for determining the appropriate bankruptcy treatment of retirement accounts. The result is a wide disparity in the treatment of debtors epitomized by the cases of …