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Calling All Debtors, Want To Defraud Your Creditors? Here Is How: The Tenancy By The Entirety Loophole And The Nullification Of Section 522(O), (P), And (Q) Of The 2005 Bankruptcy Amendments, Leigh J. Francis
University of Miami Business Law Review
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Collective Bargaining Agreements In Corporate Reorganizations, Andrew B. Dawson
Collective Bargaining Agreements In Corporate Reorganizations, Andrew B. Dawson
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Congress enacted § 1113 to the Bankruptcy Code in 1984 in order to establish a standard for the rejection of Collective Bargaining Agreements. But the statute's ambiguous language has caused a split between the Second and Third Circuits, and has precipitated a lengthy academic debate largely centered on the interpretation of one word: "necessary." This debate has focused on proper statutory interpretation as well as deeper concerns regarding the policy goals behind the Bankruptcy Code. The present study reports data that indicate that the different interpretations are irrelevant in practice. No matter how "necessary" is defined, the result is always …