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Vanderbilt University Law School

Vanderbilt Law Review

Journal

2006

Judicial estoppel

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Honing A Blunt Instrument: Refining The Use Of Judicial Estoppel In Bankruptcy Nondisclosure Cases, Robert F. Dugas Jan 2006

Honing A Blunt Instrument: Refining The Use Of Judicial Estoppel In Bankruptcy Nondisclosure Cases, Robert F. Dugas

Vanderbilt Law Review

For individuals and organizations facing financial distress, modern bankruptcy law provides a statutory respite from creditors and mounting debt. When a debtor's liabilities irretrievably exceed its available assets, the law provides a forum for interested parties to efficiently assess and equitably divide or restructure a maximized pie of debtor value. What happens, however, when an individual or corporate debtor, either through fraud or mistake, "hides" a piece of the pie?


Special Topic Bankruptcy, Robert K. Rassmusen Jan 2006

Special Topic Bankruptcy, Robert K. Rassmusen

Vanderbilt Law Review

This issue of the VANDERBILT LAW REVIEW contains two outstanding student pieces on bankruptcy law. Few would be surprised by this observation. As to the quality of the works, they fall in with a long tradition of outstanding student scholarship published by the REVIEW. The choice of topic-bankruptcy law-also does not raise eyebrows. After all, Congress has recently enacted the most sweeping changes to the Bankruptcy Code since its original enactment in 1978. This legislation was the culmination of a more than decade long effort to revise our nation's bankruptcy law. Any major reform effort of this scope surely generates …