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The Classification Veto In Single-Asset Cases Under Bankruptcy Code Section 1129(A)(10), David G. Carlson
The Classification Veto In Single-Asset Cases Under Bankruptcy Code Section 1129(A)(10), David G. Carlson
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Postpetition Security Interests Under The Bankruptcy Code, David G. Carlson
Postpetition Security Interests Under The Bankruptcy Code, David G. Carlson
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Section 364(c) and (d) of the Bankruptcy Code provides for the creation of security interests in real and personal property under federal law. In this Article, David Gray Carlson discusses the quality and nature of these federal security interests, their remarkable immunity from reversal on appeal, and the ability of postpetition lenders to obtain preferences over other creditors through "cross-collateralization" clauses and the like.
Revising Article 9 To Reduce Wasteful Litigation, James J. White
Revising Article 9 To Reduce Wasteful Litigation, James J. White
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For reasons that are unclear to me, the committees reviewing the articles of the Uniform Commercial Code and drafting revisions are congenitally conservative. Perhaps these committees take their charge too seriously, namely, to revise, not to revolutionize. Perhaps their intimate knowledge of the subject matter exaggerates the importance of each section and consequently magnifies the apparent size of every change. In any case, my own experience with two such committees tells me that the members quickly become focused on revisions and amendments that any outsider would describe as modest. To the extent that the revision of any of the articles …
Preference Conundrums, James J. White, Daniel Israel
Preference Conundrums, James J. White, Daniel Israel
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Every law teacher and many law students and practitioners understand the intellectual sport to be found in Section 547 on preference law. Because the preference rules are so intricate, rigorously logical-but really not logical-they command more than their fair attention, not only in law school but also in continuing legal education and even in the courts. Our purpose in this article is not to answer any of the difficult questions or to give a global explanation of preference law. Rather it is to confront a few of the conundrums in Section 547 and to follow the paths of those conundrums …