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Free Falling With A Parachute That May Not Open: Debtor-In-Possession Financing In The Wake Of The Great Recession, Jarrod B. Martin, Kristofor Nelson, Eric Rudenberg, Jonathan Squires Jul 2009

Free Falling With A Parachute That May Not Open: Debtor-In-Possession Financing In The Wake Of The Great Recession, Jarrod B. Martin, Kristofor Nelson, Eric Rudenberg, Jonathan Squires

Jarrod B Martin

Debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing is one of the most important building blocks of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case. The recent economic downturn, however, has frozen the DIP financing market. Absent the financing necessary to reorganize, many companies will be forced to liquidate. Who will fill the void in DIP financing as banks exit the market? This note seeks to explore alternative options—local banks, the government, and private equity or hedge funds—that may fill the vacuum left by the banks, and the risks and rewards associated with DIP financing. As these alternate institutions go forward, the landscape of DIP financing may forever …


Will The Supreme Court Send The Vra's Biggest Sunset Provision Into The Sunset?: Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One And The 2006 Reauthorization Of Section Five Of The Voting Rights Act, Cameron W. Eubanks May 2009

Will The Supreme Court Send The Vra's Biggest Sunset Provision Into The Sunset?: Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One And The 2006 Reauthorization Of Section Five Of The Voting Rights Act, Cameron W. Eubanks

Cameron W Eubanks

The D.C. Circuit correctly decided Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Mukasey. The court subjected the 2006 reauthorization of § 5 of the Voting Rights Act to the rational and appropriate test announced in South Carolina v. Katzenbach. Under this test the court found that Congress had a rational basis to extend § 5 based on evidence of continued racial discrimination in voting. On review, the Supreme Court will uphold the § 5 reauthorization in spite of the congruent and proportional test announced in City of Boerne v. Flores which is used to review enactments passed pursuant to …


Missing The Mark: An Overlooked Statute Redefines The Debate Over Statutory Interpretation, William S. Blatt Mar 2009

Missing The Mark: An Overlooked Statute Redefines The Debate Over Statutory Interpretation, William S. Blatt

William S. Blatt

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Missing The Mark: An Overlooked Statute Redefines The Debate Over Statutory Interpretation, William S. Blatt Mar 2009

Missing The Mark: An Overlooked Statute Redefines The Debate Over Statutory Interpretation, William S. Blatt

William S. Blatt

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Missing The Mark: An Overlooked Statute Redefines The Debate Over Statutory Interpretation, William S. Blatt Mar 2009

Missing The Mark: An Overlooked Statute Redefines The Debate Over Statutory Interpretation, William S. Blatt

William S. Blatt

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Missing The Mark: An Overlooked Statute Redefines The Debate Over Statutory, William S. Blatt Mar 2009

Missing The Mark: An Overlooked Statute Redefines The Debate Over Statutory, William S. Blatt

William S. Blatt

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Missing The Mark: An Overlooked Statute Redefines The Debate Over Statutory Interpretation, William S. Blatt Mar 2009

Missing The Mark: An Overlooked Statute Redefines The Debate Over Statutory Interpretation, William S. Blatt

William S. Blatt

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Missing The Mark: An Overlooked Statute Redefines The Debate Over Statutory Interpretation, William S. Blatt Mar 2009

Missing The Mark: An Overlooked Statute Redefines The Debate Over Statutory Interpretation, William S. Blatt

William S. Blatt

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Missing The Mark: An Overlooked Statute Redefines The Debate Over Statutory Interpretation, Luciana Raffo, William Blatt Mar 2009

Missing The Mark: An Overlooked Statute Redefines The Debate Over Statutory Interpretation, Luciana Raffo, William Blatt

Luciana Raffo

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A User's Guide To Bankruptcy Mediation And Settlement Conferences, Jarrod B. Martin Jan 2009

A User's Guide To Bankruptcy Mediation And Settlement Conferences, Jarrod B. Martin

Jarrod B Martin

In few areas of law does mediation provide as many benefits as it does in bankruptcy. Pushed by a drastic increase in the amount of bankruptcy filings, the need to streamline bloated dockets, and hopes of reducing the increasingly high cost of bankruptcy litigation has forced bankruptcy judges and attorneys to seek out and employ various methods of alternative dispute resolution. If used correctly, alternative dispute resolution can reduce the strain on both the over-burdened court system and litigants’ monetary bottom-line by providing fast and inexpensive ways to avoid traditional bankruptcy litigation. This paper provides a practical roadmap for practitioners …


Tierras Sin Dueños: The Effect Of Cuba’S Foreign Investment Scheme On United States’ Certified Property Claims, Megan Elizabeth Haas Jun 2008

Tierras Sin Dueños: The Effect Of Cuba’S Foreign Investment Scheme On United States’ Certified Property Claims, Megan Elizabeth Haas

Megan E Haas

This comment seeks to analyze the current trend in foreign investment in Cuba and its effects on the potential settlement of U.S. certified property claims. Furthermore, this article will present a unique alternative for settling the property claims that will benefit both Cuba and U.S. commercial interests. The current state of foreign investment in Cuba presents a catch-22 for investors because the property system is so encumbered as to make it unattractive to invest in Cuba, although some companies are beginning to see the benefits and reap the rewards. As a result of recent political changes on the island, the …


Municipal Overreaching; Federal Preemption As It Applies To Town Ordinances Outlawing The Rental Of Housing To Undocumented Aliens, Hayden Patrick O'Byrne Jun 2007

Municipal Overreaching; Federal Preemption As It Applies To Town Ordinances Outlawing The Rental Of Housing To Undocumented Aliens, Hayden Patrick O'Byrne

Hayden Patrick O'Byrne

Within the past year or so a handful of towns around the United States have passed ordinances prohibiting undocumented aliens from renting housing. This paper explores how these ordinances are incompatible with the Federal Immigration Scheme and preempted by Federal Law.