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Caught In The Trap: Pricing Racial Housing Preferences, A. Mechele Dickerson

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Story Of Ymps (“Yield Maintenance Premiums”) In Bankruptcy, Michael G. Hillinger, Ingrid Michelsen Hillinger

Faculty Publications

This article tries to tell the story of YMPs in bankruptcy. It is not an easy story to tell. It has so many subplots: the court’s position on freedom of contract, the debtor’s solvency or insolvency, the effect of recognizing the YMP on other creditors, whether the YMP claim arose pre- or post-petition, the proper relationship between section 502 claim allowance and section 506(b) which permits oversecured claims to include reasonable fees, costs, or charges as provided for in the loan agreement, and the effect of YMP enforcement on chapter 11 plan configuration.

In terms of basic plot line though, …

Why Annie Gets To Keep Her Gun: An Analysis Of Firearm Exemptions In Bankruptcy Proceedings, Marcia A. Yablon-Zug

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of Revised Article 9, Lois R. Lupica

Faculty Publications

Under Revised Article 9, secured creditors are granted greater rights than they had under former Article 9. We now have a secured credit system whereby secured creditors can more easily encumber a greater number of types of assets and can securitize more types of assets with greater certainty. These revisions were justified on the grounds of efficiency, although the impact of these revisions was not empirically proven. This article sets forth a research protocol for the study of Revised Article 9's impact on the credit markets.