Practitioners, Academics, and a Judge Testify about Safe Harbors before Congress
Author: Stephen D. Adams The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial, and Antitrust Law has held two sets of hearings in recent months on the bankruptcy safe harbors for repos and...
View ArticleThe Chapter 14 Proposal in the Senate
Author: Stephen D. Adams* [This week the Roundtable looks at the Chapter 14 proposal in the Senate. This post provides an overview of Chapter 14 as background to Bruce Grohsgal’s thoughtful piece from...
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The Case in Brief Against Chapter 14
Author: Bruce Grohsgal, Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones, LLP Resolution of a distressed financial company under Dodd-Frank Title II is a last – but crucial – resort. Dodd-Frank, Title I, requires...
View ArticleHouse Advances Bipartisan Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act
By Stephen D. Adams, Editor, HLS Bankruptcy Roundtable On September 10, 2014, the House Judiciary Committee approved H.R. 5421, the Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2014, in a voice vote with...
View ArticleSenator Reed Introduces Study Bill to Assess Systemic Risk Impact of...
On December 6, Senator Jack Reed introduced a bill aimed at establishing a more informed basis for regulatory and policymaking action on financial institution bankruptcies. The bill would mandate...
View ArticleBankruptcy for Banks: A Tribute (and Little Plea) to Jay Westbrook
By David A. Skeel, Jr. (University of Pennsylvania Law School) Over the past several years, Congress has considered various versions of a legislative reform that would amend the Bankruptcy Code to...
View ArticleSenate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Bankruptcy for Banks and Proposed...
On November 13, 2018, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on “Big Bank Bankruptcy: 10 Years After Lehman Brothers,” in connection with the proposed “Taxpayer Protection and Responsible...
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