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Bankruptcy Case Updates
Contains material from Dec 2015
Need to have video and not merely audio
Good course. Timely subject
Very good update on current state of bankruptcy law and conflicts among circuits.
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Session 2: Supreme Court Update: Wellness, Caulkett and Bullard - A quick examination of three of the Supreme Court's bankruptcy opinions from its last term—Wellness on the power of the bankruptcy court; Caulkett on lien-stripping, and Bullard on finality in Chapter 13.
Session 3: Rochelle’s Consumer Roundup - Bill Rochelle, not to be confused with brother Buzz, analyzes the year's best, worst and most useful decisions affecting Chapters 7 and 13.
Session 4: Uncertainty in the Law: How Circuit Splits are Dividing Courts on Key Issues in Bankruptcy Cases - A review of splits in the case law on key issues impacting both debtors’ and creditors’ rights in bankruptcy cases, with consideration of the cost of this uncertainty to the parties and the overall system, as well as proposals for resolving these splits.
Includes: Audio Paper Slides
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Jay L. Westbrook, R. Byrn "Byrnie" Bass Jr., Deborah B. Langehennig, Bill Rochelle, Deborah D. Williamson
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Session 1
—79 mins
Recent Developments (Dec 2015)
Included in the cases are must-know developments regarding the scope of the automatic stay, violations of discharge injunction, discharge and dischargeability, failure to disclose, attorney's fees, and other topics of critical import to bankruptcy practitioners.
Originally presented: Nov 2015 Bankruptcy Conference
Jay L. Westbrook,
The University of Texas School of Law - Austin, TX
R. Byrn "Byrnie" Bass Jr.,
Attorney at Law - Lubbock, TX
Deborah B. Langehennig,
Chapter 13 Trustee - Austin, TX
Bill Rochelle,
American Bankruptcy Institute - New York, NY
Deborah D. Williamson,
Dykema Cox Smith - San Antonio, TX
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Hon. Bruce A. Markell
Session 2
—31 mins
Supreme Court Update: Wellness, Caulkett and Bullard (Dec 2015)
A quick examination of three of the Supreme Court's bankruptcy opinions from its last term—Wellness on the power of the bankruptcy court; Caulkett on lien-stripping, and Bullard on finality in Chapter 13.
Originally presented: Nov 2015 Bankruptcy Conference
Hon. Bruce A. Markell,
Northwestern University School of Law - Chicago, IL
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Bill Rochelle
Session 3
—45 mins
Rochelle’s Consumer Roundup (Dec 2015)
Bill Rochelle, not to be confused with brother Buzz, analyzes the year's best, worst and most useful decisions affecting Chapters 7 and 13.
Originally presented: Nov 2015 Bankruptcy Conference
Bill Rochelle,
American Bankruptcy Institute - New York, NY
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Michelle M. Harner
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Session 4
—45 mins
Uncertainty in the Law: How Circuit Splits are Dividing Courts on Key Issues in Bankruptcy Cases (Dec 2015)
A review of splits in the case law on key issues impacting both debtors’ and creditors’ rights in bankruptcy cases, with consideration of the cost of this uncertainty to the parties and the overall system, as well as proposals for resolving these splits.
Originally presented: Nov 2015 Bankruptcy Conference
Michelle M. Harner,
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law - Baltimore, MD