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                                    Volume 3, Number 2 - August 2004

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Online Features of Interest to Business
Reorganization Committee Members

  • Check out the new ABI World to view the upgraded Business Reorganization Committee section. The new “committees” area of the web site allocates space for each ABI committee. From the home page, click on “About ABI” and then “Committees” to see all of ABI’s committees. In the left-hand navigation in blue, click on “Business Reorganization.”

    Once you click on the Business Reorganization committee, you will notice that the left-hand navigation in blue has changed again. Within the main page, you will see a listing of the committee chairs, the committee listserves (where you can join or view the Business Reorganization committee listserve) and agendas for any upcoming meetings of the Business Reorganization Committee. In the left-hand navigation you will note that beneath “Business Reorganization” there are three new options: Minutes, Newsletter and Educational Materials. The “Minutes” page provides minutes from past Business Reorganization Committee meetings. The “Newsletter” page provides all back issues of the Business Reorganization electronic newsletter. The “Educational Materials” page provides educational materials from past conferences that address issues related to business reorganization.

    • The June issue of the ABI Journal included a number of articles on business reorganization, including:
    – “Stalking-horse Lenders and Good Faith: The Availability of Appellate Protection Under §§363(m) and 364(e) for Asset Purchasers Extending DIP Financing,” written by Robert J. Keach (Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson; Portland, Maine); and
    – “How to Keep the Lights On in a REP Bankruptcy: A Case Study from Texas,” written by Diana M. Woodman (Thompson & Knight LLP; Houston) and John D. Baumgartner (Chiron Financial Group Inc.; Houston).

    • Stay abreast of the latest bankruptcy-related news by reading the Daily Bankruptcy Headlines at ABI World.

    • Looking for a new employee or searching for a new job? Check out the new ABI Career Center — the one-stop site for job seekers and employers in the insolvency community. Stop by to set up your personal profile or search the available positions (over 120 on average). Employers are invited to post free job listings and search the job-seeker database for possible candidates.

    • Check out the latest Collier Case Update offered at ABI World. Case summaries are available to ABI members.

    • The latest edition of the West Bankruptcy Newsletter is now available. Provided by West Group, the newsletter is a weekly update on bankruptcy and debtor/creditor matters.

  • OTHER STORIES
    IN THIS ISSUE:

    The Continuing Mystery of the “Bankruptcy Estate”: Three Cases Seek to Define What the “Estate” is, If it continues (In Another Form) Post-Confirmation, and When it is "Reborn"

    Professor LoPucki Blasts “Corrupting” Competition for Big Cases by Bankruptcy Courts: Dedate to Follow