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What's New at ABI World
Online Features of Interest to Consumer Bankruptcy Committee
Members
A press
briefing on child support claims under the proposed Bankruptcy Reform
Act, hosted by ABI on Friday, March 28, is now available online. The third
in a series of press
educational teleseminars, the briefing featured ABI experts addressing
timely issues in consumer and corporate bankruptcies. The treatment of
child support claims in bankruptcy continues to be one of the most controversial
aspects of the bankruptcy reform bill. A balanced panel of experts, including
Philip Strauss, National Child Support Enforcement Association, Karen
Cordry, National Association of Attorneys General, Joan Entmacher, National
Women’s Law Center and Linda Lea Viken, American Academy of Matrimonial
Lawyers, discussed the merits.
The upcoming
June issue of the ABI
Journal will feature an article by David Wheeler (Moore & Van
Allen PLLC; Charleston, S.C.) titled, "Lien ‘Revival’
Under §349: In re Booth.” Also featured are articles on two
perspectives on the landmark District Court opinion casting doubt on payments
to critical vendors under the doctrine of necessity, what's next under
Section 525 after the Supreme Court's NextWave opinion, and how to do
a "dirt-for-debt" swap under Section 1129(b)(2)(A). Also featured
are profiles of ABI's 10 new members of the Board of Directors, and more.
Watch for the June issue to reach your desk in the first week of June.
A
simple bill to create a single federal
district judgeship in Idaho ballooned
in the Senate Judiciary Committee
last Thursday into a measure creating
50 new judgeships. The panel approved
the expansion of the federal judiciary
in an 18-0 [vote] as a substitute
to the original measure. The bill
(S. 878) goes to the floor at a time
the Senate is already bogged down
in a Democratic filibuster blocking
two of President Bush's presidential
nominations for judgeships. By agreement,
the committee took up the amended
substitute version by Sen. Dianne
Feinstein (D-Calif.), adding a total
of 14 new judgeships, including the
Idaho post. An amendment by Sen. Joseph
Biden (D-Del.) was approved to create
36 new permanent bankruptcy judges
in New York, Delaware, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Maryland, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Virginia, Michigan,
Tennessee, Arkansas, Nevada, Utah,
Florida and Georgia. The amendment
would also add one temporary judgeship
each in Puerto Rico, New York, Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Mississippi and Georgia.
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.
Read the
previous Consumer
Bankruptcy Committee e-Newsletter online.
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OTHER
STORIES IN THIS ISSUE:
Now
You Have It, Now You Don’t:
TILA Rescission Claims Brought by
Chapter 13 Debtors
Limited
Representation in the Bankruptcy Court:
A Creditor’s Counsel Perspective
Consumer
Resources Available From ABI
Total
Bankruptcy Filings Break Records
Remedies
For Abusive Serial Filings Focus Of
Consumer
Bankruptcy Committee Meeting At Annual
Spring Meeting
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