ABI Committee Listserve - Health Care Committee

Volume 1, Number 1

What's New at ABI World
Online Features of Interest to the
Health Care Committee Members

Read the latest "Cracking the Code" article by Richard P. O’Neil titled, “Not So Secret: Limitations on Attorney/Client Privilege for Individual Debtors in Possession.” Can a chapter 7 trustee in a case converted from chapter 11 waive the attorney-client privilege of an individual debtor with respect to communications with her attorney while she was a debtor in possession in a chapter 11 case? The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts recently answered that question in the affirmative.
The newly launched ABI World web site offers past ABI educational materials organized by committee topic. Click here to view the past ABI educational materials for the HEALTH CARE committee.

The Bankruptcy and Insurance Law Manual is available through the online publications catalog. Written by ABI member Susan N.K. Gummow (Clausen Miller; Chicago), the Manual covers the basics of insurance law for the bankruptcy professional, as well as bankruptcy principles for the insurance professional. Other recent titles added to ABI's publications catalog include the Consumer Bankruptcy Manual (Fundamentals of Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code), European Union Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings: An Introductory Analysis and First-day Motions: A Practical Guide to the Critical First Days of a Bankruptcy Case. These titles and more are available through the online publications catalog.
The latest bankruptcy court opinions and circuit case updates are made available at ABI world every week.
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.