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        What's New at ABI World 
        Online Features of Interest 
        to  
        International Committee Members 
       
      
      Minutes 
        from the International Committee meeting at the 2003 Annual Spring Meeting 
         
       
      Latest 
        Installments of the "International 
        Scene": 
         
        • 
          Arms 
          of U.K. Administration Embrace U.S. Companies 
          by Ken Baird and Richard Tett 
           
          (ABI Journal - The International 
          Scene) - May 2003 
          • 
          Equitable 
          Subordination Reaches Canada: Part I 
          by E. Bruce Leonard and Eric 
          Kupka  
          (ABI Journal - The International 
          Scene) - April 2003 
          • 
          The 
          Japanese Corporate Reorganization Reform Law of 2002 
          by Shinichiro Abe  
          (ABI Journal - The International 
          Scene) - March 
          2003 
       
      A 
        comprehensive survey of reported opinions on topics such as debtor eligibility, 
        jurisdiction/procedure, bankruptcy estate, debtor protections, case administration, 
        leases and contracts, avoidance, claims, plans, discharge, discovery and 
        miscellaneous business issues is available at ABI World. The summary, 
        titled "2002 Business Bankruptcy Year in Review," was prepared 
        by Prof. Jack F. Williams, Georgia State University College of Law, and 
        Susan H. Seabury, Esq., Atlanta, Ga. The summary, "2002 Consumer 
        Bankruptcy Year in Review," is also available online. 
         
       
       ABI's latest 
        publication, First-day Motions: A Practical Guide to the Critical 
          First Days of a Bankruptcy Case, is now available through the online 
            publications catalog. Written by Debra Grassgreen of Pachulski, Stang, 
        Ziehl, Young, Jones & Weintraub PC, this book addresses the basics 
        of first-day motions and provides an overview of administrative, operational 
        and substantive motions/orders. 
         
      
       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.  
         
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       OTHER 
        STORIES IN THIS ISSUE: 
      2003 
        Annual Spring Meeting: 
         
        Farley and Bond, A Class Act 
         
        U.K. Insolvency Statistics 
        Show Increase in Failures 
         
        The EU Regulation on Cross-border 
        Insolvency Puts Delaware Corporation Into Administration in the U.K. 
         
      Developments 
        Under Mexico’s Ley de Concursos Mercantiles del 2000 
      Changes 
        to Brazilian Consumer Credit Legislation 
      Brazil 
        Eletronet to File for Bankruptcy 
      Brazilian 
        Sovereign Debt Issuance Adopts Collective 
        Action Clauses  |