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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 |