One of the goals of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA) is to provide greater protections to patients in health care business bankruptcies. See Pub.L. No. 109-8. To that end, new Bankruptcy Code provisions have been enacted to specifically address issues that arise in health care business bankruptcies.
Sicko, the need for improvement was apparent. Costs had spiraled out of control, quality of care was inconsistent and health care providers faced daunting operational and financial challenges.
In Advanced Telecommunication Network Inc. v. Allen (In re Advanced Telecommunication Network Inc.), 490 F.3d 1325 (11th Cir. 2007), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit adopted the approach set forth by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in In re Xonics Photochemical, 841 F.2d 198, 200 (7th Cir.
A Ponzi scheme is an arrangement whereby an enterprise makes payments to investors from the proceeds of a later investment rather than from profits of the underlying business venture as the investors expected.
Unlike Vegas, what happens in bankruptcy court does not necessarily stay in bankruptcy court. The ripples born of Enron’s and its affiliates’ chapter 11 filings are still reverberating in nonbankruptcy courts. The recent decision in Regents of the Univ. of Calif. v. Credit Suisse First Boston (USA) Inc., 482 F.3d 372 (5th Cir.
As most savvy collection managers know, the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA) granted suppliers a priority in payment for goods received by the debtor within 20 days before bankruptcy. The new statute undoubtedly increased the chances that suppliers will achieve a significant recovery.
For the past year or so, regulators and investors have been eyeing the subprime-mortgage industry as spectators on an expressway might a fender bender or a flat tire. Although onlookers usually don’t know what they’re slowing down to see, it’s more often than not a harmless event, rather than a major catastrophe. Nonetheless, the viewing continues, and so do the endless commutes.
Confidentiality matters in regards to hedge funds. As increasing numbers of funds compete for investment opportunities, it becomes even more critical for fund managers to keep their holdings and investment strategies close to the vest.
Prior to its repeal with the enactment of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, §304 provided authority for adjudicating international insolvency issues before the U.S. Bankruptcy courts where a proceeding had already been filed or would be more appropriately filed in a foreign jurisdiction.
Case Filed Under § 304 – discussing Chapter 15
In re Atrimm, S.r.L., 335 B.R. 149 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 2005)
