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Analysis of the General Motors and Chrysler Automotive Industry Bankruptcies 
Focus on GM and Chrysler Bankruptcies
LexisNexis Bankruptcy Law Center Staff Latest Headlines
The latest news headlines from the Associated Press regarding the bankruptcies by domestic automakers  General Motors and Chrysler are featured.   Henderson: GM to begin...
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Steve Jakubowski Blogs
The implications of the bankruptcies by domestic automakers General Motors and Chrysler are analyzed in a series of ongoing insightful blogs by Steve Jakubowski.   The Chrysler Bankruptcy...
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LexisNexis Bankruptcy Law Center Staff Automotive Bankruptcy Resources
Read the order granting Chrysler's petition to declare bankruptcy and related documents.   Choose an option below to search for information regarding the Chrysler bankruptcy:  ...
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Network with other professionals in the Bankruptcy Law group, and discuss the implications of the GM and Chrysler bankruptcies.
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New! Collier on Bankruptcy 16th Edition
Ed Leung LexisNexis Launches New Sixteenth Edition of Collier on Bankruptcy
Written and edited by leading scholars and practitioners, Collier on Bankruptcy is the preeminent treatise in the bankruptcy field. Long recognized as the most authoritative and comprehensive...
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LexisNexis Bankruptcy Law Center Staff Editor and Author Profiles
Collier on Bankruptcy, written and edited by leading scholars and practitioners in the field, brings breadth of experience and depth of expertise by this distinguished group. These contributions to Collier...
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LexisNexis Bankruptcy Law Center Staff Podcasts
LexisNexis® Bankruptcy Law Center Podcast Interview with Collier Editors-in-Chief Alan N. Resnick and Henry J. Sommer on the New, Sixteenth Edition of Collier on Bankruptcy  *  ...
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LexisNexis Bankruptcy Law Center Staff Table of Contents
View or download a Volume-By-Volume Guide to Collier on Bankruptcy 16th Edition
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LexisNexis Bankruptcy Law Center Staff Publication Updates
With release 111 (September 2009), LexisNexis is pleased to commence the publication of a new edition of Collier on Bankruptcy. The Sixteenth Edition will be completed in phases over a three-year period,...
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LexisNexis Bankruptcy Law Center Staff Content Spotlight
Volume 1 of the Sixteenth Edition carries forward the tradition of the previous edition and collects those topics that are not tied to a particular Code section, encompassing all of the introductory...
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Patrick Mears, John Gregg & Mathias Winge
Posted By: Patrick Mears, John Gregg & Mathias Winge
The Saab Reorganization in Sweden: The Expedited and Successful Restructuring and Sale of a Global Automobile Manufacturer
Professor Roger Bernhardt
Posted By: Professor Roger Bernhardt
Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc. v. Knupfer (In re PW, LLC), 391 B.R. 25 (B.A.P. 9th Cir. 2008)
Mazy Hedayat
Posted By: Mazy Hedayat
Emotional Distress Damages for Violations of the Automatic Stay
Patrick Mears
Posted By: Patrick Mears
Long Term Supply Contracts In Auto Supplier Bankruptcies
May The Nondebtor Seller Change Payment Terms For Post-Petition Sales To The Chapter 11 Debtor?
Deborah Piazza
Posted By: Deborah Piazza
In re R. Ring Enterprises, Inc., 2009 Bankr. LEXIS 685 (Bankr. N.D. Cal. Feb. 18, 2009)
Can a debtor's time to assume or reject unexpired leases of nonresidential real property be indefinitely extended?
Kenneth Klee
Posted By: Kenneth Klee
The Supreme Court's Holding in Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Bailey, 129 S. Ct. 2195 (2009)
Frank Aquila & Hydee Feldstein
Posted By: Frank Aquila & Hydee Feldstein
Distressed Acquisitions: Brave New World or Variation on a Familiar Theme?
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Steve Jakubowski
Posted By: Steve Jakubowski
Voyage of the Damned: The GM Tort Claimants' Opening Appellate Brief -- Brother, Can You Spare a Quarter?
What started out a couple months ago as a " Slow Boat to China ," today feels more like the " Voyage of the Damned ."   Yesterday I filed this " Opening Brief...
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Mazy Hedayat
Posted By: Mazy Hedayat
2 roommates + 2 incomes = 1 happy debtor
  Sounds like sanity could be returning to the Bankruptcy system, but you be the judge.  As reported in this piece by Attorney Craig Andresen  for the Bankruptcy Law Network...
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Kent Anderson
Posted By: Kent Anderson
Recent Decisions Applying the Bandilli Criteria to Determine Section 1328(b)(1) Eligibility for the Chapter 13 Hardship Discharge
  A Chapter 13 Debtor unable to make plan payments because of reduced income or increased expenses has three options: modifying the plan to reduce payments, conversion to Chapter 7, or the...
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Steve Jakubowski
Posted By: Steve Jakubowski
Required Bankruptcy Reading from Klee and Hayes for Justice-To-Be Sonia Sotomayor (and You Too!)
  With the Second Circuit's Judge Sotomayor soon to ascend to the Supreme Court, bankruptcy lawyers must be disappointed at the complete absence of any questioning of her on bankruptcy...
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Steve Jakubowski
Posted By: Steve Jakubowski
Out of the Fray ... Onto the "Slow Boat to China": Putting the Brakes on the GM Bankruptcy Appeal
Three weeks ago, as I discussed here , I jumped into the GM fray and filed this objection on behalf 5 product liability claimants who, absent the "free and clear" sale protections...
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LexisNexis Bankruptcy Law Center Staff ABI 21st Annual Winter Leadership Conference, December 3-5, 2009; La Quinta, California
The ABI 2009 Winter Leadership Conference will be held on December 3-5 at the La Quinta Resort & Club in La Quinta, California.   View more information regarding the ABI 21st Annual Winter Leadership Conference
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