In an attempt to make chapter 11 more streamlined and less expensive for debtors, Congress amended the bankruptcy code to add a brand new reorganization chapter: Subchapter V. Subchapter V is available exclusively to small-business debtors and provides a new option that is intended to be quicker and cheaper; it also offers less oversight and […]
OFP Files Amicus Brief for The Rutherford Institute and Cato Institute in Watchlist Case Before the Fourth Circuit
Odin Feldman Pittleman filed an amicus brief on behalf of The Rutherford Institute and Cato Institute, a Washington think tank, in Elhady v. Kable, Case Nos. 20-1119, 20-1311 (4th Cir).The brief urges the court to uphold due process protections provided to individuals added to the Terrorist Screening Database (colloquially the “Watchlist”). The case concerns 23 […]
The Government’s Perspective On Health Care Bankruptcies
Health care bankruptcies are more than a battle over money and control of a company, because they potentially place the health of a debtor’s patients in danger if handled incorrectly. Health care cases present a risk that people without representation in the bankruptcy case could be seriously injured or unnecessarily lose their lives. This risk […]
Unbundling As A Means Of Financing Bankruptcy Fees And Working Without A “Wet” Signature
Previously published in the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal: Download as PDF Debtors are required to pay a filing fee in order to commence voluntary bankruptcy cases, and the U.S. Supreme Court has sustained the constitutionality of the filing fee as a predicate to the debtor receiving a discharge.1 Cases are subject to dismissal if the […]