The financial crisis of 2007-2009 witnessed a spectacular parade of bankruptcies,
distressed sales, and bailouts of major financial and industrial firms. The government …

In Chrysler's Chapter a bankruptcy, a finding that the debtor was losing $100 million per day
justified the hurry-up sale of the company to Fiat. The assertion that a firm is a melting ice …

On March 14, 1972, a short article on page fifty of the New York Times noted an AFL-CIO
press conference held to call attention to a new cancer" afflicting an increasing number of …

During the height of thefinancial crisis in 2008 and 2009, the government bailed out
numerous corporations, including banks, investment banks, and automobile manufacturers …

The equality of creditors norm is widely viewed as the single most important principle in
American bankruptcy law, rivaled only by our commitment to a fresh start for honest but …

Financially distressed companies often seek refuge in federal bankruptcy court to auction
valuable assets and pay creditor claims. Mass tort defendants-including 3M, Johnson & …

Five months after the New Yorker surfaced allegations of sexual impropriety against Harvey
Weinstein,'the famed producer's firm, the Weinstein Company, filed for bankruptcy. 2 New …

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1424 2. Th Page 1 LITIGATING THE FINANCIAL CRISIS David Zaring* INTRODUCTION …

Academics have long debated whether the order of bankruptcy distributions should be"
absolute" or" relative." Should courts have the flexibility to scramble priority to serve some …

What justifies corporate bankruptcy law in the modem economy? For forty years,
economically oriented theorists have rationalized bankruptcy as an antidote to potential …