Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal proudly announces the
7th Annual EBDJ Symposium
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Emory University School of Law
1301 Clifton Road
Atlanta, Georgia
Ponzi Schemes—Bankruptcy Court v. Federal Court Equity Receivership: The Business Bankruptcy Panel
Views from the Bench—Five Years of BAPCPA: The Consumer Bankruptcy Panel
Ethics 2.0—The Ethical Challenges and Pitfalls Web 2.0 Presents to Bankruptcy Attorneys”: The Ethics Panel
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Online registration is open through February 28, 2010. Registration is also available at the symposium.
EBDJ Student Authors Cited
Recently, EBDJ Executive Managing Editor Chelsey Tulis' article was cited in In re Lukaszewski, 414 B.R. 15, 21 n.3 (Bankr. D. Conn. 2009) ("For an extensive discussion on 'projected disposable income' see Chelsey W. Tulis, Get Real: Reframing the Debate over How to Calculate Projected Disposable Income in § 1325(b), 83 Am. Bankr. L.J. 345 (2009) (arguing, inter alia, 'that courts should follow the forward-looking approach as applied in ... Lanning')."
The Supreme Court granted certiorari in Hamilton v. Lanning (In re Lanning), to address the question, what is the proper method for calculating “projected disposable income” in Chapter 13 cases in light of the new definition of "disposable income" inserted under BAPCPA. Hamilton v. Lanning (In re Lanning), 545 F.3d 1269, 1270 (10th Cir. 2009), cert. granted, No. 08-998 (U.S. Nov. 2, 2009).
Prior to the granting of cert, the Supreme Court requested the Solicitor General file a brief. The Solicitor General's Office cited recent Emory Law graduate and former EBDJ Managing Editor Thomas Izzo's comment in the current issue of EBDJ. Thomas Izzo, Comment, Projecting the Past: How the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act has Befuddled § 1325(b) and "Projected Disposable Income", 25 Emory Bankr. Dev. J. 521 (2009).
Two EBDJ Students Win ABI Writing Competition
Two EBDJ students were winners in the 2009 American Bankruptcy Institute's First Annual Bankrupty Law Student Writing Competition. R. Travis Santos 09L won second place for his paper "Credit Default Swap Agreements: A Possible Obstacle to Plan Confirmation." Taejin Kim 09L won third place for his paper "The Trouble of the $1,000 Billable Hour in Bankruptcy - Limitations of Professional Compensation by the Bankruptcy Court under 11 U.S.C. §328." Both winning papers were published in the ABI Bankruptcy Litigation Committee's quarterly newsletter.
Volume 25, Issue 2
SYMPOSIUM
Zachary Lewis, Introduction
Frederick Tung, The Great Bailout of 2008-09
Brett Berlin, Robert LeHane, Richard NeJame, & Todd Meyers, Business Bankruptcy Panel: Hot Topics in Retail Bankruptcy
James Massey,Wendell S. Agee, Richard Thomson, Mary Ida Townson, & R. Jeneane Treace, Consumer Bankruptcy Panel: Attorneys Fees in the Northern District of Georgia
ARTICLE
Andrew P. MacArthur, Pay to Play: The Poor’s Problems in the BAPCPA
COMMENTS
Dorothy Hubbard Cornwell, To Catch a KERP: Devising a More Effective Regulation Than § 503(c)
Thomas J. Izzo, Projecting the Past: How the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act Has Befuddled § 1325(b) and "Projected Disposable Income"
James P. Terpening III, All or Nothing: Properly Deducting Vehicle Ownership Expenses Under § 707(b)(2)(a)(ii)(i)
Judd M. Treeman, Blessed Be the Name of the Code: How to Protect Churches from Tithe Avoidance Under the Bankruptcy Code’s Fraudulent Transfer Law
