Warren Honored by EBDJ
Each year the Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal honors an individual with the Distinguished Award for Lifetime Achievement ("Distinguished Service Award"). This year, we were delighted to present Professor Elizabeth Warren, Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, with this honor.
Warren joins a list of impressive previous award recipients including: the Honorable William L. Norton, Jr. (1999), Kenneth N. Klee (2000), Frank R. Kennedy (2001), Harvey R. Miller (2002), the Honorable David H. Coar (2003), Gerald K. Smith (2004), the Honorable Conrad B. Duberstein (2005), Senator Dennis DeConcini (2006), the Honorable W. Homer Drake (2007), and Professor Douglas Baird (2008).
Warren spoke at the Journal's annual banquet on March 17, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Photo credit: Susan Werner
2009-10 Executive Board
Please join the Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal in congratulating the newly elected 2009-10 Executive Board:
Editor-in-Chief: Marguerite De Voll
Executive Articles Editor: Jon Azoff
Executive Notes and Comments Editor: Mike Bargar
Executive Symposium Editor: Robert Rhodes
Executive Managing Editors: Mimi Kang, Dan Shulak, Chelsey Tulis
1L Write On Competition 2009
The 2009 Journal Competition Informational Packet - Information about the different law journals at Emory and important dates about the competition.
All questions about the Writing Competition should be addressed to: writeonhelp(at)gmail.com.
Volume 25, Number 1
Introduction, Teresa L. Porter, Editor-in-Chief
Acceptance Remarks, Douglas G. Baird
A Comparison of the Effects of the 1978 and 2005 Bankruptcy Reform Legislation on Bankruptcy Filing Rates, Thomas Bak, John Golmant & James Woods
Straddle Obligations under Prepetition Contracts—Prepetition Claims, Postpetition Claims, or Administrative Expenses? Laura B. Bartell
Bankrupt Subsidiaries: The Challenges to the Parent of Legal Separation, Brad B. Erens, Scott J. Friedman & Kelly M. Mayerfeld
Food for Thought: The Efficiencies Achieved by Trimming an Industry at Overcapacity through Mergers vs. Chapter 11 Reorganizations, Ashley J. Austin
Bankruptcy Collides with Antitrust: The Need for a Prohibition against Using § 1110 Protections Collectively, James A. Janaitis
A New Solution: 11 U.S.C. § 1146(a) and the Ordinary Course of Business Distinction, Jonathon D. Pressley
The Legal Way to Defeat Optimus Sub-Prime, R. Travis Santos
