Volume 2 (2010)

Volume 2 features 27 research memoranda.

No. 1: Why a Third-Party Challenger to a Court-Ordered Transfer of Property Must Satisfy the “Persons Aggrieved” Standard.

No. 2: Comfort to Students: Although Loans are Hard to Avoid, Transcripts May be Easy to Obtain.

No. 3: In re Energy Partners Ltd.: Explaining the Potential Impact on Courts in the Fifth Circuit and Beyond.

No. 4: Form vs. Substance: What Defines “Retiree Benefits” Under Section 1114 of the Bankruptcy Code?

No. 5: Permissibility of Triangular Setoff in Bankruptcy via Prepetition Agreement.

No. 6: Is a Trustee Required to Recover Equitable Interests Under Section 541(a)(1)?

No. 7: 363(m) “Mootness”: Broadly Applied or Narrowly Confined?

No. 8: Approving Insider Compensation Under Section 503(c)(3): Court Discretion Or Business Judgment Standard?

No. 9: Does Your Claim Involve Goods or Does Your Claim Predominantly Involve Goods?: Section 503(b)(9) and the Problematic Hybrid Claimant.

No. 10: Government Collection of Outstanding Income Taxes in Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Proceedings and the Current Split of Circuit Courts.

No. 11: It’s Never Too Late to Deal with Unscheduled Assets.

No 12: Antecedent Debts in Lease Term Agreements.

No. 13: Putting the Brakes on Ride-Through in the Ninth Circuit.

No. 14: Earmarking Does Not Protect Balance Transfers.

No. 15: A Fork in the Road: Courts Continue to Diverge About Transportation Ownership Deductions under the Means Test.

No. 16: Fifth Circuit Holds 11 U.S.C. § 108(a) Supersedes State Statutes of Repose.

No. 17: Delayed Closing Exempts Sale from Stamp Taxes pursuant to Section 1146(a).

No. 18: The Fifth Circuit Clarifies Who Has Standing to Bring a Cause of Action for a Violation of the Automatic Stay.

No. 19: Left Holding the Bag: Are Injunctions to Clean Contaminated Sites Dischargeable in Bankruptcy?

No. 20: How a Landlord’s Administrative Claim for “Stub Rent” Could be Curtailed under Section 503(b).

No. 21: Calculating “Projected Disposable Income” under Section 1325(b): A Tale of Two Approaches.

No. 22: Same-Sex Couples Filing for Bankruptcy under Chapter 7.

No. 23: Bankruptcy Courts’ Use of Nunc Pro Tunc.

No. 24: Breach of Pre-petition Contract Claims May Be Subject to “Core” Jurisdiction.

No. 25: Servicing Agents Forewarned: Whether Servicing Agents are Real Parities in Interest in the Bankruptcy Forum.

No. 26: Three Easy Steps to Rejecting Collective Bargaining Agreements: How In re City of Vallejo Allows a Municipality to Eliminate its CBAs.

No. 27: What Happens to Repossessed Vehicles in Bankruptcy?