AFFAIRS OF STATE: Administrative Expenses, Criminal Laws and the Code - Karen Cordry
BANKRUPTCY BY THE NUMBERS: Consumer Filings in a Complex Economy - Gordon Bermant and Ed Flynn
BENCHNOTES - Deborah D. Williamson and Ronald Hornberger
CONSUMER CORNER: Implementation of the Needs-based Review - Robert Waldschmidt
DICTA: A Successful Litigant's Bag of Tricks - Hon. William T. Bodoh
DIRECTOR'S COLUMN: From the Director - Samuel J. Gerdano
FEATURE: Legislative Intent or Judicial Myth-making? No Legislative History Supports Policy Arguments Advanced Against Stripdown - Gary Klein
FEATURE: S. 625 Stymied; Back on Floor in Early 2000
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: Electric Utility Deregulation Creates Winners and Losers: What's the Effect on Utilities' Financial Statements? - Tom Lumsden, Martin Herrmann, Casey Herman
LAST IN LINE: The Late-filed Claim: When Is an Act of God Not Excusable Neglect? - Diane C. Weil and Leslie R. Horowitz
LEGISLATIVE HIGHLIGHTS
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
ON THE EDGE: State Court Gives Lessons in Bankruptcy Law - Leonard P. Goldberger
PRACTICE & PROCEDURE: Finding the Proper Chapter 11 Cramdown Rate of Interest: Pick Your Experts Carefully - Bruce H. White and William L. Medford
SUGGESTED READING: The Quiet Game - Romaine S. Scott III
THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE: The American Law Institute's Transnational Insolvency Project - E. Bruce Leonard
TURNAROUND TOPICS: Reflecting on Business Bankruptcies: From the Pre-Code Era into the New Millennium - Dr. Gerald P. Buccino and Steven M. Golub
VALUE & CENTS: Protecting Future Product Liability Claimants - Allen Michel, Israel Shaked and Steven Feinstein
AFFAIRS OF STATE: In re Innes: The Supreme Court's Next Eleventh Amendment Case? - Patrick H. Tyler
BANKRUPTCY BY THE NUMBERS: Means Testing: Lessons Learned from a Single Case - Ed Flynn and Gordon Bermant
CONSUMER CORNER: Whose Property Is It Anyway? Evaluating the Rights and Obligations of Post-confirmation Debtors and Creditors in Chapter 13 - David B. Wheeler
DICTA: Judging at the End of the Millennium - Hon. Prudence Carter Beatty
FEATURE: Expanding Your Convenient Options at ABI World Site
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: Liquidity Is Lord: Evaluating Imminent Financial Distress - Alan D. Holtz
FIRST IN LINE: Do Pre-existing Liens Really Pass Through Bankruptcy Unaffected? - Mark D. Collins
INTENSIVE CARE: Conflict of Laws - Which State Rules Govern? - James T. Markus and Don J. Quigley
LAST IN LINE: "Reverse Piercing" - Leave It for the Punk Rockers - Thomas J. Salerno
LEGISLATIVE HIGHLIGHTS: Update on S. 625
ON OUR WATCH: New Challenges for Attorneys Signing Reaffirmation Agreements: Meeting a Heightened Standard of Judicial Review - J. Christopher Marshall and Eric K. Bradford
ON THE EDGE: Does the Full Repayment Plan Satisfy LaSalle? - John R. Clemency, Scott Goldberg and Todd Burgess
PRACTICE & PROCEDURE: Recharacterization of Synthetic Leases: How a Lease Becomes a Secured Claim - Bruce H. White, William Medford and John C. Murray
SUGGESTED READING: Bankruptcy Code Manual, 1999 Ed. - Bob Feidler and Ann Kathan
VALUE & CENTS: Why Institutional Investors Serve on Committees - Vito J. Iacovazzi
BANKRUPTCY BY THE NUMBERS: Income Trajectories, Debts and Expenses of Some Chapter 7 Debtors, 1996-1998 - Gordon Bermant and Ed Flynn
DICTA: Some Wisdom Shared - Hon. Paul Mannes
FEATURE: Conflicting Approaches to Recovery of Pre-payment Premiums under §506(b): Actual vs. Liquidated Damages Analysis - Seth D. Gould
FEATURE: DePrizio Lives (in a Mobile Home in Oregon) - John C. Murray
FEATURE: Incoming NCBJ President Shares Views on Shape of Bankruptcy System
FEATURE: Incorporation Issues: Why Delaware? - William Jarblum and Bernard D. Bollinger Jr.
LAST IN LINE: Amending Claims after the Bar Date - John D. Penn
LETTER TO THE EDITOR - Oliver B. Pollak
ON THE EDGE: The Ingenuity of Subordinated Debt - James J. Tancredi and Honor S. Heath
PRACTICE & PROCEDURE: Conducting Equity Auctions under LaSalle - The Fog Thickens - Bruce H. White and William Medford
SUGGESTED READING: Breach of Promise - Romaine S. Scott III
THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE: The Developing Use of Protocols in Major Cross-border Filings - E. Bruce Leonard
TOXINS-ARE-US: Criminal Fines as Administrative Expenses? Don't Count on It... - John W. Ames and Lisa H. Thomas
TURNAROUND TOPICS: Calculating Growth Can Save a Company from Trouble - Becky Roof and Warren Nicholson
VALUE & CENTS: Buyer's Premium - Leslie H. Miles Jr., ASA