ABC UPDATE: Eleven New Certifications Granted - Michelle L. Anderson
AFFAIRS OF STATE: Private Party Access to the Governmental Exception to the Automatic Stay - Heather M. Forrest
BENCHNOTES - Deborah D. Williamson
BEYOND THE QUILL: Electronic Discovery - Laura DiBiase
CHAPTER 11 - "101": Out-of-court Workouts, Prepacks and Pre-arranged Cases: A Primer - Prof. John D. Ayer, Michael L. Bernstein and Jonathan Friedland
CONSUMER CORNER: The Ties that Bind: Chapter 13 Confirmation Orders - Timothy D. Moratzka
DIRECTOR'S COLUMN: From the Director - Samuel J. Gerdano
FEATURE: Actions Against Former Committee Members: Alleged Breach of Fiduciary Duty for Support of a Plan and Ramifications - Paul Steven Singerman and Grace E. Robson
FEATURE: Consumer Debt Collection: FDCPA Traps for the Unwary Nationwide Lender, Loan Servicer and Debt Collector: Part I - Elizabeth M. Bohn and Ari H. Gerstin
FEATURE: Credit Counseling Update: The "Perfect Storm" Brewing - Leslie E. Linfield
FEATURE: Is the Tide Turning on D&O Claims? - Luis Salazar
INSURANCE ISSUES: No "SIR"! Insurer Can't Avoid Payment if Insured Files for Bankruptcy - Susan N.K. Gummow
LAST IN LINE: Of Shoes and Fees: When Advice to Creditors Is Advice to the Debtor - Jordan A. Kroop
LEGISLATIVE HIGHLIGHTS: House Panel Rubber-stamps S. 256: House Floor and White House Await
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: Hatch: On Assuming or Rejecting Leases under the New Law
MEMBERS IN THE NEWS - Courtney Reyers
NEWS AT 11: Playing Chicken with the Court: Evading Jurisdiction, Not Filing a Proof of Claim and Preserving the Right to Assert Setoff as a Defense? Is It Possible? - Jo Ann J. Brighton
ON THE EDGE: Whatever Happened to the Inherent Equitable Powers of the Bankruptcy Court? - Jeffrey W. Warren, Adam Lawton Alpert and Andrew T. Jenkins
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: Zenith Industrial and the Critical-vendor Preference Defense: Being a Critical Vendor Does Not Pay What It Used to - Bruce H. White and William L. Medford
STRAIGHT AND NARROW: Chapter 11 Examiner: The Basics and Successfully Fulfilling the Position: Part II - Krista R. Fuller
TOXINS-ARE-US: Please Sue Me: Cooper Industries Inc. v. Aviall Services Inc. - C.R. "Chip" Bowles Jr.
TURNAROUND TOPICS: Intrepid Credit Markets Have Everyone Smiling...for Now - John Yozzo and Sean A. Gumbs
VALUE AND CENTS: Critical Vendor? Try Critical Merchant - David Peress
AFFAIRS OF STATE: Should Chapter 13 Plans Discharge Student Loans? - Craig A. Gargotta
BENCHNOTES - Deborah D. Williamson and Ronald Hornberger
CHAPTER 11 - "101": Bad Words to a Debtor's Ear - Prof. John D. Ayer, Michael L. Bernstein and Jonathan Friedland
CLERK COMMENTARY: Help Is Only a Click or Call Away - David D. Bird, Clerk of Court
CONSUMER CORNER: Mortgage Options for Former Debtors - Jeffrey Nunley
FEATURE: "May It Please the Court": If I Had Been at Oral Argument in Rousey v. Jacoway: Part II - Prof. C. Scott Pryor
FEATURE: Deepening Insolvency: Into the Void - William Bates III
FEATURE: Foreign Debtors Beware! Globopar Recognizes that You May Be Hauled into a U.S. Bankruptcy Case Involuntarily - Sam J. Alberts and Jeffrey Schmitt
FEATURE: Mixed News for Directors of Canadian Corporations: Peoples v. Wise - Donald E. Milner
FEATURE: Should an Examiner Prosecute Claims? A Response to Proposed Changes to the Role of Examiner Contained in the Second Report of SABRE - Kit Weitnauer
FEATURE: Silent Second Lien Financings: Part II: Are They Enforceable? - Jo Ann J. Brighton
FEATURE: Taking a Fresh Look at DIP Budgeting - Jon M. Labovitz
FEATURE: The Motion in Limine in Bankruptcy Litigation - Perry Cockerell
FEATURE: Third-party Liability in Pension Plan Terminations Under the Bankruptcy Code - Peter S. Goodman
INTENSIVE CARE: Skilled Nursing Home Facilities: The Challenges of the 21st Century - Nancy A. Peterman and Collin B. Williams
LAST IN LINE: How to Analyze a Claim-transfer Agreement - Lisa S. Gretchko
LEGISLATIVE HIGHLIGHTS: Bankruptcy Bill Reintroduced, Reported by Senate Committee: Determined Opposition Expected on Senate Floor
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: S. 314 - Fairness in Bankruptcy Litigation Act of 2005: Restricting Venue Choices for Corporate Debtors - Prof. Jeffrey Morris
LIEN ON ME: Enforceability of Limits on Security Interests in Intellectual Property Licenses - Mark E. MacDonald Jr.
NEWS AT 11: Statutory Mootness and Appeals of Orders Authorizing Lease Assignments - David B. Stratton
ON OUR WATCH: USTP Data Shows Enhanced System Integrity - Steven D. Dillingham Ph.D., LL.M.
ON THE EDGE: Solvent Debtors and Good Faith - Gregory G. Hesse
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: Are You Paying "Attention" when Serving Contested Matters under Bankruptcy Rule 7004(b)(3)? - Dave Baddley
STRAIGHT AND NARROW: Chapter 11 Examiner: When, Why, What and How: Part I - Krista R. Fuller
THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE: Eurofood Fight: Forum Shopping under the E.U. Regs - Craig Martin
VALUE AND CENTS: Quantifying the Valuation Discount for Lack of Voting Rights and Premium for Voting Rights - Robert F. Reilly
WARREN AND WESTBROOK, PROFESSORS OF LAW: It's My Corporation - Prof. Elizabeth Warren and Prof. Jay L. Westbrook
ABC UPDATE: ABC Elects New Officers, Directors - Michelle L. Anderson
BANKRUPTCY BY THE NUMBERS: Trends in Chapter 13 Disbursements - Gordon Bermant
CHAPTER 11 - "101": Basics of Professional Retention and Compensation - Prof. John D. Ayer, Michael L. Bernstein, Jonathan Friedland and Ryan Blaine Bennett
CONSUMER CORNER: Student Loan Income Contingent Repayment Plans: An Alternative? - Thomas J. Yerbich
FEATURE: "May It Please the Court:" Answers to Questions Not Raised in Rousey v. Jacoway: Part I - Prof. C. Scott Pryor
FEATURE: Combustion Engineering: Setting Limits on Pre-packaged Asbestos Bankruptcies - Kenneth Pasquale
FEATURE: Eleventh Circuit Decision Reaffirms Bad-faith Precedent in Single-asset Cases - Robert N. H. Christmas
FEATURE: Enforcement of Directors' Fiduciary Duties in the Vicinity of Insolvency - James Gadsden
FEATURE: Non-debtor Transfers May Qualify for §1146(c) Exemption - Robert M.D. Mercer
FEATURE: Protecting Trading Markets and NOLs in Chapter 11 - James L. Bromley, Kristofer Hess, Joseph Lamport
FEATURE: Reexamining the Protections Afforded to Solvent Shopping Center Tenants Under §365 in Light of In re Trak Auto Corp.: Part II - Pamela Smith Holleman and Magdalena Ellis
FEATURE: Silent Second Lien Financings: Popular Lending Structure May Give Rise to Enforcement Problems: Part I: What Is a Silent Second Lien Financing? - Jo Ann J. Brighton
FEATURE: The Impact of Post-petition Events on Preference Liability - Michael A. Rosenthal, Aaron G. York and Jeremy B. Coffey
LAST IN LINE: Priority of U.S. Government Claims in Non-bankruptcy Proceedings: The Application of 31 U.S.C. 3713 - Geoffrey L. Berman
LEGISLATIVE HIGHLIGHTS: 109th Congress Outlook
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: Grassley Plans Pension Reform
NEWS AT 11: Artificial Impairment Revisited - Daniel J. Carragher
ON THE EDGE: Secured Letters of Credit and the §502(b)(6) Cap on Lease Rejection Damages - David I. Cisar and Rebecca H. Simoni
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: The Application of §542(a) Post-confirmation: Available Remedy or Missed Opportunity? - Bruce H. White and William L. Medford
STRAIGHT AND NARROW: Back to the Future: FRCP and Electronic Discovery in Bankruptcy - Jack Seward
SUGGESTED READING: Courting Failure: How Competition for Big Cases Is Corrupting the Bankruptcy Courts - Thomas J.Salerno
THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE: Directive on the Reorganization and Winding-up of Credit Institutions - Prof. Bob Wessels
TURNAROUND TOPICS: Amendments to Debt Not Always Relief for the Borrower - Gina Gutzeit and Steven Joffe
VALUE AND CENTS: Intellectual Property Remaining Useful Life Analysis for Bankruptcy Appraisals - Robert F. Reilly