Economic crisis often precipitates bureaucratic intervention when markets produce politically unpalatable outcomes. In the United States, government intervention in the housing markets for the purpose of making housing ...

Past research has ignored the impact of a casino on personal bankruptcy rates over time. Using simple descriptive statistics and regression analysis, this study examines the impact of casinos and casino tenure on bankruptcy ...

This article covers the scope of revised Article 9, attachment, choice of law for perfection, effect of perfection, priority, perfection by filing, perfection outside Article 9 for goods covered by certificates of title, ...

Avoidance powers in bankruptcy are designed to prevent the debtor from fraudulently siphoning away his property on the verge of bankruptcy. Usually, a trustee in bankruptcy can avoid prepetition transfers of the debtor’s ...

This is the first scholarly article to analyze the recent jurisprudential expansion of 11 U.S.C. § 546(e), the settlement payment exception to bankruptcy avoidance powers. This provision was originally enacted by Congress ...

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, in its May 15, 2012 opinion In Re. TOUSA, Inc., reversed the decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, and affirmed the ...