An empirical study of the bankruptcy reorganization of the forty-three largest, publicly held companies to file and complete bankruptcy proceedings from 1979 to 1988 revealed extensive forum shopping. In virtually all cases examined by the authors, the law afforded a choice of venue. In a substantial number, the petitioning company engaged in forum shopping by choosing a venue where the company had little or no physical presence. Most often the venue was New York City. In iheir venue choices, petitioners usually sought to avoid venues that appeared hostile to extensions of exclusivity or that aggressively regulated attorneys\u27 fees. The authors argue that new venue choice policies are needed to deal with the problems of forum shopping. ...
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An empirical study of the bankruptcy reorganization of the forty-three largest, publicly held compan...
For almost two decades, an embarrassing pattern of forum shopping has been developing in the highly ...
In 1978, changes to the venue rules for bankruptcy cases created surprisingly permissive venue selec...
This Article proposes reforms to bankruptcy law’s venue rules. These reforms would expand venue choi...
Most commentators decry forum shopping. This general hostility extends to forum shopping by firms fi...
This Article reports some of the results of an empirical study of the bankruptcy reorganization of l...
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We analyze a sample of large Chapter 11 cases to determine which factors motivate the choice of fili...
This Article begins with a brief description of international bankruptcy forum shopping. This initia...
Several recent articles contend that Chapter of the Bankruptcy Code does not provide efficient proce...
Courting Failure is the story of a bad venue statute that led to rampant forum shopping by large pub...
Bankruptcy is back. The use of Chapter 11 by large, publicly held firms was a subject of much debate...
This Article argues that the ability of parties to shape their investments in firms is responsible f...
In the United States, relations between debtors and their creditors are governed by two distinct leg...
An empirical study of the bankruptcy reorganization of the forty-three largest, publicly held compan...
For almost two decades, an embarrassing pattern of forum shopping has been developing in the highly ...
In 1978, changes to the venue rules for bankruptcy cases created surprisingly permissive venue selec...
This Article proposes reforms to bankruptcy law’s venue rules. These reforms would expand venue choi...
Most commentators decry forum shopping. This general hostility extends to forum shopping by firms fi...
This Article reports some of the results of an empirical study of the bankruptcy reorganization of l...
Over the past 30 years, the majority of large firms that filed for bankruptcy did so in the US bankr...
Part I of this Article describes the context in which the issues of corporate governance typically a...
We analyze a sample of large Chapter 11 cases to determine which factors motivate the choice of fili...
This Article begins with a brief description of international bankruptcy forum shopping. This initia...
Several recent articles contend that Chapter of the Bankruptcy Code does not provide efficient proce...
Courting Failure is the story of a bad venue statute that led to rampant forum shopping by large pub...
Bankruptcy is back. The use of Chapter 11 by large, publicly held firms was a subject of much debate...
This Article argues that the ability of parties to shape their investments in firms is responsible f...
In the United States, relations between debtors and their creditors are governed by two distinct leg...