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The GM Bankruptcy – The Environmental Story

General Motors Corporation, the 100-year-old icon of American manufacturing and once the largest industrial company in the world, filed for bankruptcy in June 2009. With governmental sponsorship, 40 days later, “New GM” was formed via a sale under § 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy...

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Claim Estimation: Potential Pitfall For Creditors In Chapter 11 Matters

Claim estimation is another weapon in the arsenal of a debtor seeking to push its agenda or plan through the bankruptcy court. While not new, post-Stern v. Marshall, estimation may allow a bankruptcy court effectively to adjudicate claims over which it has no jurisdiction. Creditors (particularly...

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Legal And Jurisdictional Issues: Focus On Municipal Bankruptcy

Editor: Please tell us about your background and experience. Cademartori: I graduated from Fordham Law School in ’99, and before that I attended NYU as an undergraduate. I took a couple of years off between undergraduate and law school, working in Bangkok for six months during part of...

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