The New Bankruptcy provides clear-cut information, worksheets, and strategies to help you figure out whether bankruptcy is the right solution for your debt problem. Find out: the differences between Chapters 7 and 13 whether you qualify for Chapter 7 (the means test) how the Chapter 13 repayment plan works which debts are discharged (wiped out) what happens to property, including homes, cars, and retirement accounts, and ways to handle debt problems without bankruptcy. The book also explains the bankruptcy process and includes sample, completed bankruptcy forms.

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Bankruptcy Litigation and Practice: A Practitionerand’s Guide, Fourth Edition serves as the comprehensive reference on bankruptcy litigation topics for legal practitioners in all specialties. For the generalist and commercial law practitioner it clarifies basic Bankruptcy Code issues and practical features of bankruptcy litigation including consumer bankruptcies, business and corporate reorganizations, liquidations and personal debt restructuring. For the bankruptcy professional, it serves as a sophisticated compendium of reliable forms, recent case law, and statutory amendments relating to all major bankruptcy topics including: Automatic stay Preferences Dischargeability Executory contracts The Chapter 11 confirmation process Appellate procedures Chapter 13 individual debt restructurings The rights and obligations of secured and unsecured creditors And much more! Only Bankruptcy Litigation and Practice: A Practitionerand’s Guide delivers instant access to: An exclusive collection of key bankruptcy litigation resource materials Practical insights into the bankruptcy court system A consolidated presentation and analysis of bankruptcy provisions common to all cases Reliable, practice-based coverage of Chapter 7, 11, 12, and 13 cases Bankruptcy Litigation and Practice: A Practitionerand’s Guide delivers broad coverage that keeps you completely current with the latest law in all key areas. Updated twice annually, this one-of-a-kind reference serves as the foundation of your bankruptcy library by providing: The starting point for researching the widest range of bankruptcy litigation issues A guide throughout all stages of bankruptcy litigation A consolidated resource and practical tool that combines case law and analysis as well as a valuable CD-ROM to help you navigate familiar and unfamiliar areas of bankruptcy litigation

Every step in the business bankruptcy litigation process is covered in Wolters Kluwer's Bankruptcy Litigation Manual, from the drafting of the first pleadings through the appellate process. By making the Bankruptcy Litigation Manual a part of your working library, you not only get detailed coverage of virtually all the topics and issues you must consider in any bankruptcy case, you also get field-tested answers to questions you confront every day, such as: How to stay continuing litigation against a corporate debtor's non-debtor officers? What are the limits on suing a bankruptcy trustee? Is the Deprizio Doctrine still alive? Does an individual debtor have an absolute right to convert a case from Chapter 7 to Chapter 13? What prohibitions exist on cross-collateralization in financing disputes? Are option contracts "executory" for bankruptcy purposes? When, and under what circumstances, may a bankruptcy court enjoin an administrative proceeding against a Chapter 11 debtor? What are the current standards for administrative priority claims? When must a creditor assert its setoff rights? When can a remand order issued by a district court be reviewed by a court of appeals? What are the limits on challenging pre-bankruptcy real property mortgage foreclosures as fraudulent transfers? Can an unsecured lender recover contract-based legal fees incurred in post- bankruptcy litigation on issues of bankruptcy law? Is there a uniform federal limitation on perfecting security interests that primes a longer applicable state law period, thus subjecting lenders to a preference attack? Do prior bankruptcy court orders bar a plaintiff's later state court suit and warrant removal of the action in federal court? Michael L. Cook, a partner at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP in New York and former long-time Adjunct Professor at New York University School of Law, has gathered together some of the country's top bankruptcy litigators to contribute to Bankruptcy Litigation Manual. Contributing Authors: Jay Alix, Southfield, MI Neal Batson, Alston & Bird, LLP, Atlanta, GA Kenneth K. Bezozo, Haynes and Boone, New York, NY Susan Block-Lieb, Fordham University School of Law, Newark, NJ Peter W. Clapp, Valle Makoff, LLP, San Francisco, CA Dennis J. Connolly, Alston & Bird, LLP, Atlanta, GA David N. Crapo, Gibbons P.C., Newark, NJ Karen A. Giannelli, Gibbons P.C., Newark, NJ David M. Hillman, Schulte Roth & Zabel, LLP, New York, NY Alfred S. Lurey, Kilpatrick & Stockton, Atlanta, GA Gerald Munitz, Butler Rubin, Salterelli & Boyd, LLP, Chicago, IL Robert L. Ordin, Retired Bankruptcy Court Judge Stephen M. Pezanosky, Haynes and Boone, LLP, Partner and Chair of Bankruptcy Section, Fort Worth, TX Robin E. Phelan, Haynes and Boone, LLP Dallas, TX Daniel H. Squire, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP, Washington, DC Michael L. Temin, Fox Rothschild, LLP, Philadelphia, PA Sheldon S. Toll, Law Office ofSheldon S. Toll, Southfield, MI Jason H. Watson, Alston & Bird, LLP, Atlanta, GA Kit Weitnauer, Alston & Bird, LLP, Atlanta, GA Written by Mr. Cook and nineteen other experts, Bankruptcy Litigation Manual provides authoritative, up-to-date information on virtually every aspect of the bankruptcy litigation process, from discovery through appeal.

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