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Spring 2010
5219 Advanced Bankruptcy - BOHM/KAIM/RIPLEY- 33480
added 10-7-09

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Credits: 2

Course Areas: Business and Commercial Law 

Time: 4:00p-6:00p  Th Location:  

Course Outline: Advanced Bankruptcy--The focus will be entirely on Chapter 11 cases. The course will cover several topics, including the following: (1) What issues need to be considered prior to filing a Chapter 11 petition? : (2) What issues need to be addressed immediately after the filing of the petition?; (3) How to obtain post-petition financing?; (4) What issues need to be considered in determining whether to assume or reject unexpired leases and executory contracts?; (5) What duties does a debtor's counsel have to the Chapter 11 estate?; (6) What duties do the board of directors and officers have to the Chapter 11 estate? ; (7) What functions does a creditors' committee serve and what duties does the attorney for this committee have?; (8) What duties do the creditors sitting on the creditors' committee have to those creditors whose interests this committee protects?; (9) What discovery tools exist for both the debtor and the creditors to obtain information about issues that are important to the case in general and the proposed plan of reorganization in particular?; (10) How can claims be estimated for purposes of obtaining confirmation of the proposed plan of reorganization?; (11) How should a disclosure statement be drafted and what information should it contain?; (12) How should a plan of reorganization be drafted and what provisions should it contain?; (13) How are claims paid once a plan of reorganization is confirmed?; (14) What post-confirmation disputes frequently arise and how can a bankruptcy court adjudicate them?; (15) How are attorneys' fees paid in a Chapter 11 case?; (16) When is a case closed and under what circumstances can it be reopened?; and (16) How a Chapter 11 case can have an effect on other areas of the law, including the effect on pending lawsuits and pending real estate transactions. THERE WILL BE ONE EXAM AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER.

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Prerequisites: NO  

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Final Exam Schedule: 05/06 6 - 8pm      

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