Debtor-in-Possession Financing

There has been much discussion among bankruptcy practitioners and scholars as to whether the courts have abdicated their responsibility to enforce the Bankruptcy Code and whether debtors and creditors committees are too easily pressured by lenders such that control of bankruptcy cases has been effectively ceded to secured creditors. One of the areas where many would say this is most prevalent is with post-petition lending.

30 minute read October 03, 2005 at 02:30 PM
By
Gretchen M. Santamour
Debtor-in-Possession Financing

There has been much discussion among bankruptcy practitioners and scholars as to whether the courts have abdicated their responsibility to enforce the Bankruptcy Code and whether debtors and creditors committees are too easily pressured by lenders such that control of bankruptcy cases has been effectively ceded to secured creditors.

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