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Three for Three
As can be expected, bankruptcy cases often involve numerous claimants holding general unsecured claims against the debtor. As a result, an official committee is usually appointed under Bankruptcy Code section 1102 to represent the interests of all of the debtor's unsecured creditors. Upon approval of the bankruptcy court, Bankruptcy Code section 1103 authorizes the committee to retain attorneys, accountants and other professionals to assist it in performing its services during the course of the bankruptcy'
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Equitable Mootness
Equitable mootness is a judge-made remedy that is misnamed, says the author.. Judges apply it to seek an equitable result, but mootness in the constitutional sense is absent.
Concurrent Rights Offerings by Chapter 11 Debtors
A look at the Section 1145 exemption in relation to a major case.
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Business Crimes Hotline
The collapse of a UK Bribery case is discussed.
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In the Courts
Analysis of several recent cases.
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Brazil Enacts Long-Pending Anti-Corruption Legislation
Brazil's Clean Company Law, which imposes corporate civil and administrative liability for bribery of domestic and foreign public officials, is discussed in Part Two of this series.
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Criminal Forfeiture Laws
The government has exercised wide latitude in freezing or seizing assets connected to a charged crime prior to trial.
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Bitcoin: With Virtual Currency, Does Virtually Anything Go?
All about Bitcoin: The problems and the perks.
<i>BREAKING NEWS:</i> Justices Sit Out Internet Retailers' Sales Tax Dispute
Intentionally or not, the U.S. Supreme Court chose Cyber Monday to announce it would not slow down the march of states seeking to impose sales taxes on Internet retail purchases.
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