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The first part of this article discussed the collision of the bankruptcy and public finance worlds, and the damage caused to bondholders and their respective professionals. The discussion concludes herein with a look at two additional rulings.

A recent decision by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, In re Castleton Plaza, LP, has put into question the application of the new value corollary in future Chapter 11 cases.

Most employers know of their obligation to take immediate and appropriate corrective action to prevent harassment in the workplace. But this obligation extends to preventing harassment by non-employees, including, for example, customers, patients, and university students.

Jurors who improperly search the Internet for information about the trial they're hearing are a growing problem for lawyers and judges.

The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit held on March 25, 2013, that a lender "lost its possessory lien when it turned the Debtor's account funds over to the Trustee without first seeking adequate protection.

One subject not getting near enough attention is the role IT financing will play as companies migrate to the cloud in a bid to save costs and bring added flexibility to their business models.

This article discusses the priority issues that can arise where three or more creditors claim a security interest in the same collateral and a recent Seventh Circuit case, Caterpillar Financial Services v. Peoples National Bank, that addresses this infrequently adjudicated problem.

Earlier this year, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York added to the debate on alender's right to recover a make-whole premium as part of its allowed claim in a bankruptcy case.