the negative impacts of personal bankruptcy, individuals in debt have a number of bankruptcy alternatives. Bankruptcy prevents a person's creditors from...

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Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) permits reorganization under the bankruptcy laws of the United States....

In the United States, bankruptcy is largely governed by federal law, commonly referred to as the "Bankruptcy Code" ("Code"). The United States Constitution...

2022, a law was enacted requiring judges in California to document all alternatives to a conservatorship before granting one, giving potential conservatees...

frequently difficult. Such willful defaults (the equivalent of strategic bankruptcy by a company or strategic default by a mortgager, except without the possibility...

debts (i.e. debts owed by businesses) Represent creditor's interests in a bankruptcy proceeding Foreclose on homes or commercial real estate if the purchaser...

the insolvency laws of a number of common law jurisdictions, similar to bankruptcy in the United States. It functions as a rescue mechanism for insolvent...

history is Lehman Brothers, with over $600 billion when it filed for bankruptcy in 2008 (equivalent to over $830 billion in 2023). The biggest sovereign...

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) is an Indian law which creates a consolidated framework that governs insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings for...

insolvency practitioner: Administrations Administrative receiverships Bankruptcy Company voluntary arrangements Compulsory liquidations Creditors' voluntary...

Rules, 2005. In Canada, bankruptcy and insolvency are generally regulated by the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. An alternative regime is available to larger...

A trustee in bankruptcy is an entity, often an individual, in charge of administering a bankruptcy estate. In Canada, a licensed insolvency trustee (LIT)...

demerger, or a response to a crisis or major change in the business such as bankruptcy, repositioning, or buyout. Restructuring may also be described as corporate...

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including consumer proposals, personal bankruptcy and credit counselling as well as a range of bankruptcy alternatives like debt consolidation, orderly payment...

Anti-deprivation rule Bankruptcy alternatives Creditors' rights Chapter 9 (US) Debtor Default Financial distress History of bankruptcy law List of bankrupts...

of Detroit, Michigan, filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy on July 18, 2013. It is the largest municipal bankruptcy filing in U.S. history by debt, estimated...

Enterprise Bankruptcy Law of the People's Republic of China (trial Implementation) was first passed in 1986. On 1 June 2007, the new Enterprise Bankruptcy Law...

interest over some or all of the assets of the debtor. In the event of the bankruptcy of the debtor, the secured creditor can enforce security against the assets...

(sometimes referred to as a creditors' liquidation or receivership following bankruptcy, which may result in the court creating a "liquidation trust"; or sometimes...

The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, also known as the Crash of '08 and the Lehman Shock on September 15, 2008, was the climax of the subprime mortgage crisis...

may be removed by a creditor's resolution, or application to the court. Bankruptcy Administration (insolvency) Provisional liquidator "The liquidator: competencies...

A Referee in Bankruptcy or Bankruptcy Referee was a federal official with quasi-judicial powers, appointed by a United States district court to administer...

three of them. This term is also often used in the lending area and in bankruptcy proceedings, where creditors are said to be paid pari passu, or each creditor...

Personal bankruptcy law allows, in certain jurisdictions, an individual to be declared bankrupt. Virtually every country with a modern legal system features...

(Ireland) 1877 under the Rules of the Superior Courts. Administration Bankruptcy Bailout Conservatorship Debtor-in-possession financing Examinership Floating...

Pre-packaged insolvency (a "pre-pack") is a kind of bankruptcy procedure, where a restructuring plan is agreed upon in advance of a company declaring its...

competitive pressure of the euro. Whole countries are on the brink of bankruptcy.] Frymark, Kamil (10 April 2013). "German Euro-sceptics to establish a...

The history of bankruptcy law begins with the first legal remedies available for recovery of debts. Bankruptcy is the legal status of a legal person unable...