Bankruptcy Litigation Manual 2005-2006

The most comprehensive and authoritative practitioner's guide available to the bankruptcy litigation process, the 2005-2006 edition reflects the important new trends and recent decisions in this field. With a special focus on business bankruptcy litigation, it covers new precedents and vital developments on such issues as:

- Professional retention, payment, and ethical disputes
- Surcharge of lender's collateral
- Creditor's burden of proving its claim
- Bankruptcy court jurisdiction over enforceability of arbitration agreements
- Parameters of the automatic stay
- Margin and settlement payment exception of trustee's avoidance power
- Exceptions from turnover under Section 542
- Jurisdiction to hear core proceedings does not abrogate authority of federal regulatory agencies
- Environmental liabilities
- ERISA-related claims
- And more

The editor, a nationally recognized authority on bankruptcy law, has drawn on the resources of top bankruptcy litigators from across the country who contribute their analysis, insight, and nuts-and-bolts experience.