Updates from the University of North Dakota School of Law.
Small Businesses Find Workaround Amid Bankruptcy Debt Limit Drop Bloomberg Law | Angélica Serrano-Román, Reporter Small businesses are revising strategies to meet a bankruptcy filing eligibility limit after a higher threshold expired last year, narrowing the pool of qualifiers for faster reorganization. After a temporary provision allowing Subchapter V bankruptcy filings for debts up to […]
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The American College of Bankruptcy has recognized third-year law student, Katelyn Heley, as its Eighth Circuit Distinguished Law Student for 2025. The Distinguished Bankruptcy Law and Business Student program was established by the American College of Bankruptcy to identify and promote prospective leaders in the insolvency and bankruptcy profession. Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students are selected annually […]
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Aug. 14, 2024, 3:30 AM CDT Bloomberg Law A bankruptcy court excluded the US Trustee Program, the guardian of the public interest in bankruptcy cases, from a sealed hearing Aug. 7 related to the program’s efforts to claw back millions of dollars in legal fees approved by former US Bankruptcy Judge David Jones in various Chapter […]
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Alexandra Sickler, Archie Unterseher Endowed Professor of Law, spent the past year as the academic reporter on a task force charged with evaluating bankruptcy relief for small businesses. Bloomberg Law April 23, 2024, 4:00 AM CDT; Updated: April 23, 2024, 10:56 AM CDT Evan Ochsner, Reporter Congress created Subchapter V to help small businesses New law is […]
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Professor Sickler’s article, Big Banks and Small Consequences in Chapter 13, has been selected as the winner in the American College of Consumer Financial Services’ Annual Writing Competition. Each year, the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers recognizes written contributions to the field of U.S. consumer financial services law. Professor Sickler’s paper, published in […]
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The CFPB asked for information from the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency about debt held by borrowers who have gone through bankruptcy Published: Oct. 12, 2023 at 1:11 p.m. ET By Jillian Berman A student-loan organization may be collecting on debt that should have been discharged in bankruptcy and is pushing back on the Consumer […]