LAW 7748

Selected Topics on Business Bankruptcy

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog.

This course explores the core policy rationales, basic legal mechanics, and other select topics in business bankruptcy in the United States. Topics include types of creditors and their priority in bankruptcy, the role of courts in the bankruptcy process, the automatic stay and its safe harbors, asset sales and debtor-in-possession financing, avoidance transactions, third party releases, divisive mergers, money and bankruptcy, group bankruptcy, and transnational bankruptcy procedures.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: LAW 6131.

Outcomes

• Possess knowledge of the substantive and procedural law required for effective participation in the legal profession.
• Possess the practical skills fundamental to exceptional lawyering and client representation.

When Offered Fall, Spring.

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