Shocking Business Bankruptcy Law

131 Yale Law Journal Forum 409 (2021)

UNC Legal Studies Research Paper

19 Pages Posted: 4 Nov 2021 Last revised: 11 Nov 2021

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Melissa B. Jacoby

University of North Carolina School of Law

Date Written: October 27, 2021

Abstract

The intersection of major crises and financial distress generates no shortage of stock stories. This Essay offers one more: how shocks can be used opportunistically in big Chapter 11 cases to unravel bankruptcy law, and to shift the system further away from the objective of responding to over-indebtedness.

Keywords: Bankruptcy, chapter 11, opioid crisis, non-debtor releases, COVID-19, global financial crisis

JEL Classification: K39, G33, G34

Suggested Citation

Jacoby, Melissa B., Shocking Business Bankruptcy Law (October 27, 2021). 131 Yale Law Journal Forum 409 (2021), UNC Legal Studies Research Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3951222 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3951222

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