This is an expanded version of a report that was previously published as Appendix E of the Report of the Advisory Group on Civil Rules and the Working Group on Mass Torts (Report on Mass Tort Litigation) February 15, 1999.
Gordon Bermant, Arlene Jorgensen Hillestad, Aaron Kerry
January 1, 1997
A report that responds to a request by the Judicial Conference Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System for empirical information and analysis on whether the bankruptcy case venue statutes and procedural rule should be amended.
Report to the Bankruptcy Committee of the results of adjusting the weighted caseload for the Southern District of New York in accordance with the protocol adopted by the Bankruptcy Committee at the June 1996 meeting.
This report revises and expands on the January 1996 report to the Bankruptcy Committee evaluating two approaches that refine assessing judicial workload for Mega Chapter 11 cases and recommendations to the committee for facilitating mega cases in the future.
A general overview of the policies and practices of the business bankruptcy system. It covers both Chapter 7 liquidation and Chapter 11 reorganization.