History, purposes, and key concepts of bankruptcy law -- Distinguishing Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 and other Chapters -- Timeline of a bankruptcy case under Chapter 11 -- Thumbnail sketch of bankruptcy rules and key statutory provisions -- Obtaining information in bankruptcy cases -- Proofs of claim and applications for administrative expense -- Harmonization of bankruptcy law and environmental law -- The obligation to comply with nonbankruptcy law in managing and operating property of the estate -- The police or regulatory exception to the automatic stay -- Compliance obligations, equitable remedies, and bankruptcy discharge -- Bankruptcy priorities and environmental law -- When environmental claims arise and other dischargeability issues -- Addressing debtor-owned contaminated property -- Section 363 sales and environmental issues -- Objection to bankruptcy plans involving environmental issues -- Claim objections and estimation proceedings -- Abandonment of contaminated property in bankruptcy -- Bankruptcy and insurance -- Bankruptcy jurisdiction, withdrawal of reference, venue, standing, and appeals -- Environmental bankruptcy settlement agreements.
Summary:
"This Practice Guide tells the story of the conflict between environmental law and bankruptcy law. These complex bodies of law have dramatically different purposes and have often come into conflict over the last four decades. I hope that this book will help government and private environmental and bankruptcy attorneys navigate the difficult complexities at the intersection of environmental and bankruptcy law by providing in one place a fulsome summary of the law in this area"-- Provided by publisher.
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