ABI Makes eLearning Offerings Available to Non-Members
The American Bankruptcy Institute is offering complimentary access to its collection of more than 2,700 sessions on its eLearning website during the ongoing COVID-19 quarantine.
The American Bankruptcy Institute is offering complimentary access to its collection of more than 2,700 sessions on its eLearning website during the ongoing COVID-19 quarantine.
While Chapter 11 filings in 2019 were about half of the peak reached in 2005, there were significant filings by iconic companies. The American Bankruptcy Institute monitors the bankruptcy landscape and lobbies to pass key legislation, like the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019. Amy Quackenboss and Ed Flynn provide an overview of significant bankruptcy actions in 2019 and look ahead to 2020.
As a new decade dawns, a changing of the guard brings new leadership to the American Bankruptcy Institute. Longtime deputy director Amy Quackenboss has taken the reins upon the retirement of Sam Gerdano.
Total commercial chapter 11 bankruptcy filings for Q1/20 increased 14% from the same period last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems.
The stimulus package recently passed in the U.S. Senate features several bankruptcy provisions, including an increase in the eligibility threshold to file under subchapter V of chapter 11, according to a press release from the American Bankruptcy Institute.
Total commercial chapter 11 filings in February 2020 decreased 20% over the same period last year, according to Epiq Systems, but Amy Quackenboss, executive director of the American Bankruptcy Institute, projects a future increase in filings due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The executive committee of the American Bankruptcy Institute’s (ABI) board of directors has selected ABI Deputy Executive Director Amy Alcoke Quackenboss to succeed Samuel J. Gerdano as ABI Executive Director.