Bankruptcy is a legislative creation aimed at giving debtors the opportunity for a fresh start while still recognizing the rights of their creditors to be paid. Chapter 11 Bankruptcy allows an entity experiencing financial distress, typically a corporation or partnership, to seek relief through reorganization, while retaining their business in hopes of generating revenue to […]
Venue
A Call for Bankruptcy Venue Reform
In February of 2021, Belk, a North Carolina department-store chain, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of Texas. After the large retail company with over 90,000 creditors filed on the evening of February 23rd, their plan was confirmed and consummated by the end of the next […]
Venue Reform & Effects for Farmers
From February 25-27 Joe Peiffer and Mark Kuhn (one of the farmers affected by the VeraSun bankruptcy in Delaware) were in Washington DC for the Commercial Law League of America‘s Hill Day to talk with lawmakers about bankruptcy venue reform. While they were there they spoke with Doug Cooper on The Big Show about their […]
Joseph Peiffer on the Big Show Talking Venue Reform (Part 2)
Joseph Peiffer joined Doug Cooper on the Big Show again last week to talk about the new Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2018 that was recently introduced in Congress. Here’s part 2 of their conversation from January 18, 2018. Doug Cooper: Yesterday I visited with Joe Peiffer, a bankruptcy lawyer with Ag & Business Legal […]
Joseph Peiffer on the Big Show Talking Venue Reform (Part 1)
Joseph Peiffer joined Doug Cooper on the Big Show again last week to talk about the new Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2018 that was recently introduced in Congress. Here’s part 1 of their conversation from January 17, 2018. Doug Cooper: Joe Peiffer with Ag & Business Legal Strategies in Cedar Rapids, Iowa is a […]
Doug Cooper and Joe Peiffer on Venue Reform
Doug Cooper recently visited with Joe on the Big Show regarding Bankruptcy Venue Reform. Part 1 (Aired December 18, 2017): Doug Cooper: I’m going to visit today with Joe Peiffer, he’s a lawyer with Ag & Business Legal Strategies, and he says this week he is hoping to get a bill on the floor of […]