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The authors discuss the successful going-concern sale of mall-based retailer Things Remembered, which stands as a testament to the benefits of the Chapter 11 process and the commercial and practical approach that must be utilized in large retail Chapter 11 cases. This case demonstrates that going-concern retail sales are possible to save businesses, even in the current retail climate, if debtors can articulate a sufficient business need for speed.

Courts are divided on the issue of whether the fraudulent transfer recovery provision applies extraterritorially.

How do bankruptcy judges resolve the competing desires of buyers and tenants? Must buyers bid for property knowing that tenants might have the right to stay if their leases are rejected? Are tenants in jeopardy that they might have to move elsewhere to live or work?

The pendulum has definitely swung.

Standing orders may cause issues by leaving undecided the allocation of attorney-client privilege and work product protection between the debtor and committee.