What's New at ABI World
Online Features of Interest to Public Companies
and Claims Trading Committee Members

• Listen online to audio from ABI’s latest Sky Radio segment on household debt and consumer bankruptcy. ABI’s third installment of the "Bankruptcy Today" program series, produced in conjunction with Sky Radio Network, features U.S. Bankruptcy Judge William H. Brown (W.D. Tenn.) and Thomas A. Layman (Global Vision Group and former chief economist for Visa USA), who discuss the causes and consequences of personal bankruptcy.

The first two installments of the series—“Trends in Corporate Filings,” a discussion on the coming developments in corporate reorganization, and Stuart Varney’s speech before 2002 ABI Winter Leadership Conference attendees are also available online.

• A report by ABI board member Carter Pate (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP), “The Phoenix Forecast: Bankruptcy Barometer 2003,” is now available at ABI World. The report, released in February, focuses on public company bankruptcies over the past few years, and provides a forecast for 2003.

• Read the latest article posted in the “Cracking the Code Interactive Newsletter,” by Mark Williams (Norman, Wood, Kendrick & Turner; Birmingham, Ala.),“Eleventh Circuit Extends Judicial Estoppel to Bar Claim Omitted from Debtor's Chapter 13 Schedules.”

• Bankruptcy Business Acquisitions—the essential desk reference for anyone involved in buying or selling financially distressed companies—is now available to ABI members. The 1,100+ page resource, put together by 29 of the nation’s top bankruptcy experts, covers the full spectrum of relevant topics, from the Code and court system to the specifics of prepackaged plans, bidding incentives, selling assets in regulated industries and much more. Order online today.

• Check out the latest Collier Case Update offered at ABI World. Case summaries are available to ABI members.

• The latest edition of the West Bankruptcy Newsletter is now available. Provided by West Group, the newsletter is a weekly update on bankruptcy and debtor/creditor matters.

OTHER STORIES IN THIS ISSUE:

ASM PCCTC Committee Meeting to Focus on Trading Distressed, Defaulted Debt

Qwest Noteholders Fail to Stop Coercive Exchange Offer

Preliminary Injunction as to Equity and Claims Trading in UAL Corp. Chapter 11