It Is Time To Change Bankruptcy Forum Laws

Published date13 October 2022
Law FirmNossaman LLP
AuthorMr Christopher D. Hughes

Chris Hughes co-authored the article "It is Time to Change Bankruptcy Forum Laws" for the California Lawyer's Association. The article provides an overview of the impact of forum shopping and how it could be reformed.

The article begins:

"Forum shopping, the act of seeking the most favorable jurisdiction or court in which a claim might be heard, has a long history in the United States dating back to at least 1842 in the case of Swift v. Tyson, 41 U.S. 1 (1842). For more than 250 years, courts and...

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