Numerosity Unwound: Counting Votes On A Chapter 11 Plan

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Bankruptcy and Restructuring partner Stephen D. Zide, special counsel Joseph A. Shifer and associate Benjamin S. Sieck authored an article titled "Numerosity Unwound: Counting Votes on a Chapter 11 Plan" published in Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice on Feb. 1, 2022. The article is a comprehensive treatment of the Bankruptcy Code's numerosity requirement for confirming a chapter 11 plan. The article describes the history and case law of the numerosity requirement and analyzes a number of related issues critical to bankruptcy practitioners and distressed investors.

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Reprinted from "Numerosity Unwound: Counting Votes on a Chapter 11 Plan," from Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice, Vol. 31, No. 1 (February 2022) with permission of Thomson Reuters. Copyright © 2022. Further use without the permission of Thomson Reuters is prohibited.

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Numerosity Unwound: Counting Votes On A Chapter 11 Plan

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