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Limiting the Effect of BAPCA

This article first discusses <i>In re Dana Corp.</i>, 351 B.R. 96 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2006)(<i>'Dana I'</i>), in which the Southern District of New York bankruptcy court denied a debtor's proposed employee 'incentive' program. The article then highlights the differences between the program proposed in <i>Dana I</i> and the program approved by the Southern District of New York in <i>In re Dana Corp.</i>, 2006 WL 3479406 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2006) (<i>'Dana II'</i>). Finally, this article proposes options other than those utilized in the foregoing cases that might be available to bankruptcy practitioners in need of a way to ensure that their clients' top executives do not walk out the door.

32 minute read April 27, 2007 at 03:41 PM
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Limiting the Effect of BAPCA

I once knew a senior executive of a debtor client who was well known within our bankruptcy practice for wanting nothing more from his/her company's Chapter 11 case than court approval of the company's key employee retention program.

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