A Kinder Bankruptcy Law Is Sought as Filings Soar

The Wall Street Journal - As bankruptcy filings ramp up amid the world-wide financial crisis, companies are finding that changes made to the U.S. Bankruptcy Code three years ago have made it more difficult to restructure. But some experts believe relief could be on the way.

U.S. lawmakers are scrambling to find a way to revive the economy and the businesses that drive it amid the recession. Revamped laws designed to make the restructuring process kinder to struggling companies may be seen as part of the solution, bankruptcy experts say.

Such changes may provide "a mechanism by which people and businesses can begin economic life anew," said Jack Williams, resident scholar at the nonpartisan American Bankruptcy Institute. "Politically, the winds are right for revisiting bankruptcy law."
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