To Protect Their Interests

To Protect Their Interests is a groundbreaking historical account of how corporate bankruptcy became what it is today--a forum for battles between well-heeled insiders.

Stephen J. Lubben holds the Harvey Washington Wiley Chair in Corporate Governance and Business Ethics at Seton Hall University School of Law. His books include The Law of Failure: A Tour Through the Wilds of American Business Insolvency Law (2018). Lubben previously practiced bankruptcy law with a major global firm and wrote a column for the New York Times' DealBook section.