Email from Scott Bovitz,
Mike O’Halloran and I are the sponsors of a lighthearted contest at each California Bankruptcy Forum. Bankruptcy judges tell us that we should write shorter briefs and motions. In 2018, we are challenging CBF attendees to write a bankruptcy brief or story — in exactly nine words. See, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_sale:_baby_shoes,_never_worn (“…While lunching with friends at a restaurant … Hemingway bets the table ten dollars each that he can craft an entire story in six words. After the pot is assembled, Hemingway writes “For sale: baby shoes, never worn” on a napkin, passes this around the table, and collects his winnings.”) We think that bankruptcy professionals will need three more words than Ernest Hemingway.