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Choice-of-Law Issues

This panel will examine conflicts of laws in cross‑border insolvency, focusing on U.S. standing rules versus foreign recovery statutes, offshore jurisdictional reach, and choice‑of‑law challenges. It will also provide practical strategies for planning around these issues to mitigate risk and achieve enforceable outcomes.
2026 ABI International Caribbean Insolvency Symposium
Business No CLE

John R. Dodd

Shane Donovan

Yonah Jaffe

Christopher Levers

Ms. Margot MacInnis

Hot Off the Blockchain: Current Crypto Case Law

This panel will analyze evolving approaches to the characterization of digital assets, focusing on the treatment of crypto in the GENIUS Act and the implications for priority, setoff, and customer vs. estate property rights. The panelists will discuss key recent decisions, including In re Prime Core and Celsius, addressing what constitutes property of the estate, the contours of constructive trusts and tracing, and the allocation of rights among customers, lenders and estate fiduciaries. The panel also will examine the legal status of stablecoins, including whether any super-priority liens can prime lawyers’ retaining or charging liens, and will assess the latest FTX decisions on sanctions, OFAC, and the permissibility of transfers to creditors in restricted jurisdictions such as China and Russia. Collectively, the panelists will present a practical framework for advising clients and litigating crypto-related insolvency issues across jurisdictions.
2026 ABI International Caribbean Insolvency Symposium
Business No CLE

Mr. James L. Bromley

Eleanor Fisher

Sophia Rolle-Kapousouzoglou

Gregg Steinman

ABI-Live: Commercial Real Estate Economic Outlook

Sponsored by ABI's Real Estate Committee, Keen-Summit Capital Partners LLC and Summit Investment Management LLC Summit Investment Management LLC, Keen-Summit Capital Partners LLC and ABI's Real Estate Committee are pleased to present this webinar on the economic outlook for commercial real estate, once again featuring real estate economist and futurist Kiernan “KC” Conway, who drew rave reviews from his presentation last year. Mr. Conway is the chief economist for the CCIM Institute, principal and co-founder of consulting firm Red Shoe Economics, and a former commercial real estate subject-matter expert for the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank. Program topics will include a review of key asset classes, the impact of inflation on the real estate economy, lasting changes stemming from remote work, how geopolitics pose risks to the sector, and other timely topics to arm practitioners with important information about the real estate economy. Industry veterans will kick off the program with an overview of the credit and transaction markets.
abiLIVE Webinars
abiLIVE Webinars No CLE

David E. Levy

Harold J. Bordwin

Kiernan Conway

David S. Kupetz

The Top 10 Cases You Should Be Reading About But Aren’t

In 2024 alone, more than 517,000 bankruptcy cases were filed in the U.S., and bankruptcy judges issued an estimated 521 reported decisions, plus another 1,241 unreported decisions. How many of those cases and issues are you familiar with? You might know what the Supreme Court did in Purdue Pharma, what the Third Circuit did in Boy Scouts, what the Fourth Circuit did in Bestwall, and what bankruptcy courts are doing in cases like Red River Talc, Celsius and FTX, but do you know the latest trends in equitable tolling, chapter 5 avoidance claims and conversion rights? Bill Rochelle and this panel of esteemed bankruptcy judges will be holding a lively discussion of a few critical-but-under-the-radar decisions that you should be reading about but likely are not. You won’t want to miss this educational and eye-opening conversation!
2025 Winter Leadership Conference
Business Consumer

Daniel P. Collins

Hon. Laurel Myerson Isicoff

Christopher M. Lopez

Sage M. Sigler

Hon. Elizabeth S. Stong

Real Estate Industry Focus: Confronting Challenges and Exploring Solutions

Hosted by the Real Estate Committee. This panel will discuss the financial and legal challenges that continue to confront the real estate market by asset class — including office, hospitality, retail and residential — as well as solutions, bright spots and predictions.
2025 Winter Leadership Conference
Business Consumer

Dania Slim

Daniel Bloom, Esq.

Mr. Ira L. Herman

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Unjust Debts: A Candid Conversation About the Bankruptcy System, Ethics and Paths to Reform

Have you ever fallen in and then out of love with someone or something? If you have, was that love ever rekindled? Those questions set the stage for our Saturday morning plenary conversation between Prof. Melissa Jacoby, author of Unjust Debts, and Sam Gerdano, formerly the executive director of ABI. The story involves a deep analysis of, among other things, bankruptcy law’s origins, policy objectives, interpreting the Bankruptcy Code, lawyers’ ethical duties, and consequences in practice. Both Prof. Jacoby and Mr. Gerdano bring a wealth of experience and knowledge; it should be quite the conversation.
Consumer Bankruptcy Business Reorganization
2025 Annual Spring Meeting
2025
1 hour 17 minutes 45 seconds
$125.00
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Commercial Real Estate Update

This panel focuses on the perspectives of large retail landlords and office building spaces, including issues stemming from natural disasters and insurance coverage.
Real Estate
2025 Annual Spring Meeting
2025
1 hour 14 minutes 30 seconds
$125.00
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Appellate Practice for the Rest of Us

In our adversarial system, about half of us will disagree with the judge’s ruling. Yet statistically speaking, only a couple of bankruptcy-related cases reach the Supreme Court in any given term. This panel focuses on the first level of appeals to district courts or bankruptcy appellate panels, including whether the party has standing, whether the appeal is ripe and/or interlocutory, and the hot-button issue of mootness. The panelists take a practical approach to addressing the many traps for the unwary so that all of us will feel more confident in filing — or receiving a notice of — an appeal in one of our cases.
Bankruptcy Litigation
2025 Annual Spring Meeting
2025
1 hour 1 minutes 2 seconds
$125.00
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Evidence Workshop: Effective Use of Experts

This workshop builds on the success of a well-attended evidence 101 workshop format held during the 2024 Winter Leadership Conference, with this forum focused on judge/attorney participation. The panelists demonstrate a fun fact pattern through 3 vignettes — (1) argument on a motion in limine; (2) how to qualify an expert; and (3) voir dire/Daubert challenges — followed by small table breakouts.
Practice and Procedure
2025 Annual Spring Meeting
2025
1 hour
$125.00
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Administrative Expense Claims

Reviews processes and requirements for post-petition claims that get priority payment, including professional fees, utilities, and goods received within 20 days of filing.

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Examines mediation, arbitration, and other non-litigation approaches to resolve bankruptcy disputes efficiently and cost-effectively.

Asset Sales

Analyzes issues practitioners may face when completing asset sales in and out of bankruptcy, and best practices for successful outcomes.

Automatic Stay

Explores scope and application of automatic stay protection, including exceptions, violations, and procedures for obtaining stay relief.

Claims

Discusses the evaluation, trading, and resolution of bankruptcy claims. Covers creditor rights and their impact on restructuring.

Bankruptcy Litigation

Studies recent case law and rules of practice, evidence and procedure, connecting professionals engaged in bankruptcy-related litigation.

Certification

Covers professional certification requirements and processes for bankruptcy practitioners, including specialized credentials and continuing education.

Corporate Governance

Analyzes fiduciary duties, management responsibilities, and board oversight during bankruptcy proceedings and restructuring.

Court Administration

Reviews court procedures, filing requirements, and administrative processes in bankruptcy cases.

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Adversary Proceedings and Evidence

This panel will cover procedural and evidentiary issues that can arise in the context of adversary proceedings and contested matters related to expert witnesses and expert reports, witness examination, and the introduction of electronic content into evidence.
2024 Alexander L. Paskey Memorial Bankruptcy Seminar
2024
1 hour 7 minutes 59 seconds
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ABI-Live: Predicting Distress and Opportunities in the Health Care Sector

Hosted by ABI's Health Care Committee Are you eager to delve into how analysts use data to understand opportunities and risks in the health care sector, and why some players might be winning or losing in this dynamic environment? Look no further! This webinar will educate you on the essential key indicators, metrics and information required to comprehensively evaluate risk and uncover opportunities across the health care sector. You will learn how data-driven insights empower decision-making, and how this can help you when advising clients. The panelists also will explore the outlooks for key health care subsectors over the next approximately 18 months, providing you with the latest trends and predictions to help you stay ahead in this rapidly evolving landscape. Lastly, this webinar will provide valuable insights into which players or categories of players are poised to succeed or face challenges in this environment. Understand the "why" behind their successes or distresses with real-life examples and case studies.
abiLIVE Webinars
2023
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Credit Cards (but Were Afraid to Ask) - Free

A history of credit, including terminology, methodology, with stats on use (and misuse), growing market sectors, including a discussion on credit reporting, and impact on credit scores.
2014 CARE Financial Literacy Conference
2014
1 hour 24 minutes 18 seconds
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13 or V? Putting Your Debtor in the Right Case

Subchapter V arrived in 2020, offering qualifying individuals a restructuring alternative to standard chapter 11 and chapter 13. So what are consumer bankruptcy lawyers so afraid of?! This panel will review the differences between chapter 13 and subchapter V by looking at eligibility and reporting requirements, estate administration, and the nuanced differences of plan confirmation and discharge in each chapter. The panelists also will compare and contrast chapter 13 and subchapter V trustees, and will use several hypotheticals to highlight how a debtor’s particular circumstances will ultimately determine the choice between a 13 or a V.
2023 Consumer Practice Extravaganza
2023
Video

ABI-Live: Directors' Duties Across Borders in the Insolvency Zone: Episode 2

Hosted by ABI's International Committee This is the second in a series of webinars that will cover key jurisdictions around the globe, focusing on developments you and your clients need to consider when thinking about bankruptcy-type proceedings in foreign jurisdictions. What you don’t know may hurt your clients, and you can’t just assume that the same rules apply as in the U.S. For this second webinar, the panelists will be examining the situation in Brazil, Canada, the Caymans and Mexico.
abiLIVE Webinars
2024
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Bankruptcy and Divorce

What is a DSO, and what does that bankruptcy provision in every Property Settlement Agreement mean, anyway? What debts are dischargeable, and if it is called “support,” is it truly support? Does the stay need to be modified post-petition in a chapter 13, and what do you do when a current chapter 13 client ends up in divorce court? This panel will address these questions and more, including the differences between chapters 7 and 13, and what actions are stayed.
2023 Annual Spring Meeting
2023
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The Open-Pit Copper Mine: Bringing Value to the Surface—Effectively Trying Contested Matters

The key elements to trying contested matters are planning, writing effective pleadings, knowing rules of evidence, knowing when to use expert testimony and having a strong oral argument. The techniques, among others, are discussed in this panel.
2015 Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference
2013
1 hour 26 minutes 25 seconds
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