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This panel will explore the evolving world of Merchant Cash Advances (MCAs), offering attendees a clear understanding of how MCA transactions work and their role in business financing. Experts will discuss the current legal and regulatory environment shaping the industry, as well as the practical costs and benefits for both funders and merchants. Whether you're new to MCAs or looking to deepen your insight, this session will provide valuable perspectives from legal, financial, and operational standpoints.
Understanding and calculating income can be challenging when it isn't consistent. This panel will explore strategies for assessing income for individuals with variable earnings, including seasonal employees, gig workers, self-employed individuals, and those receiving overtime or bonuses. The panelists also will discuss best practices, tools and policy considerations to ensure accurate and fair income determination in complex financial situations.
Health care bankruptcies present unique legal, operational and regulatory challenges that require specialized strategies and coordination. This session examines recent high-profile health care bankruptcy cases and will analyze the factors driving financial distress in hospitals, senior care facilities and other medical providers. The panelists explore such issues as patient care continuity, treatment of Medicare and Medicaid claims, the role of governmental regulators, and the impact of health care-specific rules on restructuring efforts. Whether representing debtors, creditors or other stakeholders, practitioners will gain insights into navigating the complexities of insolvency in the health care sector.
This webinar will discuss efforts currently underway to amend Bankruptcy Rule 9031 to expand judges’ toolboxes and allow for the appointment of special neutrals (a.k.a. special masters), and will focus on practical considerations in evaluating such an amendment.
As generative AI becomes part of the bankruptcy and restructuring toolbox, professionals face exciting opportunities — and serious obligations. This interactive panel will dive into real-world uses of AI tools, best practices for effective prompting, and the ethical rules you really don’t want to break. The panelists will include live demonstrations and audience Q&A, and discuss how courts and clients are responding to this fast-changing landscape.
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Ethical Issues Regarding the Use of the Media in High-Profile Cases
Hosted by the Ethics & Professional Compensation and Technology & Intellectual Property Committees
Navigating the use and impact of the media in any bankruptcy case can
pose challenging ethical dilemmas that are only exacerbated in highprofile
cases. The panelists will explore these issues and share some of
their personal insights and stories.
Long Claw of the Law: The Limits of Clawback Actions
Hosted by the Bankruptcy Litigation and Young and New Members Committees
This session will focus on the limits of avoidance actions by bankruptcy
trustees in Ponzi scheme cases, including arguments about the expansion
of the look-back period to 10 years, trustee standing, clawbacks from
non investor sources, in pari delicto and how trustees decide whom to sue.
Working for a Fresh Start: Labor Issues Facing Consumer Debtors
Hosted by the Consumer Bankruptcy and Labor & Employment
Committees
This panel will feature a discussion of 11 U.S.C. § 525 regarding
protection against discriminatory treatment based on bankruptcy status
and its interpretation, including the Supreme Court’s NextWave decision.
Additionally, the panel will address practical issues faced daily between
employers and consumers in bankruptcy, such as the use of corporate
credit cards, reimbursement of business expenses, commissions and
bonuses as assets, and security clearance.
The Rights of Secured Creditors in a Commercial Fraud Case
Hosted by the Commercial Fraud and Secured Credit Committees.
This panel will take a fresh look at secured creditor rights and unique
solvency issues in fraud and Ponzi cases. Learn how to avoid being
trumped in federal forfeiture proceedings or paying on bankruptcy
clawback claims by treading in the safe harbor of § 546(e) — and learn
how to navigate the shoals of receivership
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