Common Mistakes Made in Consumer Cases: A Judicial Perspective
This panel of Midwestern judges will discuss some of the common mistakes that they are seeing in consumer cases, and how those mistakes can be avoided.
Current Business Developments and Trends in Insolvency Practice
This panel will present the current trends in the industry, where the work is and isn’t, and where it may be in the future.
Developing a Successful Bankruptcy Practice
This panel will discuss what business development and office-management techniques have worked for them — with the understanding that everyone does things a little differently.
Mock Hearing: “I Don’t Have to Tell You That” — Evidentiary Privileges in Bankruptcy
In a series of vignettes, two litigants will argue motions to compel before the bankruptcy court that are designed to explore the various types of evidentiary privileges that arise in bankruptcy practice — including attorney/client privilege, joint-defense/common interest privilege, Fifth Amendment and spousal privilege — and how such privileges may be inadvertently waived.
How to Do a Critical Review of Financial Statements and Tax Returns: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt Your Client
This panel will explain how to critically review tax returns and financial statements and address the issues and items a bankruptcy lawyer representing a debtor or creditor (both for consumer and business cases) should look for when reviewing financial statements and tax returns.
Business Case Law Update from the Court’s Perspective
A panel of judges will discuss recent bankruptcy cases that impact business practitioners.
Asset Sale Alternatives in the Health Care Space: § 363 and Beyond
Selling financially distressed hospitals, nursing homes, senior living centers and other health care providers, including acute care hospitals, critical-access hospitals and continuing care retirement centers, presents many unique challenges not found in most “typical” bankruptcy cases. Identifying these important differences, and executing plans to deal with them, can make the difference between preserving the enterprise and being forced to liquidate. Legal, financial, political and regulatory traps abound. This panel will provide an overview of these considerations and highlight how to address these matters in relation to their particular significance within the Midwest region.
Representing Creditors in Wilmington and Manhattan: A Roadmap for the Midwest Practitioner for Litigating in America’s Busiest Bankruptcy Courts
Any Midwest attorney is likely to represent a client in Delaware or the S.D.N.Y. at some point. For example, you're likely to have clients facing claims litigation, trying to preserve executory contact or lease rights, or facing a preference complaint. Would you like a crash course in representing your clients in these districts and practice like you have years of experience in front of these courts? If so, please join us for a program that will cover the most common situations a Midwest attorney might encounter. You’ll learn practice pointers, traps for the unwary and other rules (both black-letter and unwritten practices). This program will give you an edge when representing your clients in S.D.N.Y./Delaware cases and will assist you in delivering value, bringing home good results — and keeping your clients happy.
Consumer Case Law Update from the Court’s Perspective
A panel of judges will discuss recent bankruptcy cases that impact consumer practitioners.
This Isn’t Hide and Go Seek: Disclosure Issues in Consumer Bankruptcy Cases
What happens when there is a failure of disclosure in consumer cases? This panel will cover current disclosure requirements, client intake tips regarding disclosure, and the ramifications of failing to disclose (i.e., denial of discharge, bad-faith dismissal, judicial estoppel, criminal prosecution, etc.).