Committee Educational Session: Ethics/Professional Compensation/Unsecured Trade Creditors
Beware of the Traps: Ethical and Fiduciary Issues for Committee Members and Professionals
Committee Educational Session: Consumer Bankruptcy/Health Care
Who Pays the Price for Health Care Insolvencies: the Consumer, the Vendors or the Public at Large?
Bankruptcy Judge Squares: The Supreme Court Edition
Join in the fun with ABI’s rendition of the American classic game show “Hollywood Squares,” where some of your favorite celebrity bankruptcy judges serve up a smorgasbord of dubious and comical answers to help contestants forge a winning tic-tac-toe. And you will learn something about bankruptcy law, too!
The E&P Industry: Have All the Shoes Now Dropped?
With low energy commodity prices the new reality, many companies operating in the energy industry have been adversely affected. The result: E&P companies are being forced to restructure their balance sheets like never before — both in and out of court. This expert panel will provide an overview on the restructuring issues typically faced by industry participants, as well as industry trends, with particular focus on opportunities for insolvency professionals.
Best Practices: Bringing and Defending Fraudulent Conveyance Claims
In this discussion, leading practitioners in both bringing and defending significant fraudulent transfer claims will describe the current best practices gleaned from their substantial experiences.
Consumer Tax Toolbox
This panel provides updates on the law and suggests the necessary tools for your consumer tax toolbox, in particular concepts of cancellation of indebtness, home mortgage modiifcations, issuance of 1099s by creditors, separate-entity treatment under IRC section 1398, priority of tax claims, nondischargeability of tax claims, and other thorny tax issues frequently facing consumer bankruptcy lawyers.
Baha Mar’s Dismissal, and Everything Else New and Exciting in Chapter 15 Cases
After the dismissal of the Delaware filing by Baha Mar, should we assume that other cases (whether chapter 11 or chapter 15) involving non-U.S. entities filed in the U.S. will receive the same fate? This will be one of the numerous cases that will be examined in this panel on cutting-edge chapter 15 and other cross-border cases.
A Primer on Dealing with Fee Examiners
You have worked hard, and you are certain that you have brought benefit to your client. Now you need to convince the fee examiner of that. This panel, which features leading fee examiners from throughout the country, will discuss the ins and outs of fee examiner interactions.
Committee Educational Session: Commercial Fraud/International
People and Assets on the Move Overseas: What You Need to Know to Hold Everything Still and Seize the Assets