Financial Advisors & Investment Banking/Technology & Intellectual Property
You Are Selling My What? Valuation and Sale of Intellectual Property and Customer Information by a Distressed Company
Understanding the Ethical Limits: Retention Issues
This is the first in our new series on understanding basic ethics concepts. This panel will address the classic conflict problems that exist for business and consumer attorneys when they are retained. More advanced discussion points will focus on representing multiple entities or individuals in cases.
Modern-Day 363 Sale Best Practices
When is the sale over (Revel), when can I credit bid (Fisker), and what is the right price (MPM) ? These and other 363 topics will be addressed during this session.
Estate Planning, Divorce and Bankruptcy: When Worlds Collide
Estate-planning efforts and divorce proceedings can result in trustees being able to reach property that had previously been considered beyond the reach of creditors. Be prepared to explore the intersections of these laws with an expert panel who will address the impact of bankruptcy on estate plans, homestead exemptions, life estates, the sale of remainder interests and more.
Perfecting the Pitch
A professional speaking coach will start this session with general comments on speaking, then provide specific critiques on two teams that will make a mock pitch for a new creditor group representation (ad hoc group or committee).
iPad II: Essential Tools & Tricks for Insolvency Professionals
Join our leading iPad and Android experts in this returning fan favorite. Learn how to
maximize the value of your tablet for your practice, and hear about the latest apps that
are being used by other bankruptcy professionals.
A New Weapon in Mega-Bankruptcy Cases: The Trust Indenture Act
Courts and commentators have long agreed that the Trust Indenture Act (TIA) provides
protection against majority amendment to certain core terms. Given recent aggressive
maneuvers in mega-cases, the TIA has become a weapon of choice for bondholders
to fight back. More pressing questions, however, concern the breadth of this protection
in nonconsensual debt restructurings. Should the TIA protect the ability, and not merely
the formal right, to receive payment in some circumstances? Is it limited to conduct
that disenfranchises the minority, or does it have broader uses as a weapon against
unilateral conduct by the issuer that hurts bondholders’ recovery?
Diocese and Religious Order Bankruptcies
Well over a dozen Catholic dioceses and religious orders have filed chapter 11, from
Tucson to the Arctic and from Portland to Milwaukee. A panel of attorneys involved in
nearly all of these unique proceedings will provide updates on the cases and analyze
the paths that have proved successful — and those that have not.