Consumer: Revisiting FRBP 3015.1 – How Courts and Cases Are Implementing Rule 3015.1 Five Months On
This panel will review and debate issues regarding the new official form for chapter 13 plans, including how courts are tinkering with Rule 3015.1 — and why courts think they have the ability to do so.
Navigating § 552: Pre-Petition Security Interests in Proceeds
How and when is a secured creditor’s rights affected by § 552? This session will examine typical scenarios so you can learn all you need to know about this difficult area of the law.
Your Ethical Duties
This panel focuses on the duties professionals have to protect electronically stored client information, best practices, ethical obligations and business considerations.
ABC Program: Professionalism! Competence! Featuring Judges on Best Practices
Bankruptcy judges sound off on the best (and worst) behavior of our bankruptcy brothers and sisters. Join us in our first ABC-sponsored session!
Stern Revisited: In re Millennium Lab Holdings and Beyond
Hosted by the Bankruptcy Litigation and Young and New Members Committees
Coaching Your Non-Expert Witness
Have you ever had your expert sink your case with the wrong words? This no longer needs to be the case. Learn how to get the best testimony out of nonprofessional witnesses, including business owners and CFOs. This panel will discuss various evidentiary matters, including the use of affidavits, how to get hearsay in, special rules for business owners (valuation testimony and how to make it credible), direct testimony and business records.
Obsolescence as a Catalyst
What happens when you represent a brick and mortar retailer, a newspaper or perhaps a coal-producer? What might be your client’s exit plan be? Leaning on other recent dying-industry experience, the panelists will explore various strategies on how the tough times ahead for such clients can be addressed in a bankruptcy, whether through a restructuring or a wind-down and liquidation of the company.