2024 Midwestern Bankruptcy Institute

Generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) has the potential to transform various industries, including legal practice, where it offers numerous advantages and some challenges. This panel will explore foundational concepts of Gen AI, its potential uses in bankruptcy law, and the necessary precautions attorneys must take to avoid ethical pitfalls.

Bankruptcy attorneys must carefully review debtor documents every day, as small details could cause big headaches if they are not caught. This panel will discuss red flags to look for when reviewing security documents, powers of attorney, notarizations and other documents.

Topics: Debtors with Gig and E-Commerce Jobs What Bankruptcy Professionals Need to Know About the Corporate Transparency Act Economic Update Intersection of State Court and Federal Court Issues

This session will delve into the interaction between physical and cognitive limitations and the practice of law.

This panel will discuss sales of health care industry businesses where bondholders/lenders have an operator/borrower that is not performing. Topics to be covered include regulatory and licensing issues involved with a sale/transfer of facilities, insurance matters, and how patient care and creditors' rights can intersect (or collide).

This panel of bankruptcy judges from the Eighth and Tenth Circuits will discuss several recent decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Eighth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeals and Bankruptcy Appellate Panels, and elsewhere that are likely to impact your bankruptcy practice.

This session is a tribute to Judge Koger and the evolution of 3rd Party Releases from Master Mortgage to Purdue Pharma and the future.