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Special Task Force Hearing: CARE for Our Troops

This panel will explore the feasibility of implementing the CARE Program in our U.S. Armed Forces. (Open to all registrants.) Daniel “Corky” Sherman Moderator Chapter 7 Panel Trustee (N.D. Tex.); Dallas Capt. Kurt Clawson Texas Army National Guard; Arlington, Texas Michael P. Cooley Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP; Dallas Major Gen. Al Zapanta (U.S. Army, ret.) President and CEO, United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce; Washington, D.C.

Welcome to the Chapter 11 Races! Jockeying for Position and Setting the Boundaries for Appropriate First-Day Relief

This panel will present a spirited discussion of what is and is not appropriate to include in first-day motions in chapter 11 cases by examining a hypothetical case that includes an “overachiever” debtor’s counsel and zealous DIP financing counsel, how a judge might rule on these issues, and how the FRBP and any local rules may dictate the result.

What You Don’t Know about E-Discovery Can Hurt You: Lessons Learned from Litigation

If you are still printing or PDFing documents in your bankruptcy matters, you could be missing out on other powerful ways to analyze information, save money and time, and shed light on facts that might otherwise go unnoticed. As bankruptcy courts now require the production of electronic documents, learn what can you do avoid headaches, costs and sanctions . In this session, panelists will provide lessons from litigation that are applicable from the simplest bankruptcy to the most massive Madoff-type action — what you need to know about e-discovery, from how to request and produce electronic records (and why you want to), tips for negotiating with your adversaries, steps to take to avoid sanctions, and new technologies to deal with massive amounts of data.