Business

Sponsored by Husch Blackwell LLP The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity defines implicit bias as “the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner.” According to the Kirwan Institute, “[t]hese biases, which encompass both favorable and unfavorable assessments, are activated involuntarily and without an individual’s awareness or intentional control.” Researchers have found that implicit biases can impact many aspects of an individual’s life. For the bankruptcy attorney, it is imperative to consider whether implicit bias affects her day-to-day interactions with clients. This session will highlight studies confirming the pervasiveness of implicit bias, as well as empirical research establishing its influence on bankruptcy proceedings. The session will also provide techniques for reducing and/or eliminating the impact of implicit bias.

Panel presented by the International Insolvency Institute (III) This panel will discuss a proposed solution for a response to the need for funding to recapitalize and provide liquidity to viable businesses seeking to emerge from the disruption.

This panel will discuss attorneys’ fee and sanction topics, including involuntary-proceeding issues.

Sponsored by Williams-Keepers LLC This panel will present a mock hearing consisting of direct and cross-examination of a financial advisor in connection with a contested chapter 11 confirmation hearing. Panelists will also discuss best practices and strategies for presenting and eliciting testimony in an evidentiary hearing.

Panel presented by the International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) Panelists from IWIRC's Latin America network will explore the tools available and strategies for recovering assets in cross-border insolvencies from a Latin American perspective.

The rise and fall of the rule of law in Russia since the breakup of the Soviet Union has been dynamic and unpredictable. What started out as a robust, exciting and uncertain fledgling democracy and reform to a market economy based on the rule of law devolved into something different, something less. Judge Brooks will trace his experience since 1991 working with Russian legal reformers as they endeavored to establish a nascent democracy and market economy built on a rule of law, an independent judiciary, principles of transparency, private property and open society.

Join our panel to discuss and analyze the latest bankruptcy issues facing commercial cases today, as well as important bankruptcy and insolvency issues from the Supreme Court, circuit courts of appeals and lower courts, and issues that could be in front of the appellate courts in the year to come.

This session will review issues currently facing single-asset real estate investing and CMBS markets.

What are the hottest topics in bankruptcy law? This panel of experts, moderated by ABI Editor-at-Large Bill Rochelle, will discuss and analyze current business and consumer bankruptcy law cases.