Ethics

“Group Privileges”: What are the limits of the attorney-client and work-product privileges that can be asserted by official committees and their members? Ad hoc committees and their members? Bank syndicates and their members; Conflicts: Latest developments in disclosure and disqualification, the use of conflicts counsel, UST Guidelines, etc.; The New U.S. Trustee Guidelines: What ethical concerns are raised by the new UST Guidelines on professional retention and fee applications (including issues relating to attorney/client privilege)? Are there limits on the proper disclosure of a firm’s billing practices and/or “blended” rates?

Financial Advisors Track: Current Issues for Financial Advisors in Bankruptcy Cases This panel will discuss the various governance, operational and quasi-legal issues that financial advisors deal with on a day-to-day basis before, during and after the commencement of a chapter 11 case. Topics will include addressing management fraud, dealing with ERISA/labor/WARN Act/union issues, navigating corporate governance issues, Dodd-Frank compliance, and the state of the law on pursuit of accounting and securities fraud claims.

This panel will explore the struggles of being both civil and persuasive and how our actions affect the reputation of the legal profession in society. The panel will also provide an update on the status of the ABI Civility Task Force.

This panel will focus on the ethics of limiting the scope of employment as well as attorney's fees in Chapter 7 and how they get paid.

This panel of regional judges and ethics experts will weigh in with analysis and guidance on current, relevant ethics issues. Case examples “ripped from the headlines” will highlight this discussion on disclosures, litigation issues and conflicts

Featuring the Judges of the 18th Annual Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference