No CLE

Asset Sales/Secured Credit Committees: This panel will debate the controversial proposal being considered by the ABI Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11 to assess a charge or hold-back on secured lenders for a § 363 asset sale, including the pros and cons, mechanics, application in various circumstances, consequences and policy issues.

Did BAPCPA Put Retail Bankruptcy Out of Business?

Municipal Meltdown: Emergency Managers, Receiverships and Other State Law Options for Addressing Municipal Distress

Preparing for Metamorphosis: Tax Questions Arising from Changes in Debt from Recourse to Nonrecourse (or vice versa) — Bankruptcy Discharges, Anti-Deficiency Statutes and § 1111(b)

Dilemmas of Dying Businesses: Practical and Ethical Issues to Consider When Representing Businesses that Are on Death’s Doorstep

Shoveling Through the Dirt of Real Estate Fraud

Surviving Individual Business Bankruptcies- Considerations when choosing between Chapter 13 and Chapter 11

Labor and Employment Issues in Cross-Border Cases

Inaugural organizational meeting for this new ABI committee focusing on mediation and other ADR methods applied in the bankruptcy process, including conflict-resolution skills development, overcoming impasses, multiparty mediations, confidentiality and more. The committee will consider Model Rules for courts on the use of mediation, mediator qualifications and compensation.