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This panel will explore the evolving world of Merchant Cash Advances (MCAs), offering attendees a clear understanding of how MCA transactions work and their role in business financing. Experts will discuss the current legal and regulatory environment shaping the industry, as well as the practical costs and benefits for both funders and merchants. Whether you're new to MCAs or looking to deepen your insight, this session will provide valuable perspectives from legal, financial, and operational standpoints.
Understanding and calculating income can be challenging when it isn't consistent. This panel will explore strategies for assessing income for individuals with variable earnings, including seasonal employees, gig workers, self-employed individuals, and those receiving overtime or bonuses. The panelists also will discuss best practices, tools and policy considerations to ensure accurate and fair income determination in complex financial situations.
Health care bankruptcies present unique legal, operational and regulatory challenges that require specialized strategies and coordination. This session examines recent high-profile health care bankruptcy cases and will analyze the factors driving financial distress in hospitals, senior care facilities and other medical providers. The panelists explore such issues as patient care continuity, treatment of Medicare and Medicaid claims, the role of governmental regulators, and the impact of health care-specific rules on restructuring efforts. Whether representing debtors, creditors or other stakeholders, practitioners will gain insights into navigating the complexities of insolvency in the health care sector.
This webinar will discuss efforts currently underway to amend Bankruptcy Rule 9031 to expand judges’ toolboxes and allow for the appointment of special neutrals (a.k.a. special masters), and will focus on practical considerations in evaluating such an amendment.
As generative AI becomes part of the bankruptcy and restructuring toolbox, professionals face exciting opportunities — and serious obligations. This interactive panel will dive into real-world uses of AI tools, best practices for effective prompting, and the ethical rules you really don’t want to break. The panelists will include live demonstrations and audience Q&A, and discuss how courts and clients are responding to this fast-changing landscape.
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Confirmation: The Rest of the Story
The panelists will continue the conversation on confirmation by examining judicial vs. market valuation, valuation in light of Speedcast Int’l., equitable mootness, exclusivity termination, and the latest developments in § 363 sales.
The Changing Real Estate Landscape
The panelists will compare the leniency of bankruptcy courts vs. state courts in regard to real estate, including their flexibility on assumption/rejection and delayed rent payments, and the resulting impact on commercial properties and law firms, as well as adequate protection. The implications of the Fulton decision will also be discussed.
Working Lunch
NO CLE
Lunch with the judges and faculty from the morning’s panels, with new facilitators leading the discussions.
Sponsored by BakerHostetler and Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones
Confirmation: Brave New World?
Damian S. Schaible
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP; New York
Confirmation: The Rest of the Story
Dan T. Moss
Jones Day; Washington, D.C.
The Changing Real Estate Landscape
Lorenzo Marinuzzi
Morrison & Foerster LLP; New York
Great Debates
NO CLE
Norman N. Kinel, Moderator
Squire Patton Boggs; New York
Resolved: The Bankruptcy Code impliedly repeals the Federal Arbitration Act with respect to disputes regarding the allowance of claims against a bankruptcy estate.
Pro: Hon. Ashely M. Chan
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (E.D. Pa.); Philadelphia
Con: Hon. Eric L. Frank
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (E.D. Pa.); Philadelphia
Resolved: A chapter 11 plan of reorganization may lawfully release the liability of a third party for its own tortious conduct without the consent of the creditor whose claim is being released.
Pro: Hon. Janet E. Bostwick
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Mass.); Boston
Con: Hon. Frank J. Bailey
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Mass.); Boston
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