Search Topics
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.
Over 2,700 Hours of Free Content
ABI-Live: Proposed Chapter 14 and the Future of Large Financial Institution Resolution
Hosted By: Legislation Committee
Congress recently proposed legislation to repeal Title II of Dodd-Frank (the “Orderly Liquidation Authority,” or “OLA”) and replace it with chapter 14 of the Bankruptcy Code. This 75 minute webinar will provide a basic overview of the OLA, and will introduce participants to the current chapter 14 proposal providing for the reorganization or liquidation of large financial institutions. The discussion will explore the policies underlying chapter 14 and concerns surrounding the limits of chapter 11, as well as the potential effects that this proposed legislation would have on large financial institutions and bankruptcy practitioners.
SPEAKERS
Thomas Jackson
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Stephen Lubben
Seton Hall University
South Orange, N.J.
Reena Sahni
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
New York
Dena Kessler, Moderator
BakerHostetler
Washington, D.C.
Judges’ Roundtable
You'll have to join us to find out what this one is about. Have lunch with several of the judges at the conference, and have your questions and comments ready.
Business Update 2014
Find out the latest happenings in all of the Southern Districts. What can impact your practice? What should?
Employment and Benefits Issues in Chapter 11
The panel will discuss employment and benefits issues that frequently arise in chapter 11 cases, including employment contracts, retention and incentive plans, the WARN Act, and the impact of filings on employee benefit plans.
e-Learning Topics
Filter by Approved State
Most Popular Live Sessions
Join live sessions your peers are attending now.