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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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The National Mortgage Settlement: How Will It Affect Consumer Bankruptcy Cases?
Consumer Track - The National Mortgage Settlement: How Will It Affect Consumer Bankruptcy Cases?
Although the impetus for the $25 billion settlement was robosigning issues in foreclosure cases, many of its provisions affect residential mortgage loans in consumer bankruptcy cases. The panel will discuss the terms of the consent judgment, which will impact the handling of home loans by debtors, the affected servicers, the USTP and the bankruptcy courts.
Litigation Skills
Professional Development Track: Litigation Skills
Mock Expert Examination
R. Scott Williams, Moderator
Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, LLC; Birmingham, Ala.
Judge: Hon. Gregg W. Zive
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Nev.); Las Vegas
Direct Exam: Dillon E. Jackson
Foster Pepper PLLC; Seattle
Cross Exam: Lynnette R. Warman
Hunton & Williams LLP; Dallas
Witness: James Peko
Grant Thornton LLP; New York
"I'm Shocked-Shocked!-to Find that Unethical Conduct Is Going On in Here!": A Tale of Ethics in Bankruptcy
Professional Development Track - "I'm Shocked-Shocked!-to Find that Unethical Conduct Is Going On in Here!": A Tale of Ethics in Bankruptcy
Our play will address the ethical pitfalls faced by the attorneys in the chapter 11 bankruptcy of Casablanca Snow Globes, Inc., a once-thriving manufacturer of world-class snow globes that has fallen on hard times due to cheap foreign competition, changes in consumer taste
and unfair TSA regulations. Watch debtor's counsel struggle with whether she represents the debtor or its owner, as well as possible secret connections with the evil empire owned by Boris Badenough. Thrill to Boris's lawyer's problems with his various clients in this case, who are not always aligned (or sane). Our panel of experts will provide commentary on these critical issues, such as (a) who is your client; (b) what to do when clients don't tell the truth; (c) how to fulfill your obligations to be candid with the court; (d) how to avoid sharp lawyering practices; (e) best billing/fee application practices; and (f) conflicts of interest.
Advising the Corporate Entity
Financial Advisors Track - Advising the Corporate Entity
This panel will explore the issues and challenges for lawyers and financial advisors arising in connection with advising companies on corporate-governance issues.
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