Business

Secured creditors typically hold significant leverage in restructuring situations and bankruptcy cases, but they are often the target of challenge or attack by other constituencies. This panel will discuss a number of key issues facing secured creditors and how those issues influence the advice given by financial advisors and lawyers.

Noted practitioners will address recent developments and emerging trends in energy exploration and development companies.

If you’re ready for the challenge (or at least are willing to give it a try), come play “What’s My Objection?” at this session and test your skills at asserting evidentiary objections. Join the panelists in this fun format as we confront the strategic and technical issues associated with making objections.

The panelists, comprised of malpractice professionals and a representative from a major insurer, will share their combined experience and describe frequent mistakes that can lead to malpractice claims in business bankruptcy cases — as well as strategies to avoid them.

Hosted by the Ethics & Professional Compensation and Technology & Intellectual Property Committees Navigating the use and impact of the media in any bankruptcy case can pose challenging ethical dilemmas that are only exacerbated in highprofile cases. The panelists will explore these issues and share some of their personal insights and stories.

Hosted by the Bankruptcy Litigation and Young and New Members Committees This session will focus on the limits of avoidance actions by bankruptcy trustees in Ponzi scheme cases, including arguments about the expansion of the look-back period to 10 years, trustee standing, clawbacks from non investor sources, in pari delicto and how trustees decide whom to sue.

Hosted by the Consumer Bankruptcy and Labor & Employment Committees This panel will feature a discussion of 11 U.S.C. § 525 regarding protection against discriminatory treatment based on bankruptcy status and its interpretation, including the Supreme Court’s NextWave decision. Additionally, the panel will address practical issues faced daily between employers and consumers in bankruptcy, such as the use of corporate credit cards, reimbursement of business expenses, commissions and bonuses as assets, and security clearance.

Hosted by the Commercial Fraud and Secured Credit Committees. This panel will take a fresh look at secured creditor rights and unique solvency issues in fraud and Ponzi cases. Learn how to avoid being trumped in federal forfeiture proceedings or paying on bankruptcy clawback claims by treading in the safe harbor of § 546(e) — and learn how to navigate the shoals of receivership

Hear the expert panelists describe their approaches to valuing assets that are inherently difficult to value, including mineral reserves, intellectual property and more.

The experts on this panel have current and deep experience in restaurant chapter 11 cases. The panelists will discuss and analyze the various and peculiar restructuring issues related to restaurant chapter 11 cases, and forecast whether this industry will continue to incur financial distress.