Business

This panel will provide an interactive presentation focused on litigating fraud in consumer cases under §§ 523 and 727. The panelists will focus on collateral estoppel issues, procedural considerations, tips for discovery and the development of relevant evidence, and will provide practical advice about handling these cases before the courts.

Many industries have incorporated artificial intelligence (AI) into their operations over the last several years, including the legal industry. This panel will discuss the current status of the use of AI in the legal industry, and will explore the ethical implications and obligations of practitioners when using (or not using) AI. Is AI the answer to increasing access to justice? What are lawyers’ ethical obligations when using (or not using) AI? How have lawyers gotten into trouble when using AI?

This panel will focus on senior care and living facilities, and the financial pressures in the marketplace that are currently presenting challenges to their business models in the U.S. and other jurisdictions.

If you suddenly became the owner of Batman’s secret cave, would you know how to value it, lease it or sell it? Could you transfer it in a § 363 sale, or could you cancel any claims Batman and others may have on the permanently installed Bat Computer? This session reveals the panelists' oddest adventures in real estate, and the latest in commercial real estate trends.

This panel reviews recent cases and assesses whether arbitration is enforceable in bankruptcy, and to what extent.

This panel takes a fresh look at the latest categories and buyers of asset sales under § 363, and the increased influence that unsecured creditors are exerting over those sales. The panelists discuss recent noteworthy successful and failed sales, including Vice Media, Vital Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Celsius Network, LedgerX and Voyager.

As subchapter V use increases across the country, the courts continue to interpret and explore the bounds of the statute. This panel will discuss the emerging issues being addressed by practitioners and the courts, including developing eligibility questions and the varied applications of the statute to different and unique debtor situations, and will provide a review of the timeliest opinions that are impacting debtors and creditors in these proceedings.

This panel will discuss the current status of nonconsensual third-party releases (Purdue, Aearo, Boy Scouts, LTL), good faith and financial distress, alternatives to nonconsensual releases, international comparisons, preservation and impact of insurance, and case administration issues that include obtaining consent, conflicts among claimants represented by a single firm, and preservation of a claimant’s “day in court.”