Consumer

Consumer: 10 Strategies for Better Consumer Bankruptcy Outcomes—A Mini-Arsenal of Best Practices, Novel Approaches and Innovative Ideas that Might Just Improve the Consumer Bankruptcy System

Consumer: 25 Key Issues in Advising Debtors Pre-Petition

When is an individual Chapter 11 a better fit for your client? Think through an individual Chapter 11 plan and spot critical issues that can lead to success. A panel of experienced individual Chapter 11 practitioners will guide you, step by step, through a successful individual Chapter 11 case, and discuss problematic issues and solutions you can implement in your individual Chapter 11. Topics include: · Creating a budget on your schedules · Calculating your plan · Working with the US Trustee’s office · Tax issues · Application of the absolute priority rule · “Deemed” voting · “Reasonable and necessary” expenses · Addressing secured mortgage debts in the plan

Bankruptcy for the Self-Employed

Case law Update: The Northern District's New Judges Talk about Split Consumer Issues The Northern District's New Judges Talk about Split Consumer Issues

June 23 marked the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Stern v. Marshall, in which the court held that a bankruptcy court lacks the constitutional authority to enter final judgment in a state law counterclaim. Since Stern, the growing trend is uncertainty among the courts in whether to interpret this standard narrowly or broadly. This cloud of uncertainty only makes the most complex matters worse when large-sum commercial interests may be at stake, impacting lenders, officers and directors and other stakeholders involved in litigation.

Learn to think through an individual Chapter 11 plan and spot critical issues that can affect your case. A panel of experienced individual Chapter 11 practitioners and a member of the judiciary will guide you, step by step, through a successful individual Chapter 11 case, and discuss problematic issues and solutions you can implement in your individual Chapter 11. Topics include: - Creating a budget on your schedules - Calculating your plan - Working with the US Trustee’s office - Tax issues - Application of the absolute priority rule - “Deemed” voting - “Reasonable and necessary” expenses - Addressing secured mortgage debts in the plan

Since most debtors default in chapter 13 plans before they reach completion, are modifications needed to the law's rehabilitation goals? Pro: Hon. Pamela Pepper Con: Catherine Peek McEwen Should the U.S. Trustee's enforcement role in chapter 11 cases yield to creditor preferences? Pro: Robert M. Fishman Con: Clifford J. White, III Do creditors' committees serve a useful purpose in cases where the debtor's assets are overly encumbered and the amount of unsecured claims is a fraction of the amount of secured debt? Pro: Robert J. Feinstein Con: Jay M. Goffman

Home Sweet Home: Residential Issues in Bankruptcy Cases Including Robo-signing, Mortgage Fraud, Standing and Relief from Stay