No CLE

This panel will address the legal and forensic issues arising from the newest iterations of this very old form of fraud, including recent cases in the Caribbean involving “reverse merger” schemes. Panelists include the fiduciaries appointed in the wind-up of the Telex Free and Peters Ponzi schemes, two of the larges schemes in history and both with deep connections to the Caribbean.

This session will highlight particularly interesting case law developments to date in 2016 and their impact on bankruptcy law and practice.

This panel will use a case study approach in discussing the restructuring alternatives of a company with multiple debt tranches with mock negotiations between and among a distressed company, its 1st lien lenders, 2nd lien lenders and equity sponsor. The presentation will focus on valuation, the rights, remedies and restrictions of each of the lender groups and the equity sponsor both outside of a bankruptcy and following the commencement of a bankruptcy proceeding, and the impact of debt trading on such negotiations.

This panel will present a lively discussion of key issues decided in business and consumer bankruptcy cases throughout the country over the past year.

"This panel will explore the requirements for the use of cash collateral by agreement or court order, including adequate protection. The discussion will include other important issues for secured creditors, such as debtor-in-possession financing, collateral carve-outs to pay committee professionals, cramdown interest rates, and credit bidding in sales of collateral. "

This panel will deal with the various issues that arise when a debtor owns a cause of action and the distinctions that occur depending on whether the debtor’s cause of action arose pre-petition, post-petition, post-confirmation, post-discharge or at any other time. How are pre-petition causes of action valued for purposes of confirming a plan? What happens if the debtor’s cause of action pays off during a chapter 13 case (who gets the money)? What obligations do debtors have to amend their schedules to deal with post-petition events that create causes of action? What are the debtor’s obligations to keep the bankruptcy court and the debtor’s creditors informed? Are there potential judicial estoppel arguments that can arise?

This panel of chapter 13 trustees will provide an in-depth analysis of the necessary steps to reach confirmation of your chapter 13 plan, including the necessary steps and analysis that are required to secure their recommendation. The panel judge will give his perspective of the mega dockets and volume of issues that are typically brought before the court.