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Enjoy a breakfast discussion with the judges of the Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop.

This program will explore techniques and issues in the drafting of effective settlement agreements both before and after a bankruptcy filing. Pre-filing drafting issues will include such “bankruptcy-proofing” matters as the risk of a paying party’s filing, including a preference or fraudulent transfer attack, the running of a statute of limitations, “bad-boy guarantees,” and the preservation of nondischargeability. Post-filing and general drafting issues will include governing law, conditions to effectiveness, completion mechanics, penalties, factual recitations, notice, scope of general releases, judicial involvement and follow-up mechanics.

Does the ABI Commission's recommendation to eliminate one impaired class voting appropriately end gamesmanship and litigation? Continued debate over PSAs and RSAs.

Reaffirmations of both secured and unsecured obligations remain a major component of consumer bankruptcy practice. This panel will discuss the ins and outs of the reaffirmation process from the debtor’s, creditor’s and debtor’s attorney’s perspectives.

This special session will focus on issues that frequently arise at the end of a chapter 13 case, including post-confirmation fee applications, notice of final cure issues, and other last-minute discrepancies as a debtor completes a chapter 13 case

Estate-planning efforts and divorce proceedings can result in trustees being able to reach property that had previously been considered beyond the reach of creditors. Be prepared to explore the intersections of these laws with an expert panel who will address the impact of bankruptcy on estate plans, homestead exemptions, life estates, the sale of remainder interests and more.