No CLE

ABI’s editor-at-large sits down with an appeal court judges to discuss bankruptcy circuit splits and U.S. Supreme Court cases.

In this dynamic session, leading bankruptcy professionals will deliver concise, powerful TED Talk-style presentations on plan gatekeeper provisions, disinterestedness of estate professionals, fighting plan exclusivity and mentoring the next generation.

This panel will analyze important bankruptcy matters that are pending before the Supreme Court, particularly Kaiser Gypsum and Purdue Pharma.

This panel will discuss the ins and outs of mediating consumer bankruptcy issues, including the types of issues typically mediated, selecting a mediator, and special considerations involved.

In a recent survey, 93% of people said that they have used the past year to reflect on their lives, and 88% said that the meaning of success had changed for them since the pandemic. Yet the number of lawyers suffering from depression, anxiety and substance abuse is greater than ever. How can we help others — and ourselves — navigate this dichotomy? What impact will this have on the ethics policies within the industry?

This panel will interactively explore the current legislative context of subchapter V, measures and strategies for its success, impediments to its broader use, bad faith or improper purposes, current developments, and what might need to be fixed.

This panel will discuss avoidable missteps lawyers keep making and new potential blunders spawned by developing technologies and artificial intelligence.

This panel will analyze and discuss the Supreme Court’s blockbuster decisions in Purdue Pharmaceuticals (non-consensual non-debtor releases), Truck Insurance (insurance neutrality in chapter 11 cases), and John Q. Hammons (refund of unconstitutional US Trustee fee overpayments). Learn about what these decisions mean for similar pending cases and for the future of chapter 11 practice, as well as what these decisions tell us about the Supreme Court and its approach to addressing bankruptcy law issues.