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If you are still printing or PDFing documents in your bankruptcy matters, you could be missing out on other powerful ways to analyze information, save money and time, and shed light on facts that might otherwise go unnoticed. As bankruptcy courts now require the production of electronic documents, learn what can you do avoid headaches, costs and sanctions . In this session, panelists will provide lessons from litigation that are applicable from the simplest bankruptcy to the most massive Madoff-type action — what you need to know about e-discovery, from how to request and produce electronic records (and why you want to), tips for negotiating with your adversaries, steps to take to avoid sanctions, and new technologies to deal with massive amounts of data.

The panel will discuss important recent developments, including plan confirmation issues, chapter 9 controversies from California, Detroit, and beyond, and the latest news on the continuing Stern/Bellingham fights in the Supreme Court and the Circuits.

Municipal bankruptcy has moved to the forefront of the restructuring world; every day seems to bring a new filing or precedent. A battle-tested group of restructuring professionals on the front lines of municipal bankruptcy will provide a “back to basics” look at chapter 9 and will discuss recent developments and future trends in municipal bankruptcies, as well as their role and place in the world of restructuring professionals.

This panel will cover issues that arise when property of the estate isn’t property of the estate, tax status issues and tax attributes, including NOLs.

This panel will discuss typical and atypical issues in the context of negotiating a term sheet, a DIP agreement and a DIP order. Discussion will include DIP terms from the perspective of various types of DIP lenders, such as pre-petition creditor(s) (or a subset of such creditors), insiders and stalking-horse bidders.

An in-depth discussion from the front lines of distressed investing, with multiple perspectives on how deals and decisions are made. The issues and outcomes for real companies are addressed from the perspectives of judge, financial advisor, debtor and distressed investor.

Individual chapter 11 cases pose a number of thorny legal and practical problems for the bankruptcy practitioner. While individual chapter 11 cases contain many elements of corporate chapter 11 and chapter 13 cases, they do not fit comfortably in either chapter. Following the enactment of BAPCPA, courts have struggled to strike the appropriate balance between the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code intended for corporations and those intended for human beings. The result is substantial uncertainty for debtors and creditors alike. This session will explore: Does the absolute priority rule apply to individual chapter 11 debtors? May creditors commence an involuntary chapter 11 case against an individual? May individual chapter 11 debtors pay their living expenses in the ordinary course of business, or is notice and a hearing required? What are the advantages and disadvantages for debtors and creditors in an individual chapter 11 case as compared to a corporate chapter 11 case or a chapter 13 case?