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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

Financial Advisors Track - Advising the Corporate Entity This panel will explore the issues and challenges for lawyers and financial advisors arising in connection with advising companies on corporate-governance issues.

Has TOUSA changed the legal standard for what is reasonably equivalent value? What is the fate of affiliate guarantees? Do lenders now need to investigate the use of the loan proceeds?

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

Challenges and Strategic Considerations of a Large Corporate Filing in Mexico The panel will discuss the challenges of large filings, including the lack of DIP financing and the absolute-priority rule, labor issues, collective creditors, feasibility of pre-packaged and pre-negotiated bankruptcies, and litigation, as well as considerations related to IFECOM.

Does the absolute priority rule still require absolute priority?; protecting stock transfers from avoidance actions through the use of 11 U.S.C. § 546(e); implications of the Dodd-Frank Act; substantive consolidation; liquidating Chapter 11s: potential conflicts of interest when unsecured creditors’ committee is the liquidating agent; credit-bidding issues.

Phelps & Rhodes Productions Presents: Trustee and the Badoff Investor Class v. Bigbank—a Mock Trial