No CLE

Set in the game show format of “Jeopardy,” this interactive ethics session will test the knowledge of the audience, provide valuable ethics information, and encourage networking among the participants. The panelists will cover ethical and evidentiary issues that have arisen in bankruptcy cases within the Tenth Circuit and elsewhere.

This panel will discuss pre-bankruptcy planning in the wake of In re LTL Management. What must you do? What may you do? What are the limits?

This panel will focus on post-petition accrual of equity in real estate, the recent Supreme Court decision regarding tax violations, preferences, whether direct mortgage payments are considered “payments under the plan.”

This session will discuss recent appellate decisions in the areas of mootness, the solvent-debtor exception, mass torts and tribal immunity.

This session considers developments in recent case law, including fraudulent transfers in the context of tax lien foreclosures and aggressive pre-bankruptcy planning, alternative noticing, fee issues involving bifurcation and disgorgement, and dischargeability issues. The panelists will provide their perspectives and analyses from the bench, bar and trustee system regarding these latest updates.

This panel will provide a review of recent confirmation issues, including reinstatement in a rising-interest-rate environment, cramdown and Till in a rising-interest-rate environment, the entitlement to or apportionment of the increased value of collateral, new versions of pre-disclosure-statement plan-commitment agreements, make-whole obligations as unmatured interest, solvent debtors and creditors’ entitlement to post-petition interest, and the evolution of equitable mootness.