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ABI-Live: Representing creditors in Wilmington and Manhattan: An outsider's primer to litigating in America's busiest bankruptcy courts

This webinar, presented by ABI's Bankruptcy Litigation Committee, will be a guide for non-Delaware-, non-New York-based attorneys and law firms (as well as junior attorneys practicing in Delaware and New York) to delivering more value to their clients by (a) anticipating SDNY and Delaware requirements, (b) knowing the black-letter rules and unwritten practices in Delaware and SDNY for appearing without local counsel, and (c) recognizing those situations where outside counsel should retain local counsel, even if is allowed to operate on their own under the applicable rules.
1 hour 20 minutes 39 seconds
NO CLE

18th Annual Great Debates

Past Presidents’ Debate: Michael P. Richman Hunton & Williams LLP; New York Deborah D. Williamson Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated; San Antonio Resolved: Secured creditors should be required to fund the payment of all administrative claims and make a distribution to general unsecured creditors as a condition of cleansing substantially all of the debtors’ assets through a § 363 sale process. Judicial Debate: Hon. Kevin J. Carey U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Del.); Wilmington Hon. Frank J. Santoro U.S. Bankruptcy Court (E.D. Va.); Norfolk Resolved: A claim is not impaired for purposes of § 1129(a)(10) if the alteration of the rights in question arises solely from the debtor’s exercise of discretion, because § 1129(a)(10) recognizes impairment only to the extent that it is driven by economic need. Consumer Debate: John Rao National Consumer Law Center; Boston Brett Weiss Chung & Press, PC; Greenbelt, Md. Resolved: The Bankruptcy Rules and Forms should require that a national chapter 13 official plan form be used in all cases.
1 hour 16 minutes 21 seconds

Financial Track: ABI/TMA Panel: The Financial Professional’s Role in Out-of-Court Restructurings and Dissolutions

In today’s marketplace, more and more thought is being given to pursuing state law remedies rather than commencing chapter 11 cases. This is especially true in the middle market. This panel will discuss the financial professional’s role and obligations in out-of-court restructuring solutions, including compositions, foreclosures, assignments for the benefit of creditors and asset sales.
1 hour 28 minutes 21 seconds

Professional Development Track: Civility in the Restructuring Profession

A panel of participants in ABI’s Civility Task Force will discuss the work of the task force in an interactive program designed to further the conversation about civility in our profession.
1 hour 27 minutes 28 seconds

Business Track: Living under the U.S. Trustee Guidelines

"As the U.S. Trustee guidelines for large chapter 11 cases are nearing their six-month anniversary, this panel will discuss how the guidelines have been implemented, what reception they have received from the courts and whether they have changed the way large chapter 11 cases are administered."
1 hour 29 minutes 4 seconds

Business Track - The Collision of Confidentiality and Due Process

This panel will explore the tension between the fundamental tenets of disclosure and due process in bankruptcy cases and the increasing trend toward confidentiality, whether legitimate or not.
1 hour 9 minutes 5 seconds

Business Track: The § 363 Sale Process from a Transactional Perspective

Section 363 transactions have a dominating presence in today’s chapter 11 practice. This panel will focus on the nuts and bolts of the asset-purchase agreement and related ancillary documents, including sale procedures orders, sale orders and other sale-related pleadings.
1 hour 21 minutes 33 seconds

Business Track - Municipal Bankruptcies

Industry leaders will address hot topics arising in Municipal Bankruptcies including eligibility and confirmation issues, challenges facing financial advisors to Chapter 9 debtors, the latest and greatest on the extent of Bankruptcy Court power under sections 903 and 904, special revenues and appellate procedural hurdles. The panel will also discuss the future of Chapter 9.
1 hour 25 minutes 19 seconds