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This panel will explore the evolving world of Merchant Cash Advances (MCAs), offering attendees a clear understanding of how MCA transactions work and their role in business financing. Experts will discuss the current legal and regulatory environment shaping the industry, as well as the practical costs and benefits for both funders and merchants. Whether you're new to MCAs or looking to deepen your insight, this session will provide valuable perspectives from legal, financial, and operational standpoints.
Understanding and calculating income can be challenging when it isn't consistent. This panel will explore strategies for assessing income for individuals with variable earnings, including seasonal employees, gig workers, self-employed individuals, and those receiving overtime or bonuses. The panelists also will discuss best practices, tools and policy considerations to ensure accurate and fair income determination in complex financial situations.
Health care bankruptcies present unique legal, operational and regulatory challenges that require specialized strategies and coordination. This session examines recent high-profile health care bankruptcy cases and will analyze the factors driving financial distress in hospitals, senior care facilities and other medical providers. The panelists explore such issues as patient care continuity, treatment of Medicare and Medicaid claims, the role of governmental regulators, and the impact of health care-specific rules on restructuring efforts. Whether representing debtors, creditors or other stakeholders, practitioners will gain insights into navigating the complexities of insolvency in the health care sector.
This webinar will discuss efforts currently underway to amend Bankruptcy Rule 9031 to expand judges’ toolboxes and allow for the appointment of special neutrals (a.k.a. special masters), and will focus on practical considerations in evaluating such an amendment.
As generative AI becomes part of the bankruptcy and restructuring toolbox, professionals face exciting opportunities — and serious obligations. This interactive panel will dive into real-world uses of AI tools, best practices for effective prompting, and the ethical rules you really don’t want to break. The panelists will include live demonstrations and audience Q&A, and discuss how courts and clients are responding to this fast-changing landscape.
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Resolved: Unsecured creditors entitled to post-petition interest can only be paid at the federal judgment rate.
Pro: Rachel C. Strickland
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP; New York
Con: Joseph H. Smolinsky
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP; New York
Resolved: Actual fraud under § 523(a)(2)(A) is limited to misrepresentation.
Pro: G. Eric Brunstad,
Dechert LLP; Hartford, Conn.
Con: Danielle Spinelli .
WilmerHale; Washington, D.C.
Resolved: Negative-notice procedure is sufficient to
establish consent under § 363(f).
Pro: Hon. Thomas J. Catliota
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Md.); Greenbelt
Con: Hon. Martin R. Barash
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (C.D. Cal.); Woodland Hills
Ethics: Retention and Compensation of Professionals
A discussion of the ethics landscape from the retention application and disclosure requirements, to the decision-making process in undertaking work, recording the time, and contesting/defending the fee application.
Hot Topics in Valuation
The valuation of bankrupt and financially distressed firms is impacted by many factors including court decisions, changing business models, and macro-economic factors. This panel examines recent developments in these three areas and discusses how they will impact valuation engagements, particularly those performed in the context of litigation or contested matters in the future.
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A discussion of current issues of interest to bankruptcy judges and insolvency professionals.
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