California State Approved Sessions

This panel will provide attendees with strategies to handle complex issues that can arise in consumer cases – sometimes common, sometimes not. Topics that will be covered include UCC-1 fixture filings, multi-filers, extensions or imposition of the automatic stay, and when a debtor should consider filing a Chapter 11 petition under Subchapter V. The panel will also discuss recent trends in consumer cases.

This session will focus on the unique challenges presented by distressed private investment funds, with an emphasis on identifying fraud risk and managing funds approaching the end of their lifecycle. The panelists will discuss common fraud red flags encountered in distressed fund scenarios and the practical steps professionals can take to investigate, mitigate and respond to those risks. The panel also will explore strategies for handling “end of life” funds, including wind-down considerations, stakeholder communications and regulatory issues. Particular attention will be paid to Cayman Islands’ segregated portfolio company (SPC) structures, highlighting structural complexities and best practices for insolvency, restructuring and recovery efforts.

In just 30 minutes, we’ll cut through the noise and focus on the signals that matter most in health care restructuring today. This free webinar will recap health care bankruptcy trends in 2025 and cover key policy, payor, cost, capital market and macro perspectives to provide a clear snapshot of where financial pressure is building — and what that means for health care organizations, lenders and advisors in 2026 and beyond. Designed as a rapid, executive-level briefing, this session is ideal for anyone who wants to stay current on the industry's high points without committing to a deep dive.

This panel addresses pressing issues related to the use of AI in the courtroom and the use of AI by the bankruptcy courts. The panelists focus on ethical issues related to the obligation of candor to the court, use of evidence, discovery and privilege issues, and the how the existing rules do or do not adequately address the current and expected AI landscape.Learning ObjectivesAttendees will recognize the ethical obligations of candor to the court when AI tools are used in preparing filings, evidence, or arguments.Attendees will examine emerging evidentiary, discovery, and privilege issues arising from the use of AI by litigants and the courts.Attendees will assess the adequacy of existing rules and standards in addressing current and anticipated uses of AI in bankruptcy practice.

This panel will provide an in-depth examination of the statutory frameworks governing fraudulent transactions in both the Cayman Islands and the U.S. Through a comparative lens, the discussion will analyze how different jurisdictions approach avoidance actions and fraudulent-transfer claims. The panelists also will explore recent and influential decisions from the U.S., Cayman and English courts — including Bilta and Air Arabia — to illustrate emerging trends and judicial reasoning in cross-border insolvency matters. The session will conclude with a practical discussion of the strategic considerations, procedural hurdles and real-world challenges insolvency practitioners face when investigating and pursuing fraudulent transaction claims across jurisdictions.

In this session, we will explore the unique stressors facing members of the bench and bar and how these pressures affect professional performance and personal well‑being, with a particular focus on the negative impacts of multitasking and distraction and how they can be managed to improve overall well-being.

This webinar will explore the practical defense strategies defendants are using to quietly end or narrow adversary proceedings in bankruptcy court by leveraging pleading standards, procedural sequencing and judicial preferences — often before discovery begins.

This panel will examine conflicts of laws in cross‑border insolvency, focusing on U.S. standing rules versus foreign recovery statutes, offshore jurisdictional reach, and choice‑of‑law challenges. It will also provide practical strategies for planning around these issues to mitigate risk and achieve enforceable outcomes.

What really happens when the Federal Rules of Evidence collide with the practical realities of bankruptcy court? Too often, practitioners raise objections that sound right but fail to move the needle with bankruptcy judges. Others overlook evidentiary opportunities that could have made or broken their client’s position. In this lively and highly practical 75-minute program, seasoned bankruptcy litigators will unpack how evidence is actually admitted, challenged and weighed in contested matters, adversary proceedings and other bankruptcy hearings — and why relying on “trial court instincts” can sometimes cost you the case.This webinar will cut through the myths and focus on what works — and what doesn’t — in the unique procedural and evidentiary environment of bankruptcy litigation. Whether you represent debtors, creditors, trustees or other parties in interest, the panelists will help you sharpen your courtroom instincts and litigate more effectively in bankruptcy court. You’ll gain a stronger understanding of how to use the Rules of Evidence as both a sword and a shield — and how to avoid the common traps that can turn a winning case into a losing one.