Delaware State Approved Sessions

This panel will discuss some of the more interesting aspects of the asset-recovery process as it relates tolocating foreign assets (i.e., Russian yachts). The panelists also will focus on post-COVID-19 issues, includingsituations where banks were not monitoring collateral as closely as they should have been and are nowhaving trouble locating said assets and selling them, particularly in international cases where the bankruptcyis abroad but the parties are seeking recognition in the U.S.

This panel will provide an overview of different types of equipment and common valuation methods forthem, various techniques and best practices for marketing equipment, and unique bankruptcy issues relatedto equipment.

Over the last several years, an increasing number of states, including New York, have adopted the UniformVoidable Transactions Act (UVTA), the latest update to the Uniform Voidable Transfer Act. The UVTA made anumber of minor changes and updates to the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (UFTA), including changingthe name. What changes were significant? What opportunities to fix problems/vagaries in the UFTA did thedrafters miss? What amendments should the UVTA drafters consider?

This panel of experts will discuss the latest trends in the wind, coal, and oil and gas industries that havedominated the headlines, with special emphasis on new regulatory issues and changes in the energy market.

This panel will delve into issues involving digital accounts, cryptocurrency and NFTs, including how to getsecured and perfected, how to liquidate, and bankruptcy-specific considerations. The panelists also willdiscuss UCC Article 12 and its impact on the digital-asset world for secured parties, and help practitionersbetter understand the considerations and issues they should be spotting when advising their constituents ondealing with digital assets.

This panel will cover how to serve notice in a bankruptcy proceeding and will explain the difference between a contested proceeding and a simple notice under Rule 2002. The panelists will discuss how a notice can also become a contested proceeding by virtue of notice. Sounds confusing? It isn’t, yet it is incredibly important to ensure that due process is followed. You may have a lengthy list of creditors in your client’s chapter 13 case, but if only 15 creditors file claims, why should the remaining creditors be noticed after the claims deadline has passed? The panelists also will discuss the rules we now have that allow for limited noticing and limited titling under Rule 7004(b)(3).