Consumer: Buy Here/Pay Here, Buy Now/Pay Later, and Missing Collateral
Sponsored by Telpner Peterson Law Firm, LLP
Commercial: Oil and Gas Bankruptcy
Sponsored by SierraConstellation Partners, LLC
Commercial: Boardroom Issues When Considering the "Texas Two-Step" and Proposing Third-Party Releases in a Bankruptcy Plan
Sponsored by Holland & Knight LLP
Nuts and Bolts of Bankruptcy Appeals
This panel will discuss pre-appeal considerations, final or interlocutory orders, stays pending appeal, perfecting an appeal, appellate briefs, and direct appeals to circuit courts.
Committee Challenges in 2022
This panel will discuss UST authority in appointing committees, venue impact on committee appointment and committee composition, when it makes sense to have two committees and when it does not, and the retention of professionals or substantive contributions. The panelists also will discuss the scope of Rule 2004 examinations post-confirmation.
Confirmation, Part II: Even More Challenges
This session will dive into mass tort cases, “Texas Two-Step” divisive mergers and the bad-faith arguments surrounding them, and equitable mootness (Talarico v. Ultra Petro. Corp. and others).
Consumer: Nondischargeability, Discharge Injunction Violations and BofA Sanctions
This panel will cover the ins-and-outs of nondischargeability, discharge injunction violations and how to avoid them and the recent BofA sanctions.
Consumer: Intersection of Divorce and Bankruptcy
This panel will discuss options and issues surrounding distressed shopping centers, retail spaces, apartments, office buildings, and other distressed real estate assets, plus proactive planning for distressed real estate assets.
Repurposing or Reimagining Distressed Real Estate
This panel will discuss options and issues surrounding distressed shopping centers, retail spaces, apartments, office buildings, and other distressed real estate assets, plus proactive planning for distressed real estate assets.
Ethics: The Game-Changing Benefits of Diversity & Elimination of Bias
This session will focus on several of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, including 4.1 (Truthfulness to Others), 7.1 (Communications Concerning Lawyer’s Services) and 8.4 (Misconduct). The panelists will address compensation and diversity in U.S. law firms and the elimination of bias; the importance of diversity and inclusion regarding creativity and innovation, the correlation with financial performance, and improving the workplace and client relationships; and ways in which law firms can actively combat unconscious bias and make retention of diverse talent a priority. The Neiman Marcus case will be discussed.