Illinois State Approved Sessions

Director liability in restructuring continues to grow in importance across borders, with shifting legal regimes and case law creating uncertainty for boards and restructuring professionals alike. This panel will compare filing laws and requirements in key jurisdictions, including Ireland and Germany, and examine the evolving roles of independent directors and restructuring practitioners.

This panel will explore how tariffs, geopolitical tensions and macroeconomic pressures are reshaping the restructuring landscape. The panelists will examine the impact of these forces on such sectors as real estate, energy and retail, highlighting emerging distressed assets and strategies for navigating complex cross-border and domestic restructuring challenges. Attendees will gain practical insights into mitigating risk and identifying opportunities in an increasingly volatile environment.

This session will explore the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital-asset recovery in cross-border bankruptcy proceedings. The panelists will examine the challenges in making recoveries when digital-asset businesses are the subject of fraud or hacking activity, and discuss how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing asset-tracing, evidence-gathering and recovery processes. They also will cover the practical challenges insolvency professionals face when appointed over businesses in this sector, especially when there is a parallel criminal investigation and/or prosecution, and ways in which practitioners can navigate that landscape to achieve the best outcomes for stakeholders by drawing on real-life examples of cases in which the panelists have been involved.

This session will explore how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming health care, from diagnostics and treatment-planning to operational efficiency, and will address the ethical, regulatory and human-centered challenges AI brings about. The panelists will discuss how advancements in AI can enhance clinical decision-making, diagnostics and personalized care while maintaining ethical and patient-centered practices, and will evaluate practical strategies for integrating AI tools into health care workflows based on real-world applications, challenges and lessons learned.

This session will cover pending pertinent U.S. Supreme Court and appellate cases, as well as recently decided cases.

This session will explore key ethical issues facing bankruptcy practitioners and judges, including professional responsibility, conflicts of interest, confidentiality, and duties to clients, creditors and the court. The panelists will examine recent case law, evolving ethical standards, and practical guidance for navigating complex situations in bankruptcy practice.

Hosted by the Asset Sales CommitteePost-confirmation fiduciaries (trustees, plan administrators and wind-down officers) typically have discrete residual assets that need to be monetized. This webinar will discuss monetizing life insurance policies, partnership interests, judgments, litigation, and other known or unknown remnant assets.

The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA) was implemented on Oct. 17, 2005. This panel of experts will provide their perspectives on the impacts of the law on consumer and business bankruptcies in the 20 years since the law went into effect. John Penn of Perkins Coie (Dallas), who served as ABI's president when BAPCPA became law, will be joined by two former bankruptcy judges who were on the bench at the time of the law's implementation to discuss the developments brought about by BAPCPA, and to share their views on potential bankruptcy law reforms moving forward.

In this session, former and active hospital and senior-living CEOs/CFOs will speak on hot topics in health care, and how they affect the successes of day-to-day operations.

In recent years, the life sciences sector has faced mounting pressures from capital market volatility, regulatory scrutiny and evolving patient data standards. With a noticeable uptick in financial distress and a decline in successful bankruptcy resolutions, stakeholders are grappling with existential questions about sustainability, compliance, and trust. Bringing together finance, legal, operational and regulatory perspectives, this session will provide attendees with practical insights into how companies can manage risk, preserve value and protect trust – even under duress.