Commercial: Going Gently into that Good Night: The Process of Converting Cases to Chapter 7
This panel will cover Delaware working group and U.S. Trustee Task Force recommendations.
Caveat Emptor: The Purchase and Sale of Debt in Bankruptcy
This panel will discuss the purchase of secured debt and claims, disclosure of obligations, and the Lightsquared and Telecom cases.
Financial Statements: What’s Hiding Beneath the Surface, and Why Does It Matter?
This panel will take a look at financial statement analysis and key ratios, and why they matter in bankruptcy.
Convoluted Pollution: The (Sometimes) Messy Collision of Bankruptcy and Environmental Issues
This panel will discuss Freedom Industries, fracking and other issues.
What’s Yours Might Not Be: Section 541 and Property of the Estate
This panel will cover issues that arise when property of the estate isn’t property of the estate, tax status issues and tax attributes, including NOLs.
Shakedowns vs. The Pursuit of Justice: The Current Landscape of Avoidance Actions
This panel will provide an overview of new uses of cause of action, § 546(e) cases including Lyondell and Tribune, and proposed changes to the UFTA.
The Principles of Compensation: Checking In on the New U.S. Trustee Fee Guidelines
This panel will discuss who can get paid, for what, and why.
Checking In with the Supremes
This panel will review cases from the 2013 and 2014 terms (Bellingham; surcharge case; other bankruptcy cases).
Ethics Issues in Bankruptcy Litigation, Redux: Who’s Suing Whom?
The panel will discuss due diligence requirements before bringing suits, suits or demands made for leverage, asserting claims in excess of estate value, and ethics complaints and litigation advantages.
Sayeth the Lawyer, “I Will Do This, But Not That”: The Ethical Implications of Limited Representation
State courts are increasingly relaxing their rules to allow attorneys to provide a-la-carte services to parties in cases appearing before them. However, bankruptcy courts have been reluctant to do so. Is it because the Bankruptcy Code is so complicated? Or is it because what is good for parties in state court is not good for those in bankruptcy court? This panel of experts will examine whether counsel can provide limited representation services to parties in bankruptcy matters and maintain their ethical obligations to the client.