Mississippi State Approved Sessions

Labor & Employment/Financial Advisors & Investment Banking/Legislation Committees: This panel will address public pension law, including their financial magnitude, and will focus on a number of timely current issues ranging from constitutional matters to state authorization, § 903 and 904 concerns, and relevant legislation. The panelists will draw upon their recent experiences, particularly from municipal bankruptcy cases, to highlight key themes and provide relevant insights.

Business Reorganization/Bankruptcy Litigation Committees: This panel will discuss the current trends in white-collar criminal and securities law issues by examining such past cases as Drexel, Adelphia and GSC.

Educational Session of Committees: The Bankruptcy Code provides enhanced and often unique opportunities to resolve tax issues faced by distressed businesses and individuals. Our program will provide a primer on how to address tax issues before and after filing for bankruptcy relief, followed by a discussion on significant tax problems faced by business and consumer debtors.

Ethics & Professional Compensation/Real Estate Committees: This panel will explore various ethical issues that often arise in a single asset real estate bankruptcy case from the perspectives of the debtor, secured creditor and bankruptcy judge — via an entertaining and interactive fictional case study.

Commercial Fraud/Mediation Committees: This mock mediation of commercial fraud litigation will utilize the talents of several of the leading mediation experts in the country. This program will demonstrate best practices in representing parties in mediation, as well as highlight key practice pointers for all involved in an effective mediation process.

Once again, dear fans, Boris Badenough is involved in a hot chapter 11 case — this time involving Time & Lord, the owner of a failed movie franchise, “Fat Contests” (based on the book of the same name about an eat-to-the-death contest involving ordinary citizens in a future ruled by junk-food companies). Boris’s wife, Sophia, has been retained by Dallick Capital, the debtor’s investment banker, to handle the sale of the debtor’s intellectual property. However, Tardis Industries, a potential purchaser and creditor, has a problem with Dallick’s disclosure related to Sophia in its employment application. Further, the debtor’s lead counsel, Ciber & Mann PSC, may also have some disclosure issues as one of Boris’ subsidiaries, Master Industries, is one of their clients — and Boris is now interested in buying the debtor’s intellectual property. Will Sophia remain true to her fiduciary duty to her client, or will she give Boris the deal of the century, and will everyone give disclosure a chance?

This panel consists of debtor and creditor lawyers who will debate current problematic issues in chapter 11 cases filed by individuals, including the absolute priority rule and challenges to the lifestyles of wealthy debtors.

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The panel will discuss employment and benefits issues that frequently arise in chapter 11 cases, including employment contracts, retention and incentive plans, the WARN Act, and the impact of filings on employee benefit plans.

This panel will look at several bankruptcy mortgage mediation programs around the country, and will discuss what parties need to do in order to make mortgage mediations successful in consumer bankruptcy cases.