Circuit Splits and Hot Topics
A panel of judges will discuss current issues that divide the circuits and other hot topics relevant to both consumer and business bankruptcy practitioners.
Asset Sales/Business Reorganization
The Power to Veto Bankruptcy Sales: Sports Leagues and Other Franchisors
Health Care/Real Estate
Real Estate Issues in Health Care Restructurings
Bankruptcy Litigation/Labor & Employment
Law Firm Bankruptcies and Certain Issues that Have Arisen in Them, Including the WARN Act and Recent Case Law
Financial Advisors & Investment Banking/Secured Credit/Unsecured Trade Creditors
And Now That the Auction Is Over, Let the Bidding Begin
Commercial Fraud/International/Technology & Intellectual Property
A Comity of Errors: International Electronic Communications and Cyber-fraud in Transnational Bankruptcy Cases
Navigating Your Way Through the Latest Complexities of Bankruptcy
This panel of leading bankruptcy lawyers, sponsored by Lexis® Practice Advisor, will feature a discussion of new provisions and practices for debtors, lenders, creditors and buyers in DIP Financings, 363 Sales, and Chapter 15s.
ABI-Live: Class Actions in Business and Consumer Cases
Class action lawsuits in both chapter 11 and 13 cases are becoming more prevalent. Are you wondering whether your clients’ WARN Act claims would be better pursued against a debtor company in a class action adversary proceeding or in a class proof of claim, or both? If your client has been sued in a debtor’s consumer class action adversary proceeding, do you know what the best defenses are against class certification? ABI's panel of experts will explore the potential benefits and pitfalls of class actions by creditors against debtor companies in chapter 11 cases and by debtors/trustees against creditors in chapter 13 cases by highlighting recent appellate and bankruptcy court decisions.
Bankruptcy Taxation/Legislation/Young & New Members
Developments in Net Operating Losses