Professional Development Track: Civility in the Restructuring Profession
A panel of participants in ABI’s Civility Task Force will discuss the work of the task force in an interactive program designed to further the conversation about civility in our profession.
Financial Track: ABI/TMA Panel: The Financial Professional’s Role in Out-of-Court Restructurings and Dissolutions
In today’s marketplace, more and more thought is being given to pursuing state law remedies rather than commencing chapter 11 cases. This is especially true in the middle market. This panel will discuss the financial professional’s role and obligations in out-of-court restructuring solutions, including compositions, foreclosures, assignments for the benefit of creditors and asset sales.
Committee Educational Sessions - Consumer Bankruptcy
Surviving Individual Business Bankruptcies- Considerations when choosing between Chapter 13 and Chapter 11
Committee Educational Sessions - Labor and Employment/International Committies: Labor and Employment Issues in Cross-Border Cases
Labor and Employment Issues in Cross-Border Cases
Committee Educational Sessions - Legislation/Unsecured Trade Creditors: Did BAPCPA Put Retail Bankruptcy Out of Business?
Did BAPCPA Put Retail Bankruptcy Out of Business?
Committee Educational Sessions - Bankruptcy Litigation/Financial Advisors and Investment Banking
Municipal Meltdown: Emergency Managers, Receiverships and Other State Law Options for Addressing Municipal Distress
18th Annual Great Debates
Past Presidents’ Debate:
Michael P.
Richman Hunton & Williams LLP; New York
Deborah D. Williamson
Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated; San Antonio
Resolved: Secured creditors should be required to fund the payment of all administrative claims and make a distribution to general unsecured creditors as a condition of cleansing substantially all of the debtors’ assets through a § 363 sale process.
Judicial Debate:
Hon. Kevin J. Carey
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Del.); Wilmington
Hon. Frank J. Santoro
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (E.D. Va.); Norfolk
Resolved: A claim is not impaired for purposes of § 1129(a)(10) if the alteration of the rights in question arises solely from the debtor’s exercise of discretion, because § 1129(a)(10) recognizes impairment only to the extent that it is driven by economic need.
Consumer Debate:
John Rao
National Consumer Law Center; Boston
Brett Weiss
Chung & Press, PC; Greenbelt, Md.
Resolved: The Bankruptcy Rules and Forms should require that a national chapter 13 official plan form be used in all cases.
Committee Educational Sessions - Bankruptcy Taxation
Preparing for Metamorphosis: Tax Questions Arising from Changes in Debt from Recourse to Nonrecourse (or vice versa) — Bankruptcy Discharges, Anti-Deficiency Statutes and § 1111(b)