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Means Test: Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 Form B22 Analysis

Means Test: Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 Form B22 Analysis This panel will discuss recent developments in means test issues, including what constitutes current monthly income, defining household size, secured payments on collateral to be surrendered, and disposable monthly income and applicable commitment period for chapter 13 debtors.
1 hour 34 minutes 8 seconds

ABI-Live: Examiners and Select Plan Confirmation Issues; presented by ABI Young and New Members Committee

A panel discussion of recent opinions, including In re Dynegy Holdings, Tribune and Heritage Highgate Inc., and their effect on examiner and plan confirmation issues. Issues to be discussed include: Examiner Issues including when directors and officers may be liable for restructuring, made especially relevant in In re Dynegy Holdings, and the Examiner's Report issued on March 9, 2012. Other cases to be discussed include Lyondell Chemical Co., Washington Mutual, Lehman Brothers. Select Plan Confirmation Issues including: a. Competing plans, noteholder classification, enforceability of inter-creditor agreements, made relevant in Tribune. b. Elimination of junior liens and valuation issues at plan confirmation, made relevant by the Third Circuit’s recent decision in Heritage Highgate Inc. Participants: Richard J. Corbi, Moderator Lowenstein Sandler PC; New York Eric D. Winston Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP; Los Angeles David M. LeMay Chadbourne & Parke LLP; New York Michael J. Viscount Fox Rothschild LLP; Atlantic City, N.J. W. Joshua Brant Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP; New York

General Bankruptcy Fundamentals

General Bankruptcy Fundamentals (2.5 Hours of CLE where available)
This 2.5 hour program presents a discussion of the who, what and why of a bankruptcy case. Part I (1 hour 30 minutes) explores concepts applicable in all cases, including the automatic stay, property of the estate, claims and priorities, executory contracts and unexpired leases and the discharge are examined. Part II (1 hour) explores the range of the estate's avoiding powers of various transfers such as preferences, fraudulent transfers and unperfected security interests.This course includes recent SBRA, COVID-19, and CARES Act updates Add the BUSINESS and CONSUMER Bankruptcy breakout for $100 eachClick HERE to register for this courseProf. Lois Lupica, Moderator Maine Law Foundation Professor of Law University of Maine School of Law in Portland Hon. Wendelin I. Lipp U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. MD.); Greenbelt, MD Alexander M. Laughlin Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, PC; Fairfax, VA Lisa A. Tracy Executive Office for U.S. Trustees; Washington, DC Ed Flynn American Bankruptcy Institute; Alexandria, VA
1 hour 3 minutes 33 seconds

Business Bankruptcy Fundamentals

Business Bankruptcy Fundamentals This two-part, 3.0-hour program fully covers the procedures and strategies of the typical chapter 11 case from pre-bankruptcy planning through plan confirmation and beyond; DIP financing, executory contracts and leases, sales, workouts, corporate governance, and tax issues are also fully treated. The faculty includes a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge as well as attorney and nonattorney professionals experienced in corporate reorganizations. Click HERE to register for this course for $595 and add the BUSINESS Bankruptcy breakout for $100 Michael L. Bernstein Arnold & Porter Hon. Thomas J. Catliota U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. MD.); Greenbelt, MD Boris Steffen Gavin/Salmonese LLC