Commercial: Boardroom Issues When Considering the "Texas Two-Step" and Proposing Third-Party Releases in a Bankruptcy Plan
Sponsored by Holland & Knight LLP
Consumer: The Sharing, Splitting, Unbundling, Factoring, Financing, Bifurcation and Disclosure of Debtors’ Attorneys’ Fees: Ethical Ramifications and What You Need to Know
This panel, featuring a bankruptcy judge, a practicing debtor’s attorney and a trial attorney with the Office of the U.S. Trustee, will discuss the latest cases involving nontraditional methods of getting paid as a consumer chapter 7 debtor’s lawyer, including Code, Rule and local rule requirements; the applicable Rules of Professional Conduct and potential ethical ramifications; and what you need to know to avoid potential sanctions, disgorgement, penalties and discipline.
Commercial: Issues with International Asset Sales
Sponsored by AEGIS Law
Consumer: Chapter 13 Stressors: Appreciation, Inflation, Budgets and Plan Length
A judge, chapter 13 trustee and bankruptcy attorney will discuss how to help chapter 13 debtors succeed in chapter 13 despite increasing asset values, increased loan balances and increased expenses. This panel will delve into such issues as creating feasible plans with debtors’ ever-tighter budgets, instilling flexibility in the bankruptcy system, and dealing with asset appreciation. The panelists also will discuss options for cases that are running long in light of the Kinney decision, along with other issues that can arise.
Consumer: Buy Here/Pay Here, Buy Now/Pay Later, and Missing Collateral
Sponsored by Telpner Peterson Law Firm, LLP