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INSOL International Panel Special Effects: The Theory and Practice of Special Insolvency Regimes
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A panel discussion charting the emergence of special insolvency regimes in different jurisdictions and evaluating their effectiveness. Are industry or sector based specialist regimes the way forward?
Free
Current Developments with Bill Rochelle
Bill Rochelle will review the cases creating a bankruptcy buzz that practitioners should be aware of.
1 hour
25 minutes
8 seconds
Free
Case Law and Rules Update
This session will highlight particularly interesting case law developments to date in 2017 and their impact on bankruptcy law and practice.
Municipal Bankruptcy
International Insolvency
Business Reorganization
Bankruptcy Taxation
Predatory Lending
Discharge/Dischargeability
Consumer Debt
Consumer Bankruptcy
Professional Compensation/Fees
Preferences
Plan Confirmation
Fraudulent Transfers
Executory Contracts/Leases
Creditors' Committee
Claims
Automatic Stay
Asset Sales
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Free
Cross-Border Panel
This panel will discuss the domestic reach of the foreign stay (Sanjel) and recognition
of judgments/rulings in cross-border cases, including offshore bankruptcies, as well
as non-U.S. companies filing for chapter 11 and the consequences thereof
(Ocean Fisheries, Hanjin and Abengoa)
Free
Part I: I Ain’t Afraid of No Laws! Legal Issues for Attorneys When Creating, Defending or Chasing Offshore Assets
This panel will address the differences between the laws of various Caribbean nations (Nevis, Cayman, Panama) and the U.S. concerning the creation of various legal entities/structures to hold assets, as well as those nations’ laws concerning (1) privacy, (2) taxation, (3) piercing the corporate veil/sham structure and (4) avoidance actions. This session will also consider U.S. courts’ jurisdictional ability to enter and enforce orders affecting such entities and their power to assert jurisdiction over persons who are involved with and professionals who represent such entities.
Free
Zika in the Caribbean, and Other Stinging Health Care Insolvency Issues
This panel will explore a review of Health City Cayman Islands and its potential insights for U.S. soaring medical costs, the health care impact of the Zika virus throughout the Caribbean nations, and an update on Puerto Rico’s health care industry and other hot health care insolvency issues.
Free
“You Can't Always Get What You Want…”: Update on Chapter 15 Assistance to Foreign Trustees and by Caribbean Courts in U.S. Cases
This panel will discuss issues that have arisen in recent chapter 15 cases, including the several issues presented in the Hanjin Shipping Co. case. The panel will also address how Cayman courts approach applications for assistance by foreign representatives, as well as the factors considered by Cayman courts when Cayman liquidators request authority to seek chapter 11 or chapter 15 relief in the U.S. courts.
Free