Labor/Employment

Dilemmas of Dying Businesses: Practical and Ethical Issues to Consider When Representing Businesses that Are on Death’s Doorstep

Labor and Employment Issues in Cross-Border Cases

Organized labor has been at the forefront of many significant chapter 11 cases over the past several years. This panel will address a variety of topics (CBAs, WARN Act, Legacy Costs) that are critical to restructuring cases involving labor unions.

But I Thought We Were Safe: Are Priority Claims and Legacy Employee Liabilities at Risk in a 363 Sale?

Business

Recent cases on §§ 1113 and 1114, severance, pensions, executive compensation and WARN Act. Non CLE.

Section 1113 relief for terminated labor agreements (American Airlines; Hostess), severance benefits; treatment of claims resulting from rejection of labor/benefits agreements vs. renegotiation of labor/benefits agreements; multi-employer pension plan issues (Is there a coming abyss?) (Hostess, Marcal); § 1114 Issues (Visteon, etc.); role of unions on committees; labor issues in § 363 sales; interplay of § 1113 and general strike/employment law (including strike after court-approved imposition of terms)

Law Firm Bankruptcies and Certain Issues that Have Arisen in Them, Including the WARN Act and Recent Case Law

Nothing Is Impossible: The Complex Requirements and Ethical Duties of Representing Chapter 11 and/or Chapter 13 Consumer Debtors

ABI Labor and Employment Committee Webinar – a panel discussion of recent developments in several large complex bankruptcy cases, including Hostess, Kodak, Nortel and American Airlines.