Delaware State Approved Sessions

"Hosted by the Ethics & Professional Development and Real Estate Committees The panel discussion will focus on scenarios grounded in real estate and ethics, including ethical issues surrounding initial interviews and conflict checks, ethically pursuing cases posing potential good-/bad-faith issues due to cannabis-related uses of real property, whether “zealous representation” is still a guiding principle, whether one may ethically use internet “information” as a litigant and judge, and how to appropriately raise potential judicial misconduct."

According to a recent study, 5 out of 4 lawyers struggle with claims calculations! In a mock court presentation, our experts examine diverging opinions over petition period interest rates, use of cash collateral, collateral assignments, and changing collateral values during the petition period.

In this roundtable format, attendees can visit with leading judges (each presiding at their own table) to discuss and debate the nation’s most important recent business and consumer bankruptcy decisions.

This session offers a valuable-yet-fun look at §523 through a mock adversary trial. Conducted by some of the most experienced bankruptcy litigators in the country, this event will most definitely help sharpen your trial skills.

This panel will discuss how case law since Lehman has both narrowed and expanded the various safe harbor provisions contained in the Bankruptcy Code.

This panel will feature a discussion among key players in the Takata Automotive case addressing its complexities, including significant cross-border issues and the world’s largest automobile recall, which involved tens of millions of vehicles worldwide.

It is difficult to confirm reorganization plans in small business cases and individual chapter 11 cases. This panel will discuss best practices in getting these types of cases across the finish line.

This panel will explore how to maximize values in an auction/§ 363 sale for all constituents, and reveal “tricks of the trade” regarding how to generate value for the estate and unsecured creditors in different ways.

This panel of experienced lawyers, claims agents, accountants and turnaround managers will provide tips on how to obtain and mine internal and external referral sources to generate business.

Hosted by the Consumer Bankruptcy and Legislation Committees A fresh start is now becoming less attainable for many debtors because the traditional "all-up-front" attorney fee approach discourages filing for chapter 7. Some attorneys are solving this problem by splitting pre-petition and post-petition services into separate agreements to allow post-petition payments for post-petition work. The panel will discuss the practical need for this type of fee arrangement, the nuts and bolts of this payment arrangement, the pros and cons of such a system, where it is and where it is not allowed under existing law, a discussion of the current case law concerning such a system, and various policy considerations under review by ABI's Consumer Bankruptcy Commission.