2017 Winter Leadership Conference

You Are Selling My What? Valuation and Sale of Intellectual Property and Customer Information by a Distressed Company

This is the first in our new series on understanding basic ethics concepts. This panel will address the classic conflict problems that exist for business and consumer attorneys when they are retained. More advanced discussion points will focus on representing multiple entities or individuals in cases.

When is the sale over (Revel), when can I credit bid (Fisker), and what is the right price (MPM) ? These and other 363 topics will be addressed during this session.

Estate-planning efforts and divorce proceedings can result in trustees being able to reach property that had previously been considered beyond the reach of creditors. Be prepared to explore the intersections of these laws with an expert panel who will address the impact of bankruptcy on estate plans, homestead exemptions, life estates, the sale of remainder interests and more.

A professional speaking coach will start this session with general comments on speaking, then provide specific critiques on two teams that will make a mock pitch for a new creditor group representation (ad hoc group or committee).

Join our leading iPad and Android experts in this returning fan favorite. Learn how to maximize the value of your tablet for your practice, and hear about the latest apps that are being used by other bankruptcy professionals.

Courts and commentators have long agreed that the Trust Indenture Act (TIA) provides protection against majority amendment to certain core terms. Given recent aggressive maneuvers in mega-cases, the TIA has become a weapon of choice for bondholders to fight back. More pressing questions, however, concern the breadth of this protection in nonconsensual debt restructurings. Should the TIA protect the ability, and not merely the formal right, to receive payment in some circumstances? Is it limited to conduct that disenfranchises the minority, or does it have broader uses as a weapon against unilateral conduct by the issuer that hurts bondholders’ recovery?

Well over a dozen Catholic dioceses and religious orders have filed chapter 11, from Tucson to the Arctic and from Portland to Milwaukee. A panel of attorneys involved in nearly all of these unique proceedings will provide updates on the cases and analyze the paths that have proved successful — and those that have not.