Ethics

“Group Privileges”: What are the limits of the attorney-client and work-product privileges that can be asserted by official committees and their members? Ad hoc committees and their members? Bank syndicates and their members; Conflicts: Latest developments in disclosure and disqualification, the use of conflicts counsel, UST Guidelines, etc.; The New U.S. Trustee Guidelines: What ethical concerns are raised by the new UST Guidelines on professional retention and fee applications (including issues relating to attorney/client privilege)? Are there limits on the proper disclosure of a firm’s billing practices and/or “blended” rates?

Consumer Track: Consumer Class Actions This panel will explore the potential benefits and pitfalls of class actions by debtors/trustees against creditors in chapter 13 cases, which are highlighted by two recent decisions of the Fifth Circuit.

Financial Advisors Track: The Ethical Compass: Multiple Ethical Schemes Applicable to Financial Advisors This panel will focus on the variety of rules, statutes and codes that govern the conduct of financial advisors, including the Bankruptcy Code and Rules, TMA and AIRA Codes of Ethics, Licensure rules (e.g., for CPAs), state law governing trustee roles, etc.

This interactive program will enable attendees to “vote their conscience” (with responders) on various ethical dilemmas, with panelists providing commentary after each question.

A judge and law professor discuss important areas that raise ethical issues, including the selection, usefulness and credibility of witnesses such as valuation experts; the ethics of advocacy and the role of zealousness; and stories about the surprising mistakes that people make.

Featuring the Judges of the 18th Annual Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference