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Shedding the Pounds of Debt: Mortgage Lien-Stripping in Chapters 7 and 11
11This panel will discuss practical considerations in addressing wholly unsecured junior mortgages, determining the amount of senior mortgages, timing of valuations and the burden of proof.
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Financing Our Future: Treatment of Student Loan Debt
Student loan debt has created a significant and growing national economic crisis. This panel will explore dischargeability issues and also discuss how student loan debt affects all of us – even those without student loans to pay off
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Keeping Up with the Supremes: Supreme Court Update
This panel will focus on the possible consequences of ASARCO, Wellness, and Bank of America v. Caulkett
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CONSUMER TRACK: What Is Hot in July Besides the Weather? Litigation in Consumer Cases, Part I
This two-part panel will cover a potpourri of current hot topics being litigated in chapter 7 and 13 cases, with a special focus on LVNV v. Crawford and related litigation, consumer protection (including the basics of credit reporting and regulatory actions), mortgage modifications and post-discharge actions, and the UST’s enforcement activities.
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CONSUMER TRACK: What Is Hot in July Besides the Weather? Litigation in Consumer Cases, Part 2
This is the second part of a two-part panel that will cover a potpourri of current hot topics being litigated in chapter 7 and 13 cases, with a special focus on LVNV v. Crawford and related litigation, consumer protection (including the basics of credit reporting and regulatory actions), mortgage modifications and post-discharge actions, and the UST’s enforcement activities.
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CONSUMER TRACK: Bankruptcy and Divorce: Critical Issues for Attorneys (and the Start of a Sad Country Song)
Domestic-support obligations, the impact of the automatic stay in domestic-relations cases, discharge litigation in chapter 13s, the retention of domestic-relations counsel in bankruptcy, same-sex spouses in bankruptcy cases in states where same-sex marriage is not recognized, and other “cheerful issues” frequently confronted in cases that involve both financial distress and domestic problems. This panel will provide an update on these and other important legal topics in this dark area of bankruptcy law.
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Case Updates: Business and Consumer Developments
Find out the latest about the cases that keep you up at night.
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Consumer Tax Toolbox: What Wrenches, Hammers and Nails Do You Need to Deal with Consumer Tax issues
This panel will provide updates on the law and suggest the necessary tools for your consumer tax toolbox, in particular chapter 7 vs. chapter 13, what happens to IRS claims after discharge, offers in compromise, when creditors can send a 1099, whether a debtor can ask a creditor not to send 1099 as part of a settlement; and other thorny tax issues frequently facing consumer bankruptcy lawyers.
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