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Hosted by the Asset Sales CommitteePost-confirmation fiduciaries (trustees, plan administrators and wind-down officers) typically have discrete residual assets that need to be monetized. This webinar will discuss monetizing life insurance policies, partnership interests, judgments, litigation, and other known or unknown remnant assets.

ABI’s Bankruptcy 2025: Views from the Bench program is a unique opportunity for bankruptcy practitioners to hear from more than 20 sitting and retired bankruptcy judges during a full day of high-quality CLE and networking opportunities. The program was recorded in the historic National Press Club building. Nestled in the heart of downtown Washington between the White House, Washington Monument and Capitol Hill with easy access to Metro, parking and hotels, the National Press Club offers a unique setting like no other.

This session will explore key ethical issues facing bankruptcy practitioners and judges, including professional responsibility, conflicts of interest, confidentiality, and duties to clients, creditors and the court. The panelists will examine recent case law, evolving ethical standards, and practical guidance for navigating complex situations in bankruptcy practice.

This session will cover pending pertinent U.S. Supreme Court and appellate cases, as well as recently decided cases.

This panel will provide an update on today’s retail restructuring landscape by discussing hot topics in retail bankruptcy cases, administrative solvency challenges, the “billing vs. accrual” approach in leases (Avianca Holdings), nondebtor releases and injunctions in sale orders, and chapter 15 and sales of U.S. assets “free and clear” (Goli). How far have we come over the years? What out-of-court solutions might work best?

CLE credit is not available for this session.This panel will review various macro issues that will likely impact the restructuring community in 2026, including trends associated with the private credit markets and the health care, retail and real estate sectors.

Resolved: The doctrine of in pari delicto should bar a trustee from recovering solely for the benefit of creditors.Resolved: The above transaction is an avoidable fraudulent conveyance, and the original lenders may recover more than via a general unsecured claim.A debtor engaged in an LME transaction in which the debtor received substantial liquidity by subordinating a debt secured by a first lien on the debtor’s principal assets to a new, more senior first lien. The debtor received desperately needed liquidity, but the subordination substantially impaired the recoveries received by the original first-lien lenders. A subsequent bankruptcy was filed within 18 months. Unsecured creditor recoveries will be 2%. The court determined that the subordination agreement violated the terms of the original loan agreements.

This panel will focus on chapter 7 trustee standing to pursue assets, plus the use of expert witnesses, sufficiency of complaints (Pack Liquidating) and sales of avoidance actions (South Coast). The panelists also will discuss recent case law on preference and fraudulent-transfer defenses, the extension of statutes of limitations (Kwok), and the role of both voluntary and mandatory mediation procedures.

This panel will discuss post-Purdue case developments, including what constitutes “consent” and the role of opt-out releases (Spirit and other recent cases), third-party stays and injunctions, solicitations (Red River Talc), and the role of financial distress in chapter 11 and whether it is too restrictive (LTL). The panelists also will provide an update on where we stand regarding prepacks, nonvoting classes when confirming subchapter V plans (SushiZushi), out-of-court solutions and liability-management exercises.

Hosted by the Commercial and Regulatory Law Committee. This webinar will address emerging subchapter V issues and best practices from the perspectives of the debtor and secured and unsecured creditors. The panelists will discuss debtor eligibility for subchapter V, dischargeability of debts through subchapter V, the effects of § 1111(b) elections by secured creditors on subchapter V cases, and subchapter V plan cramdowns.