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This special session will include from three to four problems/dilemmas in the context of consumer cases (not chapter-specific).

This session will examine the new Eastern District of Michigan (Detroit) program, touch upon the Eastern District of Michigan (Flint/BC) program, and compare and discuss programs in other districts. Panelists will explain the substantive and procedural differences for trial modifications, permanent loan modifications and plan modifications.

This session will cover the valuing of real property and subsequent trustee sale, carve-outs on real estate claims of exemption, equitable vs. legal title to property, and § 363 sales of foreclosed homes during the redemption period, as well as a discussion on rental properties and who gets the rent.

This session will include a discussion on the effect of prior state and federal court litigation, full faith and credit, res judicata, collateral estoppel, Rooker-Feldman and abstention.

Current Claims Issues in Chapter 13 Cases

This session will feature a discussion on 11 U.S.C. § 521 and FRBP 4002.

In a series of vignettes, two litigants will argue motions to compel before the bankruptcy court that are designed to explore the various types of evidentiary privileges that arise in bankruptcy practice — including attorney/client privilege, joint-defense/common interest privilege, Fifth Amendment and spousal privilege — and how such privileges may be inadvertently waived.

This panel will explain how to critically review tax returns and financial statements and address the issues and items a bankruptcy lawyer representing a debtor or creditor (both for consumer and business cases) should look for when reviewing financial statements and tax returns.

A panel of judges will discuss recent bankruptcy cases that impact business practitioners.