An Individual 11 Is Not Just a Chapter 13 on Steroids
Individual chapter 11 cases remain mired in unique legal issues. This expert panel tours the case law including confirmation issues such as the effect of the Absolute Priority Rule
Municipal Bankruptcies: Lessons from the Front Lines
Chapter 9 poses difficult challenges, in no small part because the relatively limited body of case law provides courts and litigants with insufficient guidance. The panelists will draw upon their insight and experience to discuss some of the most interesting current issues, including the use of chapter 9 eligibility litigation for tactical objectives, the adjudication of plan confirmation issues, the challenges of pension fund restructuring, and the role of mediation in municipality cases.
Current Developments in Business Bankruptcy
This panel will survey current business bankruptcy developments, including issues ranging from bankruptcy courts’ jurisdiction, venue and constitutional authority to other practical issues affecting estate professionals, plan confirmation and enforcement, avoidance actions and other bankruptcy-related litigation.
Avoiding the Bankruptcy Code’s Early Land Mines
This panel will survey tricky issues involving eligibility, good-faith filings, small business bankruptcies and single-asset cases.
Very Good Debates
Judicial Debate
RESOLVED: Bankruptcy Code section 307 and the corresponding Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure should be amended to permit the Court to limit the role of the United States Trustee in corporate chapter 11 cases for cause upon motion of an Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors appointed in the case.
Mitchell Ryan 203605, Moderator
Rust Omni; Orange, Calif.
Pro: Hon. Peter W. Bowie 184974
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D. Cal.); San Diego
Con: Hon. August B. Landis 108698
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Nev.); Las Vegas
Business Debate
Resolved: Municipalities should not be permitted to modify pension benefits in chapter 9.
Mitchell Ryan 203605,Moderator
Rust Omni; Orange, Calif.
Pro: Sharon L. Levine 104784
Lowenstein Sandler LLP; Roseland, N.J.
Con: James H.M. Sprayregen 100999
Kirkland & Ellis LLP; Chicago
Consumer Debate
Resolved: Trustees should not be permitted to sell property where there is no equity for the estate.
Mitchell Ryan 203605, Moderator
Rust Omni; Orange, Calif.
Pro: C.R. "Chip" Bowles, Jr. 103012
Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP; Louisville, Ky.
Con: Ford Elsaesser 105080
Elsaesser Jarzabek Anderson Elliott & Macdonald, Chtd.; Sandpoint, Idaho
Special Task Force Hearing: CARE for Our Troops
This panel will explore the feasibility of implementing the CARE Program in our U.S. Armed Forces. (Open to all registrants.)
Daniel “Corky” Sherman Moderator Chapter 7 Panel Trustee (N.D. Tex.); Dallas Capt. Kurt Clawson Texas Army National Guard; Arlington, Texas Michael P. Cooley Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP; Dallas Major Gen. Al Zapanta (U.S. Army, ret.) President and CEO, United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce; Washington, D.C.
Judges’ Panel: “Your Honor, We Would Like to Know…”
Featuring pre-screened questions posed by the DFW Association of Young Bankruptcy Lawyers (DAYBL) (www.daybl.com) and the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
From Bad to Worse: Criminal and Civil Fraud
Recent Prosecutions, Ponzi Schemes, Debtor Crimes, Professional Fraud (including Medicare and Medicaid) plus Upcoming Discharge Issues.