Boom or Bust: “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow” and Other Consequences of Being Avoided
This panel will discuss the meaning of “reasonably equivalent value” and recent cases involving interest involving fraudulent transfers.
Finding the Silver Mining in Unexpected Places: Intellectual Property and Bankruptcy
This panel will discuss an overview of intellectual property, the automatic stay and the assumption and rejection of IP licenses.
Extracting Uranium from Sandstone: Hot Topics Uncovered
The panel will discuss the “must know cases of all time”, judicial estoppels, equitable mootness, Barton doctrine, indubitable equivalence, finality, lien stripping, absolute priority rule, TOUSA and much more.
Into the Depths of the Coal Mines: Over, Under, Sideways, Through—Any Way to Obtain a Confirmation Order and Hang Onto It on Appeal
The panel will discuss in depth an operating manual for Chapter 11 and a Chapter 11 Plan checklist.
The Open-Pit Copper Mine: Bringing Value to the Surface—Effectively Trying Contested Matters
The key elements to trying contested matters are planning, writing effective pleadings, knowing rules of evidence, knowing when to use expert testimony and having a strong oral argument. The techniques, among others, are discussed in this panel.
Ethics: Representation Issues: Don't Gamble With Your Reputation or Getting Paid
This panel will focus on the ethics of limiting the scope of employment as well as attorney's fees in Chapter 7 and how they get paid.
Evidence: What It Is, Why You Need It, and How to Get It Admitted
This panel will discuss valuation, motion to lift stay, objections to claim and adversaries.
The Latest on the Mortgage Mess
This panel will discuss the update on mortgage relief programs; litigation between homeowners and lenders; intersection with bankruptcy and motions for relief from stay.
Individual Chapter 11: Not Just Chapter 13 on Steroids
This panel will discuss what consumer practitioners need to know about individual Chapter 11s and how they differ from Chapter 13 cases