2016 Annual Spring Meeting

Crossing the Digital Divide: How to Use Social Media to Augment Your Practice

This panel will cover recent developments in business bankruptcy cases at the bankruptcy and appellate levels.

This panel will cover recent developments in consumer cases at the bankruptcy and appellate levels.

In 2013, ABI launched a study of individual chapter 11 cases to determine why individual debtors choose chapter 11 and to evaluate the efficacy of individual chapter 11 cases. The study team has gathered data to identify systemic problems that increase the cost and decrease the utility of chapter 11 cases to individuals. The panel, which includes the study’s reporter, investigators and cochairs, will provide an overview of the study’s findings and recommendations.

Public Securities and the Bankruptcy Plan Process: What Not to Do

Labor Issues in 363 Sales: Things You Need to Know

This panel will address many of the thorniest ethical issues for consumer lawyers, including avoiding conflictof- interest issues as counsel in a failing case, counseling a client who will not take your advice, and counseling a mentally ill client.

Knowing the intricacies of how to liquidate in a chapter 11 case does not come without its surprises. This panel will lead you from A to Z on what you need to know. From the debtor perspective, it will explain how to successfully use a chapter 11 case to liquidate. From the creditor perspective, it will focus on your best chances to maximize your client’s recovery.

This panel of lawyers and a Delaware bankruptcy judge, who have been involved in some of the most contested recent confirmation battles, will discuss developments in the application of plan confirmation standards, as well as the latest trends in how that law is being applied at contested confirmation hearings.

Hospitality and the Tax Man: Historical Hospitality Tax Issues in Distress