Supreme Court Round-Up
Oyez, oyez, oyez, all attendees are admonished to draw near and give their undivided attention to this panel as it delivers the most recent and updated analyses on this term’s U.S. Supreme Court decisions.
Unshackled: Musings of Retired Bankruptcy Judges
In retirement, the shackles of judgeships are removed. This panel of retired bankruptcy judges can and will speak freely of their experiences both on and off the bench during their respective tenures, along with their unique analyses and perspectives on current bankruptcy practice.
Student Loans
This panel will discuss the discharging of student loan debts, bankruptcy trustees and the avoidance of tuition payments, undue hardship and real life applications of these issues.
Chapter 7 Issues and Hot Topics
This panel will review important exemption cases post Law v. Siegel as well as membership interests in bankruptcies, wage garnishment preference claims and case law developments post Husky.
Nuts & Bolts Survey of Avoidance Issues in Bankruptcy
This panel will discuss avoidance actions, defenses to preference actions and review sixth and seventh circuit cases in relation to each.
Chapter 11 Exit Strategies
How to keep your equity when those about you are losing theirs (and blaming it on you).
Health Care Insolvency
This panel of health care experts will discuss current topics in health care insolvency focusing on the key issues and areas that will impact cases in 2017 and 2018
Energy Case Studies
This panel will provide an overview of the oil and gas industry, including a cash flow framework, ownerships and interests and chapter 11 considerations in energy bankruptcies.
Trusts and Other Interests
The panel will explore various express and implied trust interests and the issues they raise in bankruptcy, from what becomes property of the estate to exemption and avoidance issues, including under Bankruptcy Code Section 548(e) directed at domestic asset protection and other self-settled trusts.
Chapter 13 Potpourri
This panel will discuss the plan effective date, rule amendments and plan confirmations.