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This panel will discuss the role that alternative dispute resolution (ADR) can and does play in bankruptcy, starting with the tension between bankruptcy and ADR, as all ADR processes conflict with bankruptcy’s goal of centralizing estate administration into a single proceeding. In the U.S., this tension is most prevalent when a creditor seeks to enforce a pre-petition arbitration agreement. The panel will next examine the role that mediation plays in U.S. bankruptcy cases by examining the types of issues and disputes that are amenable to resolution via mediation. Finally, the panel will explore the power and potential of ADR in the cross-border arena, looking at models for how cross-border insolvency issues have been handled procedurally and identifying types of disputes that are well-suited to resolution via ADR.

This panel will discuss recent Chapter 15 and cross-border cases, including those involving the scope of discovery available to foreign representatives, § 109 eligibility, venue issues, and parallel case concerns. The panel will also discuss logistical and practical solutions in running chapter 15 cases.

Preparing for Success: Managing Tax Issues in Consumer Bankruptcy. The panel will discuss common tax issues arising in consumer bankruptcy cases, with a focus on tax claims, the consequences of when a bankruptcy petition is filed, consequences of chapter selection, handling tax claims in bankruptcy and common discharge issues. Learning Objectives:A Attendees will be able to identify numerous tax issues to be considered before and after a consumer bankruptcy petition has been filed.Attendees will have the benefit of viewpoints offered by a U.S. Government lawyer, a consumer lawyer and a bankruptcy judge on numerous tax issues.

Two sitting judges and a professor of bankruptcy law will offer an overview on the sources of authority for the issuance of sanctions and holding persons or entities in contempt, the nature of the remedies available, applicable standards and the appropriate procedures. The discussion will cover sanctions available under various provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and the Bankruptcy Rules, including Rule 9011, failure to make discovery and bankruptcy court authority to discipline counsel. Also discussed will be the court's sources of power of contempt, limitations on that power, and procedures the court should consider before exercising such power.

Are you interested in hearing a succinct primer on bankruptcy law and some of the basic structures of this discipline? If so, this panel of bankruptcy professionals will deliver what you need and will whet your appetite to become a full-fledged bankruptcy practitioner. Overview - Bankruptcy in pictures: Types of Debt, Bankruptcy Terminology, Relief from Stay, Trustees, Discharge of Debts. 101: The Parties, The Code Organization, Goals, The Estate, Automatic Stay, Discharge. How A Case is Administered: Commencement, Protecting Your Judgment form discharge, 2004 Examination, Litigating in Bankruptcy Court: Matters at issue, Procedural Considerations, Authorities, and Adversary Proceedings. Hon. Jeffery P. Hopkins Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge, Southern District of OH, Cincinnati David Mawhinney Associate, K & L Gates, Boston Prof. Laura Napoli Coordes Associate Professor, AZ State University School of Law, Phoenix, AZ

Developed for experienced bankruptcy practitioners, this webinar examines the Supreme Court's February 2018 decision in FTI Consulting v. Merit Management and the questions it has raised about what kinds of securities payments, trades, and M&A activity are still protected by the Bankruptcy Code's so-called "safe harbors" in the event of a bankruptcy filing. Our distinguished panel will review how the Bankruptcy Code protects certain financial activity from the automatic stay and "claw back" litigation, what the Supreme Court did (and did not) say in Merit Management, and how attorneys might structure trades and M&A deals going forward to maximize safe harbor protection.

In Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corp., the U.S. Supreme Court held that a bankruptcy court cannot approve a structured dismissal that provides for distributions outside the ordinary priority rules without the affected creditor's consent. This panel will discuss the survival of structured dismissals and class skipping settlements after Jevic. The panel will address how courts around the country have handled theses issues following the 2017 Jevic decision.

Given the popularity of the Limited Liability Company as a business organization, in recent years insolvency professionals are encountering LLC's more than ever. This is a trend that we expect to continue. This program provide online learners with a review of the major issues that arise in such cases from the debtor's, the trustees' and the creditors' standpoints. This webinar is useful for those without deep bankruptcy experience who want to keep abreast of developments in this fast-paced area, as well as experienced bankruptcy practitioners.

Social media platforms are everywhere. It has grown into an essential marketing tool for lawyers, who unlike many other working professionals, are bound by strict ethical codes of conduct when it comes to marketing and communicating with non-lawyers. This panel will focus on how attorneys can successfully navigate the minefields of social networking to grow their business while still adhering to the new California Rules of Professional Conduct.