Free Sessions (no CLE)

Cross-Border Recognition Issues between U.S. and Mexico The panel will discuss attempts to apply creditor protections and applying the concept manifestly against public policy.

Practical Consideration of an Out-of-Court Restructuring in Mexico This broad panel, which includes a banker, will discuss how to effectively restructure a Mexican company. Key areas will be identified, as well as potential pitfalls.

Duration: 75 mins

Since most debtors default in chapter 13 plans before they reach completion, are modifications needed to the law's rehabilitation goals? Pro: Hon. Pamela Pepper Con: Catherine Peek McEwen Should the U.S. Trustee's enforcement role in chapter 11 cases yield to creditor preferences? Pro: Robert M. Fishman Con: Clifford J. White, III Do creditors' committees serve a useful purpose in cases where the debtor's assets are overly encumbered and the amount of unsecured claims is a fraction of the amount of secured debt? Pro: Robert J. Feinstein Con: Jay M. Goffman

Business Track-Fraudulent Conveyance Litigation from Soup to Nuts This program will present a mock hearing involving the myriad procedural and substantive issues associated with fraudulent-conveyance litigation brought by an estate representative, including Stern v. Marshall jurisdictional issues, Twombly and Iqbal and other issues. Bench: Hon. Joy Flowers Conti U.S. District Court (W.D. Pa.); Pittsburgh Hon. Barbara J. Houser U.S. Bankruptcy Court (N.D. Tex.); Dallas Hon. Barry Russell U.S. Bankruptcy Court (C.D. Cal.); Los Angeles Litigants: David M. Stern Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP; Los Angeles David B. Wheeler Moore & Van Allen, PLLC; Charleston, S.C.

Business Track - Pushing the Envelope This program will feature a discussion of the aggressive provisions that debtor's, lender's and buyer's counsel have been trying to insert into DIP orders, sale orders and confirmation orders.

Consumer Track - From Infants to Toddlers: Bankruptcy Rules 3001 and 3002.1 Experience First-Year Growing Pains Bankruptcy Rules 3001 and 3002.1 turn one year old on Dec. 1, 2012. The panel will explore the cases that have arisen over the past year and look ahead to as-yet-unresolved issues.