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Various factors have combined to result in low crude oil prices that are not expected to rebound significantly and not to a point where OPEC countries will be able to cover their operating deficits. This panel will explore the issues facing the OPEC countries and discuss how these issues will impact the global economy and insolvency practice in the coming years.

The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act made significant changes to the Internal Revenue Code. This panel will discuss certain tax changes that may adversely affect financially troubled business operations, debt restructurings, reorganizations and liquidations.

This panel of legal experts break down a number of significant issues that are currently dividing circuits across the country, including the effect of rejecting trademark licenses, the allowance of claims for “make-whole” premiums, third-party plan releases, the right to assume and assign intellectual property agreements, the calculation of lease-rejection damages under § 502(b)(6), and the standard for satisfying the impaired consenting class requirement under a joint plan. Do you know where your circuit stands on these key issues?

Are we headed for another crash? If so, are we ready? This panel will discuss recent case law and provide a statutory update, including cram down standards in consumer cases and the current market.

This session will cover what everyone needs to know about digital currency and blockchain, and how it will impact future bankruptcy practice.