Chapter 7 Debtor and Trustee Interactions
This panel will focus on numerous chapter 7 issues, such as avoidable transfers, abandonment, exemptions, reopening of cases and asset-protection trusts.
Getting Paid and Avoiding Disgorgement
This panel will focus on carve-out issues, the effects of ASARCO and Baker Botts, and § 506(c) issues. The panel will also address retention issues and administrative insolvency.
Selecting and Advocating Expert Witnesses
This panel will address the selection and use of expert witnesses, including tips on how to select an expert, how to prepare an expert and what a judge might find most useful.
Chapter 11 Plan-Confirmation Issues
This panel will address various plan-confirmation issues, including third-party releases, equitable mootness, post-confirmation trusts, and the impact of cases such as Sunnyslope and Millennium Labs.
Discharge and Dischargeability Issues
This panel will address various discharge and dischargeability issues such as standing, imputation of knowledge and limitations on reopening cases.
Chapter 13 Hot Topics
This panel will address numerous chapter 13 hot topics, such as the use of the national plan, modified national plan and local plans, the treatment of special claims in plans, end-of-case issues, the modification of plans and related topics.
Small- and Closely Held-Business Issues
This business/consumer crossover panel will tackle various issues relating to small-business cases, including the formation issues involving corporate governance documents and restructuring issues, as well as the sale of minority interests and the filing of the small business and small business owner.
Hiring and Roles of Receivers and Examiners
This panel will focus on the selection and roles of receivers and examiners, addressing various authorities for the hiring of receivers and examiners and the differences between state and federal law. The panelists will also describe the role of such professionals and provide examples, such as how to deal with governmental entities.
Retail Restructuring and Liquidation
This panel will discuss strategies and key topics involving the restructuring or liquidation of retail operations. The panelists will address landlord issues and claims, as well as the interplay of §§ 363 and 365, among numerous related matters.
25 Years of Central States
This panel of Central States judges will discuss 25 years of key opinions.