Alaska

Hosted by ABI's Unsecured Trade Creditors Committee

Join Judge Michelle Harner as she talks with recently appointed Director Twomey about the priorities of the U.S. Trustee Program in 2024 and beyond.

ABI’s editor-at-large sits down with an appeal court judges to discuss bankruptcy circuit splits and U.S. Supreme Court cases.

This panel will discuss the historical relationship between secured and unsecured creditors in reorganization cases, and explore recent instances where the groups have worked together to create value for their constituents. The panelists will include an overview of the key positions taken by each group, and will provide first-hand descriptions of how the constituents were able to achieve consensus.

Ponzi and other fraudulent schemes continue to proliferate. Many of these schemes, event if primarily targeted at Americans, operate using offshore entities in the Caribbean. As a result, resolving such schemes typically involves domestic receiverships or bankruptcy coupled with offshore liquidation proceedings. The victims’ recoveries may vary widely depending on whether the distribution of the scheme’s remaining assets is determined by U.S. bankruptcy law, U.S. common law or foreign law. This panel will explore the various ways in which U.S.