Arkansas

Finally, you think you have the case of your dreams. How do you manage to navigate employment before the bankruptcy court? How do you ensure that you get paid and that neither you nor your client do anything to jeopardize your fees or your reputation? Join this discussion with an esteemed panel and numerous bankruptcy judges in breakout rooms as we discuss the often-confusing ethical issues that present themselves in employment.

The panel will review the criteria to establish insolvency in the context of fraudulent transfers and avoidance actions. We will look at decisions related to the determination of solvency, as well as some of the more challenging valuation and evaluation issues that arise in the conduct of an evaluation. The panel will also review some of the areas subject to challenge on cross-examination.

Type “Small Business Reorganization Act” or “Subchapter V” into your search engine, and there is no lack of questions that have been posed: what the Act means, the CARES amendment, pros and cons, and whether it’s been good for businesses (the answer: maybe not). With all this interest, there is no doubt that the Act is having an impact. Questions about its implementation are being answered as the days go by and as more and more cases find their way into the courts. This session will focus on the results to date, the questions that have been settled, and the questions still in need of answers.

This program will present expert practitioner and judicial ABI Views on current developments in chapter 15 practice, including new decisions and legislative proposals. It will also introduce the new UNCITRAL model law as to enterprise group insolvency, and discuss developments in cross-border practice with Mexico.

Survey the landscape of current filing trends and gain an informed statistical perspective of what may happen next in bankruptcy. Join experts as they examine data provided by Epiq, statistical partner to ABI and a Premier Sponsor of the Insolvency 2020 Virtual Summit.