Tennessee

This panel will delve into the evolving legal challenges and restructuring opportunities for businesses caught between state and federal regulations, particularly those in the marijuana industry. The panelists will highlight alternatives to bankruptcy for marijuana-related businesses (MRBs) and their creditors, offering practical strategies for financial stability. The session also will cover innovative approaches to restructuring other businesses that operate in legally ambiguous spaces.

This panel will discuss and analyze current notable business and consumer bankruptcy cases.

This panel will analyze and discuss the Supreme Court’s blockbuster decisions in Purdue Pharmaceuticals (non-consensual non-debtor releases), Truck Insurance (insurance neutrality in chapter 11 cases), and John Q. Hammons (refund of unconstitutional US Trustee fee overpayments). Learn about what these decisions mean for similar pending cases and for the future of chapter 11 practice, as well as what these decisions tell us about the Supreme Court and its approach to addressing bankruptcy law issues.

This panel will discuss the changes and trends in dealing with distressed commercial real estate, including commercial office buildings, high-rise office buildings, medical offices, apartments, nursing homes and shopping centers, among other assets. We also will discuss loan workouts, remedies for distressed loans such as receiverships, foreclosures, deed of trust sales, deeds in lieu of foreclosure, guarantees, abandonment or turnover of assets and bankruptcy, and landlord/tenant issues and their impact on the landlord’s loan.

Hosted by ABI's Consumer Bankruptcy Committee