2014

This session will outline methods of developing meaningful and timely revenue and cash flow forecasts for financially distressed businesses, including considerations that management takes into account in developing its forecast, commentary on relevant case law concerning such matters, and factors that could be considered by interested third parties and practitioners regarding the reasonableness of such projections, such as modeling techniques.

This session will take a look at different valuation techniques, including asset approaches, market approaches and income approaches. Concepts such as time value of money, discounted cash flows, determining the discount rate and cost of capital, and terminal value assumptions will be illustrated. Comparable companies and precedent transactions to establish the relative enterprise and equity value of firms will also be examined and discussed.

This panel will discuss how to examine and cross-examine an expert witness and respond to judges. Through a fact pattern/role-playing approach, the panel will cover issues related to valuation and plan confirmation.

Everything that’s hot and not in chapter 13 practice, including mortgage-stripping, proof-of-claim wars, Kagenveama bites the dust, early pay-offs, modification anarchy and more.

This panel will discuss practice tips during the pre-trial discovery period, as well as during the trial itself, related to the handling of evidence and objections thereto; discuss the proper use of post-judgment motions related to reconsideration and requests to amend findings of fact and conclusions of law; explain the appeals process, including motions for stay pending appeal; and explain certain important local rules, as well as updates that have occurred and those that will be coming.