Contact: John Hartgen
(703) 894-5935
BUSINESS AND
CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY DEVELOPMENTS, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND ETHICS TAKE
CENTER STAGE AT ABI’s 18th ANNUAL SOUTHWEST
BANKRUPTCY CONFERENCE
June 18,
2010 Alexandria, Va. -- More than 500 are expected to
attend ABI’s 18th Annual Southwest Bankruptcy
Conference, which will be held Sept. 23-25 at the Four Seasons Resort in
Las Vegas. Programming for the conference features timely programming,
including a judges’ roundtable session that includes 12 bankruptcy
judges from the region discuss hot topics in bankruptcy. The conference
allows attendees the opportunity to earn up to 9 CLE credit hours,
including 2.5 hour of ethics.
Program chairs for the
conference are Scott F. Gautier of Pitzman, Weg &
Kimpinsky LLP (Los Angeles) and Jeffrey N. Pomerantz of Pachulski
Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP (Los Angeles). The Judicial Chair is
Bankruptcy Judge Gregg W. Zive (Reno, Nev.) and the sponsorship
chair for the conference is Jeff Nerland of CRG Partners LLC
(Santa Ana, Calif.)
The conference will also
feature ABI’s popular Great Debates series that will include
bankruptcy experts debating the following topics:
- Mortgage loan servicers lack
standing to prosecute motions for relief from stay on behalf of unnamed
beneficiaries. - Ad hoc committee members have
a duty of disclosure regarding the details of the acquisition of their
claims and interests in the debtor pursuant to Federal Rule of
Bankruptcy Procedure 2019. - A permissible alternative
treatment of a secured creditor’s claim pursuant to Bankruptcy
Code § 1129(b)(2)(a) pre-empts a secured creditor’s right to
credit-bid, pursuant to § 363(k), if an asset sale is proposed as
part of a debtor’s plan.
Sessions at the conference also
include:
- Intersections in Intellectual
Property and Bankruptcy - Evolving Ethics: Fiduciary
Duties and Disclosure Issues - Current Developments in
Consumer Bankruptcy Cases - Dealing with the FDIC and
Special Servicers - Current Developments in
Corporate Chapter 11 Practice - Managing Conflicts in a
Complex Commercial World - Chapter 11 Plan Confirmation
Issues
For a complete list of sessions
and speakers at the Southwest Bankruptcy Conference, please visit
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For more information on the
Southwest Bankruptcy Conference, please call 703-739-0800 or
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ABI is the largest
multi-disciplinary, nonpartisan organization dedicated to research and
education on matters related to insolvency. ABI was founded in 1982 to
provide Congress and the public with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy
issues. The ABI membership includes more than 12,600 attorneys,
accountants, bankers, judges, professors, lenders, turnaround
specialists and other bankruptcy professionals, providing a forum for
the exchange of ideas and information. For additional information on
ABI, visit www.abiworld.org. For additional conference information,
visit
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