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COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, CONSUMER FILING
TRENDS, PROFESSIONAL FEES IN CHAPTER 11 AND PONZI SCHEMES AMONG THE
TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED AT ABI’S 22nd ANNUAL WINTER LEADERSHIP
CONFERENCE

September 17, 2010, Alexandria, Va. — Continued
distress in the commercial real estate market, class actions that might
arise out of the Gulf Coast oil crisis, ponzi schemes and consumer
filing trends are all topics that will be addressed at the American
Bankruptcy Institute’s (ABI) 22nd Annual Winter Leadership
Conference taking place Dec. 9-11 at the Camelback Inn Spa and Resort in
Scottsdale, Ariz. In addition to 11 panel sessions, the Winter
Leadership Conference features 13 ABI Committee Educational Sessions as
attendees have the opportunity to earn 11.25 hours of CLE credit and
2.75 hours of ethics.

The conference will feature a keynote by David C.
Vladeck, Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection of the
Federal Trade Commission. At the FTC, Vladeck heads the agency’s
initiatives on behalf of consumers, including those related to mortgage
fraud, credit cards practices, debt relief providers, and credit repair,
as well as privacy matters as they impact the Bankruptcy Code.

Also featured at the conference will be a plenary session titled
“Professional Fees in Mega- Chapter 11 Cases: Reasonable or Out of
Control?” Experts examining the issue will include
Clifford J. White III, Director of the Executive Office
of U.S. Trustees (Washington, D.C.), Brady C.
Williamson of Godfrey & Kahn SC (Madison, Wis.),
Kenneth R. Feinberg, the Special Master for Executive
Compensation (Washington, D.C.) and Prof. Stephen J.
Lubben of Seton Hall Law School (Newark, N.J.), who authored
ABI’s landmark study on professional fees. The plenary session
will be moderated by ABI Past-President Robert J. Keach
of Bernstein Shur (Portland, Maine).

Some of the featured sessions at the Winter Leadership Conference
include:

•    ABI’s Great Debates

•    Commercial Real Estate: The Next Tsunami
Approaches

•    Ponzi Scheme Cases: A New Look At Potential
Sources of Recovery

•    Mass Torts/Class Actions and Other Issues That
May Arise From the Gulf Oil Crisis

•    Consumer Bankruptcy Cases Year in Review: A
Look at Supreme Court and Appellate Decisions

•    Hot Topics: Views From Bench

Entertainment at the conference will include a performance by
comedian Frank Caliendo and ABI’s rock band, the Indubitable
Equivalents.

To review a comprehensive schedule of programming and speakers,
please click on the following link.


href='http://www.abiworld.org/WLC10/schedule.html'>http://www.abiworld.org/WLC10/schedule.html

For full information on ABI’s 22nd Winter Leadership
Conference, including sponsors, optional events and rates can be found
at
href='http://www.abiworld.org/WLC10'>http://www.abiworld.org/WLC10.    

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dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency.
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