Contact: John Hartgen
703-894-5935
ABI’s 18th ANNUAL BANKRUPTCY BATTLEGROUND
WEST CONFERENCE NAVIGATES THE LATEST WAVE OF INSOLVENCY
December 17, 2009, Alexandria, Va. — More than 150
practitioners are expected to attend the American Bankruptcy Institute's
(ABI’s) 18th Annual Bankruptcy Battleground West conference,
scheduled for March 5, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency Center Plaza in Los
Angeles. The day-long conference, titled “The Perfect Storm: Navigating the Latest Wave of
Insolvency,' offers up to 5.0 hours of CLE credit. This year's
program addresses some of the issues that have emerged during the latest
insolvency cycle, including the conflicts between intellectual property
and bankruptcy law, challenges to the structure of insolvent real estate
enterprises, the increasing use of pre-packaged and pre-negotiated plans
as a restructuring strategy and the re-emergence of litigation
challenging lenders, their claims and their reorganization
strategies.
size='3'>Jerry Nickelsburg, economist at UCLA Anderson
Forecast, returns to provide a keynote examining the progress of the
economy over the past year and predict the future direction of the U.S.
economy.
Nuts & Bolts for Young & New Practitioners, a separate
day-long bankruptcy fundamentals course, will again be offered in
conjunction with the Bankruptcy Battleground West conference and will be
held the day before on March 4.
Program co-chairs are
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Stern LLP (Los Angeles), Debra Ann Riley of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble
Mallory & Natsis LLP (San Diego) and
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& Manella LLP (Newport Beach, Calif.). Bankruptcy Judge
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Russell (C.D. Calif., Los Angeles) is the Judicial
Chair.
Panel topics for ABI’s Bankruptcy Battleground West conference
include the following timely issues:
- Back to the Future: Bankruptcy Litigation Is Back with a
Vengeance - Clash of the Titans: Intellectual Property Law Meets Bankruptcy
- Some Like It Pre-packaged: Are Pre-packaged and Pre-negotiated Plans
the Wave of the Future?
- The Great Debate: When Special-Purpose Real Estate Vehicle Entities
Don't Serve Their Special Purpose in Bankruptcy
To view the full conference schedule and a list of speakers, please
visit
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For more information about the conference, call ABI at (703) 739-0800
or visit Battleground West at
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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
12,400 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
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conference information, visit
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