Contact: John Hartgen
703-894-5935
ABI’s “BANKRUPTCY 2010: VIEWS FROM THE
BENCH” CONFERENCE IN OCTOBER TO FEATURE 18 BANKRUPTCY
JUDGES
August 2, 2010, Alexandria, Va. — Eighteen bankruptcy
judges and top practitioners from around the country will participate at
the American Bankruptcy Institute’s “Bankruptcy 2010: Views
from the Bench” program on Oct. 1 at The Georgetown University Law
Center in Washington, D.C. David R. Kuney of Sidley Austin LLP (Washington,
D.C.) is the program chair for the conference. Attendees will have the
opportunity to earn 7.5 CLE credits, including 1.0 hour of
ethics.
Panel sessions at “Views from the Bench” include:
- Sales under 363(b): Has the “Non-Ordinary” Sale Become
Ordinary? - Intercreditor Issues and Subordinate Financing: “Tranche
Warfare” - Fraudulent Conveyances, Preferences and Lender Liability
- Chapter 11 for the High-Net-Worth Individual
- Confirmation: Hot Cases Roundtable
- Ethics: A New Take on 'When in Doubt, Disclose'
For a full list of session speakers, please visit
href='http://www.abiworld.org/GT10/schedule.html'>http://www.abiworld.org/GT10/schedule.html
Lunch at the program will provide attendees a unique opportunity take
part in one of three smaller break-out sessions with facilitators
leading discussions from the earlier sessions including “Sales
under 363(b),” “Intercreditor Issues” and
“Fraudulent Conveyances.”
All attendees will also receive a complimentary copy of ABI’s
Bankruptcy Litigation Manual: What Civil
Litigators Need to Know, also available at
href='http://bookstore.abi.org/'>http://bookstore.abi.org.
For more information on the “Views from the Bench”
conference, please be sure to visit
href='http://www.abiworld.org/GT10'>http://www.abiworld.org/GT10.
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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 nearly 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
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