Individual Chapter 11 Cases: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

This panel is an advanced discussion of the problems and opportunities that can arise in an individual chapter 11 case. The panel discusses issues involving post-petition earnings, including voluntary assignments of future wages, and the effect of conversion to a chapter 7 proceeding; the “disposable income test”; §§ 1129(a)(15), 1129(b)(2)(B)(ii) and 1115(b); and the “absolute priority rule,” among other topics.