This CLE webinar will provide insight and analysis on the types of claims that may entitle directors and officers to indemnity protection and how their indemnity claims are treated in and affected by a company's bankruptcy. The panel will also discuss the effect of bankruptcy on D&O insurance covera... Read More

This CLE webinar will discuss how counsel representing committee members and counsel for committees address recurring and new issues. Official committees, most often unsecured creditors committees, remain critical to reigning in secured lenders, and ad hoc committees provide creditor groups that sha... Read More

This CLE webinar will provide counsel with the tools to address the specific issues that arise during retail and restaurant bankruptcies. The panel will review topics related to leases and other executory contracts, franchise agreements, vendor rights, gift cards, and the many other issues unique to... Read More

This CLE webinar will discuss bankruptcy opportunities and strategies for debtors, creditors, investors, and landlords when real property and improvements face decreasing values and unstable income. The panel will discuss the strategic use of Chapter 11 to manage excessive debt and retain real prope... Read More

This CLE webinar will examine the new Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (SBRA) after almost one year, and its ramifications for small businesses under Chapter 11. The panel discussion will include the CARES Act's effect on eligibility, the streamlined reorganization procedures outlined in th... Read More

This CLE webinar will equip counsel to negotiate and draft restructuring support agreements (RSAs, also known as "lock-up" or "plan support agreements") that will help reduce the cost, length, and adverse effects of a Chapter 11 case. A well structured RSA can assure all stakeholders that the debtor... Read More

This CLE webinar will provide bankruptcy counsel with a review of fiduciary duties of loyalty and due care owed by directors and officers to the corporation and shareholders as a company heads into insolvency and when those duties may be enforced by creditors. The webinar will offer strategies to av... Read More

This CLE webinar will discuss the rules for cramdown under Chapter 11 for debtors that are not proceeding under the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019, the best strategies and practices for debtors and creditors when confirmation will involve cramdown, and current arguments for resolving valu... Read More

This CLE webinar will guide counsel who advise K-12 and higher educational institutions in the financial crisis. The panel will discuss legal issues when dealing with negative cash flow and uncertain economic prospects, including bankruptcy, restructuring, and funding options. The panel will also di... Read More

This CLE webinar will provide practitioners with an analysis of some of the unique issues that arise in the bankruptcies of partnerships and LLC entities and their partners or members. The panel will address topics in recent partnership bankruptcy cases, as well as how courts cope with the lack of s... Read More

This CLE webinar will provide counsel to lenders and creditors with a review of the intersection between bankruptcy and state foreclosure laws with respect to secured interests in personal property and commercial real estate. The panel will outline strategies to minimize risks in exercising foreclos... Read More

This CLE webinar will examine bankruptcy and insolvency issues presented by the conflict between the legalized use of marijuana in many states and its treatment as an illegal controlled substance under federal law, and provide practical guidance on counseling clients in Cannabidiol (CBD), hemp, and... Read More

This CLE webinar will provide counsel with a review of Section 1111(b)(2) election for secured lenders and the impact of the election on cramdown strategies. The program will also discuss cramdown interest rates and the impact rates have on cramdown strategies. Read More

This CLE webinar will discuss the divergent law on whether an energy industry debtor can reject its power purchase agreements (PPAs) and provide bankruptcy counsel with an understanding of how this issue might be resolved in bankruptcy proceedings. Read More

This CLE webinar will provide strategies and practical guidance for insolvency practitioners representing non-debtors regarding executory contracts and leases with financially troubled counterparties both before and during bankruptcy proceedings. Read More

This CLE webinar will provide bankruptcy and insolvency counsel with a review of the Supreme Court's decision in Merit Management Group v. FTI Consulting, holding that the Sec. 546(e) safe harbor does not protect allegedly fraudulent transfers in which financial institutions served as mere conduits.... Read More

This CLE webinar will discuss the current treatment of third-party releases in Chapter 11 reorganization plans. The panel discussion will include current approaches to incorporating release and discharge provisions into a Chapter 11 plan, and how creditors should evaluate and respond to such provisi... Read More

This CLE webinar will update practitioners on the latest challenges to leveraged buyout (LBO) transactions in bankruptcy. The panel will explain the implications of particular deal structures, review underlying legal theories of creditor challenges, and outline best practices for mitigating risk or... Read More

This CLE webinar will analyze the benefits and risks to a company when considering the use of a prepackaged or a prenegotiated plan for a Chapter 11 reorganization. The program will discuss the complex issues that debtors and creditors face in negotiating the plan, such as restructuring support agre... Read More

This CLE webinar will examine the doctrines of setoff and recoupment and the issues presented in exercising those rights in bankruptcy. The panelist will discuss mutuality and other conditions which must be present to establish setoff or recoupment rights and inconsistencies in the case law as appli... Read More

This CLE webinar will discuss the emergence and subsequent limitation of the Trust Indenture Act (TIA) as a tool for objecting bondholders to challenge restructuring outside of bankruptcy. The program will examine the Marblegate and Caesars Entertainment cases, the Second Circuit's very recent rever... Read More

This CLE webinar will discuss the ability of issuers of debt to amend the governing indentures and intercreditor agreements without debtholder consent. The program will focus on the distinction between substantive and technical amendments, interpretation of relevant provisions of the intercreditor a... Read More

This CLE webinar will discuss the benefits of receivership as an alternative to bankruptcy as a vehicle for financial restructuring, disposition of assets, collection of outstanding obligations and enforcement of contracts. The program will also discuss strategies for representing receivers and liti... Read More

This CLE webinar will discuss the characteristics of official, unofficial and ad hoc creditor committees in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, including committee structure, rights and obligation, advantages and pitfalls. The panel will examine recent legal developments impacting some of the most-co... Read More

This CLE webinar will discuss structuring third-party releases and exculpation provisions in Chapter 11 plans of reorganization, the standards that courts apply in approving releases, crafting objections to nondebtor releases, and recent case law developments. Read More

This CLE webinar will discuss recent developments in plan confirmation issues, including whether a plan that offers new value from an insider can be confirmed without an auction process, the effect of third-party guarantees, whether creditor must have "good cause" to change a plan vote, and the sele... Read More

This CLE webinar will provide bankruptcy counsel with an analysis of the latest case law developments on the absolute priority rule in individual Chapter 11 cases post BAPCPA, the varying court interpretations and applications of the rule, and best practices for both individual debtors and unsecured... Read More

This CLE webinar will compare Chapter 13 and 11 filings for individuals; review the unique issues that apply in individual Chapter 11 cases, such as the debtor's post-petition income, estate property, and living expenses; and outline attorney-client privilege and ethical complexities inherent in the... Read More

This CLE webinar will provide bankruptcy counsel with an examination of the issue of debtor insolvency in avoidance actions and fraudulent transfers. The panel will outline the various issues that arise in proving insolvency under the balance sheet test and evidentiary issues such as records and use... Read More

This CLE webinar will prepare bankruptcy counsel to navigate the complex rules to determine whether a contract in a bankruptcy proceeding is executory. The panel will also discuss whether contracts fit within any "special" categories of executory contracts and how the contracts will be treated throu... Read More