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NBRC Full Commission Meeting
May 14, 1997
The George Washington University
Law School
720 20th Street, N.W.
Room LL101
Washington, D.C. |
Wednesday, May 14, 1997 |
| 8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. |
Opening Remarks and Administrative Matters
- Congressional legislation
- Certification of February meeting minutes
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| 8:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. |
Open Forum/Invited Witnesses
- A. Panel: Corporate/Small Business Bankruptcies
Dean Douglas Baird, Richard Breeden, Hugh Ray, Myer Sigal and Prof.
James White
- B. Consumer Bankruptcy Data
Prof. Ian Domowitz, Northwestern University
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| 10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
Break
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| 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
Plenary Session: Discharge and Dischargeability
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| 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch Break
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| 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
Forum on Issues Faced by Consumer Debtors
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| 3:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Plenary Session I: Pending Matters
- Chapter 12 Proposal No. 1 - Direct payment plans
- Chapter 12 Proposal No. 2 - Sunset provision
- Government Working Group Proposal No. 21 - Elimination of Section
921(b)
- Government Working Group Proposal No. 22 - Treatment of municipal
obligations
- Government Working Group Proposal No. 23 - Chapter 9: Inclusion of
"employees" in
Section 922(a)
- Government Working Group Proposal No. 24 - Consensus tax matters
- Chapter 11 Working Group Proposal No. 7 - Section 363(f)
- Chapter 11 Working Group Proposal No. 8 - Post-confirmation plan
modification
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| 5:00 p.m. - 5:40 p.m. |
Presentations
Commercial Law League of America
Ad Hoc Secured Creditor Group
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NBRC Full Commission Meeting
May 15-16, 1997
(Joint with ABI Annual Spring
Meeting)
Grand Hyatt Washington
at Washington Center
1000 H Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
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Thursday, May 15, 1997 |
| 8:00 a.m. - 8:05 a.m. |
Administrative Matters
Report on May 9 Regional Meeting
Update on June 6 Regional Meeting
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| 8:05 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. |
Plenary Session II: Partnership Issues
Discussion of Small Business Working Group Proposal No. 3 - Effects of
General Partner's
Bankruptcy Filing
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| 9:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. |
Plenary Session:
- Memorandum dated May 1, 1997, by Professor Lawrence P. King and
Elizabeth I. Holland
- Memorandum dated April 29, 1997, by Commissioner Edith H. Jones and
Professor Todd J.
Zywicki
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| 11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. |
Break
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| 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
Plenary Session: Single Asset Real Estate
Issues/Discussion
Only
- Congressional testimony
- Small Business Working Group Proposal No. 4 - Elimination of the $4
million cap
- Small Business Working Group Proposal No. 5 - Clarification of
Section 362(d)(3)(B)
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| 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
Lunch Recess
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| 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Meeting of Chapter 11 Working Group
- Pre-packaged plans of reorganization
- Pre-bankruptcy waivers
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Meeting of Government Working Group
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Meeting of Jursidiction and Procedure Working
Group
Preferences
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| 4:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. |
Break
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| 4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
Presentation:
Association of Insolvency Accountants, Prof. Grant Newton
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| 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
Final Report from the Tax Advisory Committee
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Friday, May 16, 1997 |
| 8:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. |
Administrative Matters
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| 8:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. |
Plenary Session III: Pending Matters
- Consumer Bankruptcy Working Group Proposal No. 1 - Uniform federal
exemptions
- Consumer Bankrtupcy Framework Draft No. 2
- Mass Torts, Future Claims Working Group Proposal No. 1 - Treatment
of future claims in
bankruptcy
- Small Business Working Group Proposal No. 3 - Effects of General
Partner's Bankruptcy
Filing
- Small Business Working Group Proposal No. 4 - Elimination of the $4
million cap and
related issues
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| 9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. |
Break
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| 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
Plenary Session: Chapter 11/Small Business
Issues
Discussion of Chapter 11 Issues and Small Business Working Group
Proposal No. 1 - Small
Business Proposal
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| 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch
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| 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. |
Open Forum
- Issues related to the United States Trustee Program
- General
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