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Agenda for January 1997 Meeting

Federal Judicial Center/Education Center Auditorium
Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building
One Columbus Circle, NE
Washington, D.C.

Wednesday, January 22, 1997
8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.	Opening Remarks and Administrative Matters Certification of Minutes for December Meeting Advisory memorandum from General Services Administration
8:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.	Plenary Session: Small Business Proposal
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.	Bifurcated Session A - Future Claims B - U.S. Trustee Program
12:45 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.	Lunch
1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Meeting of American Bankrutpcy Institute/National Bankruptcy Conference
2:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.	Meeting of Small Business Working Group Treatment of leases under §365, focusing on shopping center and equipment leases Single asset real estate cases, focusing on the $4 million definitional cap in §101(51B)
	Meeting of Consumer Bankruptcy Working Group Exemptions Reaffirmation agreements and settlement of nondischargeability actions
	Meeting of Service and Ethics Working Group Definition of a "professional" Multiple part representation
4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Break
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Working Group Summaries
5:00 p.m.	Recess
Thursday - January 23, 1997
8:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.	Open Forum Invited speakers: Panel on Consumer Debt and Bankruptcy
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Meeting of Chapter 11 Working Group Third-party releases Post-confirmation issues
	Meeting of Government Working Group/B> Government Working Group Proposal No. 1 - Expanding the "Deemed Filled" Rule to All Chapters Government Working Group Proposal No. 2 - Repeal of §724(b)(2) Tax issues [to be distributed]
	Meeting of Jurisdiction and Procedure Working Group Aritcle III transition Affiliate venue
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.	Plenary Session: Pending Matters Service, Ethics Working Group Proposal No. 3 - National Admission [Distributed January 9, 1997] Service, Ethics Working Group Proposal No. 4 - Conflict of Interest Standard [Distributed January 9, 1997] Chapter 11 Working Group Proposal No. 1 - Treatment of Payroll Deductions under §541 [Distributed January 9, 1997] Government Working Group Proposal No. 8 - Burden of Proof on Tax Matters [to be distributed] Government Working Group Proposal No. 9 - Repeal of §:1231(b) [to be distributed] Government Working Group Proposal No. 10 - Mandatory Filing of Tax Returns [to be distributed] Government Working Group Proposal No. 13 - Exception of Tax Related Setoffs under §362(a) [to be distributed] Government Working Group Proposal No. 14 - Notice of Federal Tax Audit To State Tax Authorities [to be distributed] Government Working Group Proposal No. 15 - Good Faith Prerequisite for Contempt Against Government [to be distributed] Government Working Group Proposal No. 17 - Specific Notice Requirements for Taxpayers Seeking Expedited Audits [to be distributed]
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Open Forum:
3:30 p.m.	Adjournment: