Friday, October 2, 2009

8:00-8:30 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast

Hart Auditorium

8:30-8:45 a.m.

Welcome Remarks

David R. Kuney, Program Chair

Sidley Austin LLP; Washington, D.C.

Lawrence J. Center, Assistant Dean

Georgetown Law CLE; Washington, D.C.

Samuel J. Gerdano, Executive Director

American Bankruptcy Institute; Alexandria, Va.

8:45-9:45 a.m.

New Dilemmas in DIP Financing: roll-ups; disclosure of fees and costs; plan control provisions; exit financing; claims against the pre-petition lenders as DIP lenders; use of the challenge period; waiver of claims against lenders; gap between interim and final; lessons learned from LandSource.

Marcia L. Goldstein, Moderator

Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP; New York

Hon. Arthur J. Gonzalez

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D.N.Y.)

Hon. Douglas D. Dodd

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (M.D.La.)

Hon. Robert G. Mayer

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (E.D. Va.)

James H.M. Sprayregen, Facilitator

Kirkland & Ellis LLP; Chicago

9:45-10:45 a.m.

Steering Through the Auto Crisis: Chrysler, GM and supplier bankruptcies; executory-contract issues, franchise issues; extraordinary powers of the auto task force.

Craig Goldblatt, Moderator

WilmerHale; Washington, D.C.

Hon. Robert E. Gerber

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D.N.Y.)

Hon. Steven W. Rhodes

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (E.D. Mich.)

Kevyn D. Orr, Facilitator

Jones Day; Washington, D.C.

10:45-11:00 a.m.

Refreshment Break

Sponsored by Sidley Austin, LLP

11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon

Retail Cases: reclamation; administrative claims; lease rejection; right to specific performance for specialty goods; stub rent issues; capturing the value of real property leases in a liquidation; reorganizing with the 210-day limit on assuming leases.

Martin J. Bienenstock, Moderator

Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP; New York

Hon. Wendelin I. Lipp

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Md.)

Hon. Brendan Linehan Shannon

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Del.)

Hon. Mary F. Walrath

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Del.)

David L. Pollack, Facilitator

Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP; Philadelphia

12:00-1:30 p.m.

Luncheon Program

Sponsored by Caplin & Drysdale

"Supremely Right - The Supreme Court's Bankruptcy Jurisprudence Since 1898."  Lessons from Ken Klee's new book, Bankruptcy and the Supreme Court.

Kenneth N. Klee

UCLA School of Law; Los Angeles

1:30-2:30 p.m.

Asset Sales: first-day motions to sell; control by DIP lenders; sales free and clear (effect of Clear Channel); sales of IP and nonexclusive licenses; credit bidding.

Robert J. Rosenberg, Moderator

Latham & Watkins, LLP; New York

Hon. Leif M. Clark

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (W.D. Tex.)

Hon. Robert D. Drain

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D.N.Y.)

Hon. Gregg W. Zive

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Nev.)

Mary Jo Dowd, Facilitator

Arent Fox LLP; Washington, D.C.

2:30-3:30 p.m.

Current Issues in Plan Confirmation: cramdown; discharge in liquidating cases; effect of Piccadilly; third-party releases.

Richard B. Levin, Moderator

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP; New York

Hon. Thomas J. Catliota

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Md.)

Hon. Allan L. Gropper

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D.N.Y.)

Hon. S. Martin Teel

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. D.C.)

Edward C. Dolan, Facilitator

Hogan & Hartson LLP; Washington, D.C.

3:30-4:00 p.m.

Refreshment Break

Sponsored by SSG Capital Advisors, LLC

4:00-5:00 p.m.

Ethics: committee selection and reconstituting the committee; advance payment retainers; debtor's counsel with creditor clients.

Jay M. Goffman, Moderator

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP; New York

Hon. Nancy V. Alquist

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Md.; Baltimore)

Hon. Rosemary Gambardella

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. N.J.)

Michael P. Richman, Facilitator

Patton Boggs LLP; New York

5:00-6:15 p.m.

Cocktail Reception

Sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

 

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