Don't miss ABI's 21st Annual Winter Leadership Conference, taking place Dec. 3-5 at the La Quinta Resort & Club in La Quinta, Calif. In addition to insights from some of the top insolvency and restructuring experts on issues confronting the profession in 2010, this year's conference will also feature a luncheon keynote by Amity Shlaes, bestselling author of The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression, titled "How Financial Crises Provide the Pretext for Government Expansion (and Make the Crisis Worse).” Concurrent panel sessions at the conference include:
Liquidating Chapter 11s: New Rules of the Road
Bankruptcy's Next Wave: A Look at the Financial Crisis One Year Later
High Income Individuals: Chapter 11 by and for the People
Foreclosure Litigation: Defenses and Counterclaims
Watching your Stuff: Intellectual Property and Intangible Assets
Loan-to-Own: How Lending and Private-equity Markets Are Changing the Landscape
Recent Issues and Trends in Real Estate Restructurings
"Discharge by Declaration" and Other Strategies to Discharge Consumer Debts
Bankruptcy Litigation: Latest Issues and Defenses
Internal Investigations: Managing the Process
Plus 14 Committee Educational Sessions including:
Circuit Splits - Will Recent Decisions on Several Key Issues Result in Forum Shopping?
The ABI Consumer Fee Study: The Results of the Pilot Study and Where We Are Going From Here
Should Congress Reform Bankruptcy Reform?
The Real Estate Trinity: Litigation Involving Single-Asset Real Estate Cases, Retail Reorganizations and Liquidations
Flatliners: A Health Care Filing Checklist
It's a Small, Small, Small World: Inherent Conflicts in Representation of Closely Held Entities and Joint Representation
Polaroid and Beyond: Differing Perspectives On What Is the Highest and Best Bid and Other Selected Sale Issues.
Where's My Cash Windfall? Tax Planning Opportunities From Recent Legislation
The Future of Alternative Dispute Resolution – How ADR Can Expedite Efficiency for the Courts and Attorneys
News at 11? Valuing and Restructuring Media Companies.
Global Crisis: An Essential International Update
The conference will also include a final night dinner gala featuring comedian Louie Anderson and the sounds of ABI's rock-n-roll band, the Indubitable Equivalents.
