CLE - Chapter 11 Bankruptcy: Reform is in the Air
Boston Bar Association
Feb
24
2015
Date: February 24, 2015
Location: 16 Beacon Street, Boston, MA
In December 2014, after three year of study, the American Bankruptcy Institute's (ABI) Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Reform Commission released 400 pages of recommendations to reform Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Join us for an update on the efforts, status and results of the report. Learn about the specific recommendations of the ABI Commission on many subject areas including:
- Possible overhaul of chapter 11 for smaller and medium-size enterprises as well as larger companies
- Debtor governance
- Financing of chapter 11 cases
- The absolute priority rule
- Voting, Cramdown and Other Reorganization Plan Issues
- Safe harbors
- Credit Bidding, and Other Asset Sale Issues, and Executory Contract and Leases
Speakers
Hon. Joan N. Feeney
Speaker
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Ingrid M. Hillinger
Speaker
Boston College Law School
Robert J. Keach
Speaker
Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, P.A.
Richard E. Mikels
Speaker
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Joseph H. Baldiga
Moderator
Mirick O'Connell