Product Description

Novel Issues Confronting Business Reorganization in the Post-COVID World

• Impact of remote work on locating the appropriate venue for a corporate debtor’s reorganization
• Enforceability of use restrictions in commercial leases
• Computation of lease rejection damages and how a tenant’s outstanding leasehold obligations should be counted towards the Subchapter V debt cap
• Whether nondischargeability applies in Subchapter V cases
• Recent cases concerning the enforcement in bankruptcy cases of an ever-growing number of arbitration agreements

New England Judicial Panel

• A panel of bankruptcy judges from the First and Second Circuits discuss trending issues in bankruptcy cases

Impact of Economic Volatility on Bankruptcy Cases

• Debtor’s right to capture post-petition asset appreciation
• Determining adequate protection in a high interest rate environment
• Ability of a Chapter 13 debtor to contribute to retirement accounts during the plan term
 

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Agenda & Materials

• 12:00 - 1:10 pm

  Novel Issues Confronting Business Reorganization in the Post-COVID World

  • Impact of remote work on locating the appropriate venue for a corporate debtor’s reorganization
  • Enforceability of use restrictions in commercial leases
  • Computation of lease rejection damages and how a tenant’s outstanding leasehold obligations should be counted towards the Subchapter V debt cap
  • Whether nondischargeability applies in Subchapter V cases
  • Recent cases concerning the enforcement in bankruptcy cases of an ever-growing number of arbitration agreement

  Kathleen R. Cruickshank, Esq., Murphy & King, PC , Boston
  Tanya Sambatakos, Esq., Molleur Law Office , Saco
  Macken Toussaint, Esq., Riemer & Braunstein LLP , Boston
  
• 1:10 - 1:20 pm

  Break
• 1:20 - 3:20 pm

  New England Judicial Panel

  • A panel of bankruptcy judges from the First and Second Circuits discuss trending issues in bankruptcy cases

  Hon. Kimberly A. Bacher, U.S. Bankruptcy Court , Concord
  Hon. Peter G. Cary, U.S. Bankruptcy Court , Portland
  Hon. Heather Zubke Cooper, U.S. Bankruptcy Court , Burlington
  Hon. Michael A. Fagone, U.S. Bankruptcy Court , Bangor
  Hon. Elizabeth D. Katz, U.S. Bankruptcy Court , Springfield
  Hon. Ann M. Nevins, U.S. Bankruptcy Court , New Haven
  Hon. Julie A. Manning, U.S. Bankruptcy Court , Bridgeport
  
• 3:20 - 3:30 pm

  Break
• 3:30 - 4:40 pm

  Impact of Economic Volatility on Bankruptcy Cases

  • Debtor’s right to capture post-petition asset appreciation
  • Determining adequate protection in a high interest rate environment
  • Ability of a Chapter 13 debtor to contribute to retirement accounts during the plan term

  Marques C. Lipton, Esq., Lipton Law Group LLC , Framingham
  Tatyana Tabachnik, Esq., Demerle & Associates, PC , Boston
  Paige M. Vaillancourt, Esq., Rescia Law, PC , Enfield
  
• 4:40 - 5:00 pm

  "Ask the Experts" Q&A Session and Key Takeaways

  Panel
  

Special Program Materials:

• Bankruptcy Practice in Massachusetts

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