National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges - 88th Annual Conference - Chicago, IL

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2014 NCBJ CONFERENCE - EDUCATION MATERIALS
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NCBJ PLENARY & CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Thursday October 9, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
- A Tale of Two Cities
Thursday October 9, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
- Concurrent: Consumer Potpourri: What's Sizzling, What's Fizzling
- Concurrent: All in the Family: Advising the Closely-Held Company
Thursday October 9, 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
- Concurrent: Retirement Assets in Bankruptcy: Protecting, or Tarnishing, a Debtor’s Assets in the Golden Years
- Concurrent: Assuring eDiscovery Does Not Become eDisaster
Thursday October 9, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
- Born in the USA: Grown Abroad – How Different Foreign Jurisdictions Restructure Major Corporate Groups (CLE Program by NCBJ and INSOL)
Friday October 10, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
- Watching the Hedges Grow: Inside the Mind of Distressed Investors
Friday October 10, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
- All the Courtroom’s A Stage: Honing Courtroom Presentation Skills
Friday October 10, 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
- Whose Case Is This Anyway? Should a Chapter 11 Case Be Run Solely for the Benefit of the Secured Creditors?
Saturday October 11, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
- Minding Your Business: Maintaining Focus in Modern Law Practice
Saturday October 11, 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
- Wait, Wait…Don't Tell Me! An Ethics Show Game*
  *Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me! is a federally registered trademark used w/ permission, courtesy of National Public Radio, Inc.
- Answer Key and Comprehensive Discussion and Citations to the Wait Wait Game Show Questions
Saturday October 11, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
- May You Live in Interesting Times: The Supreme Court’s Year in Bankruptcy

NCBJ & ABI ROUNDTABLES

Friday October 10, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
- Concurrent: New Bankruptcy Rules, Again? A Preview of the Upcoming New Rules and a Review of Issues Arising Under Current Rule 3002.1
- Concurrent: Can the Trustee Bring that Lawsuit? Exploring Standing and In Pari Delicto Issues in Chapter 11 Cases
Friday October 10, 10:20 AM - 11:20 AM
- Concurrent: Still More Questions Than Answers: Unresolved and Problem Issues in Individual Chapter 11 Cases
- Concurrent: Advancing Straight to Go: Avoiding Pitfalls in Pre-Packaged and Pre-Arranged Chapter 11 Plans
Friday October 10, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
- Concurrent: Who is Driving this Train? The Proper Roles of the Judge and the Trustee in Chapter 13 Cases
- Concurrent: So You Don't Want to File for Chapter 11? Exploring The Pros and Cons of Common Alternatives to Chapter 11 including ABCs, Foreclosures, Receiverships and Other State Law Remedies

ABI - LUNCHEON & KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Friday October 10, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
- Rethinking the Unthinkable: Bankruptcy for Large Financial Institutions, by Jeffrey Lacker

CLLA PROGRAMS

Thursday October 9, 1:00 PM - 2:45 PM
- The Commercial Law League of America Luncheon & Program featuring the presentation of the Lawrence P. King Award for Excellence in Bankruptcy and a Keynote Presentation from William Strauss. (NO WRITTEN MATERIALS) (ticketed)
Thursday October 9, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
- The Commercial Law League of America Frank W. Koger Memorial Education Program: Bankruptcy and the Markets – The Uneasy Relationship Between Debtors, Traders and Judges (ticketed)
Thursday October 9, 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
- The Commercial Law League of America Frank W. Koger Memorial Education Program: 363 Sales: What You Get - And What You Are Stuck With (ticketed)

ABA - BUSINESS LAW SECTION

Wednesday October 8, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
- Pro Bono Service on a Board of a Not for Profit in Crisis/Fulfilling Your Not For Profit’s Mission During Financial Distress.
Wednesday October 8, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
- (Almost) Everything You Wanted to Know About...Executory Contracts
Thursday October 9, 1:00 PM -3:15 PM
- Heidt Award / Chapter 11 Luncheon: What Every Distressed Investor Should Ask When Venturing Offshore. (ticketed, CLE)
Thursday October 9, 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
- Take the First Exit! Defenses That Can Win a Case Early
Friday October 10, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
- Herding Clients: Working with Multiple Secured Creditors (ticketed, CLE)

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