This panel discusses recent regulatory changes that are affecting consumers or consumer bankruptcy across a wide swath of financial concerns, including cryptocurrency, changes at and to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, discharge and repayment of student loans, and changes to mortgage modification practices.
This panel canvasses practical tax-related considerations for consumer attorneys to help you avoid common pitfalls, including the impact of tax issues on the timing of filing, dischargeability, asset administration and exemptions; a survey of trust fund taxes, what they are, how they differ across the states, and what they mean for individual liability; the responsibilities of chapter 13 debtors from a tax perspective; and negotiating with taxing authorities.
This panel provides a general overview of dischargeability litigation under § 523 of the Bankruptcy Code, then delves into advanced litigation strategies derived from the panelists’ personal experiences in representing and adjudicating such matters. Understanding the far-reaching implications of the Supreme Court’s Bartenwerfer decision — allowing nondischargeable conduct to be imputed to debtors under applicable state law — is the focal point of this panel’s discussion, which will highlight of a number of recent decisions applying Bartenwerfer to various dischargeability claims.
This panel delves into myriad emerging issues in bankruptcy cases, specifically ones relating to or likely to affect consumer cases.
This session covers recent Supreme Court and Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Circuit cases that you need to know about.
Join ABI Editor-at-Large Bill Rochelle for this fun and informative session as he and six judges address recent Second Circuit cases, and predict how the circuit will rule on tough questions on the way up. An attendee favorite!