The following session took place during Caribbean Insolvency Symposium in February 2019. This panel will explore the roles, responsibilities, benefits and liabilities in using independent directors through multi-jurisdictional insolvency proceedings and will discuss using directors strategically throughout the life of a company. The panelists will explain the three typical stages of a company where directors could be instructed — going concern, insolvency and emergence from a restructuring — then explain the roles and responsibilities at each of these appointments.

The following session took place during Caribbean Insolvency Symposium in February 2019. This panel will discuss the role that alternative dispute resolution (ADR) can and does play in bankruptcy, starting with the tension between bankruptcy and ADR, as all ADR processes conflict with bankruptcy’s goal of centralizing estate administration into a single proceeding. In the U.S., this tension is most prevalent when a creditor seeks to enforce a pre-petition arbitration agreement. The panel will next examine the role that mediation plays in U.S.

The following session took place during Caribbean Insolvency Symposium in February 2019. This panel will examine the effects thus far of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA), as well as Puerto Rico’s economy, including where it came from, where it is now and where it is going. All sessions from this conference can be accessed at https://cle.abi.org/.

The following session took place during Caribbean Insolvency Symposium in February 2019. What are critical-access hospitals, and why are they important? This panel discusses alternative solutions to producing additional cash flow for failing hospitals, which need to be closely scrutinized by health care professionals familiar with licensing, reimbursement, anti-kickbacks and patient-brokering limitations.

The following session took place during Caribbean Insolvency Symposium in February 2019. This panel will discuss blockchain and cryptocurrency, focusing on the basic terminology and how various agencies of the U.S. government treat cryptocurrency, in particular the Internal Revenue Service, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The panel will then examine how security interests in cryptocurrency are perfected under Article 9, and whether transfers of cryptocurrency can be avoided pursuant to 11 U.S.C.

The following session took place during Caribbean Insolvency Symposium in February 2019. This panel will discuss recent chapter 15 and cross-border cases, including those involving the scope of discovery available to foreign representatives, § 109 eligibility, venue issues and parallel case concerns. The panel will also discuss logistical and practical solutions in running chapter 15 cases. All sessions from this conference can be accessed at https://cle.abi.org/.

The following session took place during Caribbean Insolvency Symposium in February 2019.

The following session took place during International Insolvency Symposium in October 2018. Dr. Guérot is a dynamic thought leader. She makes the case for the transformation of the E.U. into a European republic where powers are decentralized and citizens have a greater say in how they are governed. All sessions from this conference can be accessed at https://cle.abi.org/.

The following session took place during International Insolvency Symposium in October 2018. All sessions from this conference can be accessed at https://cle.abi.org/.

The following session took place during International Insolvency Symposium in October 2018. All sessions from this conference can be accessed at https://cle.abi.org/.