Loeb & Loeb LLP is proud to be a sponsor of the 21st Annual ABI Winter Leadership Conference.

From the ABI site:

In addition to insights from some of the top insolvency and restructuring experts on issues confronting the profession in 2010, this year's conference will also feature a luncheon keynote by Amity Shlaes, bestselling author of The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression, titled "How Financial Crises Provide the Pretext for Government Expansion (and Make the Crisis Worse).”

Concurrent panel sessions at the conference include:

• Liquidating Chapter 11s: New Rules of the Road
• Bankruptcy's Next Wave: A Look at the Financial Crisis One Year Later
• High Income Individuals: Chapter 11 by and for the People
• Foreclosure Litigation: Defenses and Counterclaims
• Watching your Stuff: Intellectual Property and Intangible Assets
• Loan-to-Own: How Lending and Private-equity Markets Are Changing the Landscape
• Recent Issues and Trends in Real Estate Restructurings
• "Discharge by Declaration" and Other Strategies to Discharge Consumer Debts
• Bankruptcy Litigation: Latest Issues and Defenses
• Internal Investigations: Managing the Process

• Circuit Splits - Will Recent Decisions on Several Key Issues Result in Forum Shopping?
• 2010: A Restructuring Odyssey
• Reorganizing (or Liquidating) Not-For-Profit Entities.
• The ABI Consumer Fee Study: The Results of the Pilot Study and Where We Are Going From Here
• Should Congress Reform Bankruptcy Reform?
• The Real Estate Trinity:  Litigation Involving Single-Asset Real Estate Cases, Retail Reorganizations and Liquidations
• Flatliners:  A Health Care Filing Checklist
• It's a Small, Small, Small World: Inherent Conflicts in Representation of Closely Held Entities and Joint Representation
• Polaroid and Beyond: Differing Perspectives On What Is the Highest and Best Bid and Other Selected Sale Issues.
• Where's My Cash Windfall?  Tax Planning Opportunities From Recent Legislation
• The Future of Alternative Dispute Resolution – How ADR Can Expedite Efficiency for the Courts and Attorneys
• News at 11?  Valuing and Restructuring Media Companies.
• Global Crisis:  An Essential International Update