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BUILDING ON THE ESSENTIALS: COMMERCIAL FINANCE, REAL ESTATE FINANCE, AND CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY TOPICS FOR MID-LEVEL PROFESSIONALS The 2024 Nuts & Bolts Conference is designed for mid-level professionals in the legal and financial sectors, focusing on essential topics in commercial finance, real...

On June 27, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court released its highly anticipated opinion in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P., Case No. 23-124 (“ Purdue”). The question before the Court was whether the bankruptcy code lets a court approve, as part of a chapter 11 plan, a release that extinguishes claims held...

Zev Shechtman will join ABI for the 2024 Southwest Bankruptcy Conference in Las Vegas. Experienced practitioners and regional judges will be presenting information-packed sessions on a variety of topics, both business and consumer — ensuring that there is something for everyone. Zev is also...

Katie Barrett Wiik and Doug Anderson will be co-presenting at a CLE seminar entitled “Appellate Practice for the Non-Specialist” through Minnesota CLE on August 29, 2024. The focus will be on state court (Minnesota) appeals. Their presentation is on “Overview of Appeals” and will cover the nuts and...

RESTRUCTURING, INSOLVENCY & TROUBLED COMPANIES: Help, My Business is In Trouble! When a business becomes financially troubled, the business owner often experiences denial, paralysis, overreaction or all of the above. Lenders commonly lose confidence and trust in the business, as communications can...

In an interview with Commercial Property Executive, Damon Juha discusses the growth of multistory industrial facilities. He believes that given the increased construction costs necessary to acquire, design, entitle and develop a multistory industrial facility, there are only so many investors that...

Bankruptcy Essentials for New In-House Counsel Introducing bankruptcy concepts with real-life scenarios that in-house counsel is likely to experience, including counterparties threatening bankruptcy, what to expect when the threat becomes reality, and responding to a demand letter from a bankruptcy...

In an interview with Law360, Katie Barrett Wiik discusses a Supreme Court case in which the federal government is challenging the constitutionality of Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors, as well as two related pending petitions from transgender adolescents and their families in...

NEW YORK, (JULY 15, 2024) – Saul Ewing LLP is expanding its Litigation Practice with two attorneys, Partners James Chou and Peter Zlotnick, who together bring more than 55 years of legal experience to their work representing clients in a variety of complex litigation. They are resident in the firm’s...

Chicago Partner and General Counsel, Hal Morris, and Chicago Associates Jack Brinker and Megan Warshawsky, authorized three chapters in the Real Estate Litigation 2024, published by the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education: Reformation; Suits to Quiet Title in Real Estate; and Suits to...

On June 27, 2024, the Supreme Court released its highly anticipated opinion in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P., Case No. 23-124. The question before the Court was whether the bankruptcy code authorizes a court to approve, as part of a chapter 11 plan, a release that extinguishes claims held by...

On June 24, the Supreme Court granted certiorari review in a case with serious implications for those seeking federal permits which, in turn, require environmental impact statements under the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). NEPA is the most litigated federal environmental statute, and a...

Stated simply, Working Capital = Current Assets - Current Liabilities. This equation helps a company (and its financing sources) understand whether it has enough short-term cash inflows to cover its short-term cash outflows, also referred to as liquidity. But it’s not as simple as that. And, because...

Litigation/Bankruptcy: Things That are Important in Contractual Negotiations Learn the do’s and don’ts when dealing with independent sales agents, weigh the pros and cons of attorney's fees, and gain insights into key contract considerations. Discover strategies to become a secure creditor and...

CHAPTER 11 - INDUSTRY FOCUS: Focus on Manufacturing Issues in chapter 11 cases of manufacturing companies vary from case to case, however, certain issues tend to arise in most chapter 11 cases involving one. This webinar addresses those issues. Among them: the treatment of leases, including...

A bipartisan group of representatives, led by Representatives Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Veronica Escobar (D-TX), have introduced an updated version of the Dignity Act (H.R. 3599) to fix what they call the nation’s fractured immigration system. The authors of the bill call it the first serious...