The Place of Common Law in Bankruptcy (ECB241024-2B)

Thursday, October 24, 2024

2:20 PM to 3:35 PM

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Presented by the Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section

About the Program

Bankruptcy law in the United States is codified in the Bankruptcy Code. This program will consider whether and to what extent there is and should be a common law of bankruptcy.  In doing so, the panel will discuss the relevance of pre-Code precedents; courts’ use of section 105(a) (e.g., in the contexts of critical vendors, insurance premiums, and employee wages); the Rule of Necessity; questions of good faith and the proper purposes of bankruptcy; and, more fundamentally, the place of a common law in our Code-driven field. 

You Will Learn

About doctrines of bankruptcy law beyond what is explicitly discussed in the Code from a sitting and a retired bankruptcy court judge and an experienced bankruptcy practitioner

Who Should Attend

Practitioners of all levels and experience, including those new to bankruptcy and those looking to perfect their skills.

Credit

CT: 1.25 CLE Credits (General)
NY: 1.25 CLE Credits (AOP)

The Connecticut Bar Association/CT Bar Institute is an accredited provider of New York State CLE. This program qualifies for newly admitted and experienced attorneys CLE credits. 

Attorneys seeking NY CLE credit who have been admitted to the New York State Bar for two years or less must attend the live seminar for skills or ethics credit, a fully interactive videoconference, or simultaneous transmission with synchronous interactivity. Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias CLE credits are only available as non-transitional credits. For further information please see the NYCourts.gov page on CLE: http://ww2.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle/index.shtml

Speakers

Robert_Gerber1 Hon. Robert E. Gerber (Ret.)
Joseph Hage Aaronson LLC, New York, NY

Paige Vaillancourt1 Paige M. Vaillancourt
Rescia Law PC, Enfield

Moderator

Court seal USBC-DCT CJ A Nevins Chief Judge Ann M. Nevins
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Connecticut, New Haven




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