Real Estate

Presented by the Real Estate and Unsecured Trade Creditors Committees
This panel will explore the myriad legal conundrums landlords have been facing in bankruptcy cases across the country since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. Discussion points will include landlord rights to assumption/rejection and timing, the ability of debtors to defer rent payments to landlords for lengthy periods of time, and the impact of force majeure clauses in these disputes.

Sponsored by the Real Estate Committee
This panel will provide an overview of the real estate economy and take a look at what restructuring plans may entail in the post-pandemic economy, from large corporate players to small companies and investors, as well as what valuations may look like over the next few years.

Real Estate is red-hot right now — which means it’s an attractant for both the savvy investor and the fraudster. Don’t miss getting the inside scoop on the law and insights from other perspectives concerning the latest schemes and themes in real estate fraud and bankruptcy.

"Hosted by the Ethics & Professional Development and Real Estate Committees

The panel discussion will focus on scenarios grounded in real estate and ethics, including ethical issues surrounding initial interviews and conflict checks, ethically pursuing cases posing potential good-/bad-faith issues due to cannabis-related uses of real property, whether “zealous representation” is still a guiding principle, whether one may ethically use internet “information” as a litigant and judge, and how to appropriately raise potential judicial misconduct."

Join notable experts as they dive into royalty interests: real property or contract interest?, abandonment and environmental liabilities, the Uniform Assignment of Rents Act, are foreclosure sale purchases protected from avoidance under § 547?, circuit split: application of anti-modification clause to mixed-use properties, § 363(h): an oft-forgotten-yet-powerful tool for co-owners of commercial real estate, in the absence of default, are landlords entitled to attorneys’ fees as cure costs upon lease assumption and assignment?, the meaning of “surrendering” real property under § 521, does termi