Commercial Fraud committee

Relevant ABI conference materials

Use of Forfeiture Statute and Allocation of Forfeiture Proceeds in Ponzi Scheme Bankruptcies and Other Cases Involving Fraud and Bad Acts — Arthur J. Steinberg, Hon. Sean H. Lane, Irving H. Picard, Ray C. Schrock, Sharon Cohen Levin and Sheila Gowan New York City Bankruptcy Conference 2012

Helping Your Hedge Fund Clients Trade Claims: Part II — Alan J. Carr, J. Gregg Pritchard, Jeffrey N. Rich, Jonathan L. Flaxer, Joseph Samet, Matthew A. Feldman and Thomas Moers Mayer New York City Bankruptcy Conference 2012

Liquidating Trustees, Fraud and Computer Forensics: “Book ’em, Danno!” — Hon. Shira A. Scheindlin, Jeffrey S. Sabin, Marion A. Hech and Ronald J. Hedges Annual Spring Meeting 2012

New Issues in Fraud: Causes of Action and Defenses — George M. Kelakos, Kathy Bazoian Phelps and Timothy G. Skillman Bankruptcy Battleground West 2012

It Seems Like Old Times: Prosecuting and Defending Ponzi Scheme Claims — Daniel M. Glosband, Hon. Laurel Myerson Isicoff, Kenneth Krys, Mariaelena Gayo-Guitian, Mark Wolfson and Neil Luria Caribbean Insolvency Symposium 2012

If It Quacks Like a Duck: Identifying and Avoiding Fraud in Consumer Cases — Fredrick E. Clement, Margaret A. Burks, Prof. Jason J. Kilborn and Steven J. Katzman Winter Leadership Conference 2011

Agriprocessors and the Impact of Cases of Fraudulent, Criminal and Unethical Business Practices on Bankruptcy Litigation — Dan Childers, Joseph E. Sarachek and Lloyd A. Palans Winter Leadership Conference 2011

Creditors Gone Wild: Foreclosure Fraud — Prof. William K. Black Midwestern Bankruptcy Institute and Consumer Forum 2011

Examiners: Their Use, Misuse and Creative Applications — Don. A. Beskrone, Hon. Jeffrey A. Deller, Mark Minuti, Ramona D. Elliott and Valerie P. Morrison Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop 2011

Examiners and Mediators: Appointment, Retention Orders, Information Access, Uses and Abuses of Confidentiality, Role as Expert — Alec P. Ostrow, Hon. Elizabeth S. Stong, Ira L. Herman, Peter L. Borowitz, Sanford P. Rosen and Steven J. Reisman New York City Bankruptcy Conference 2011

Bankruptcy Litigation/Commercial Fraud: Good/Bad Faith Issues Relating to Involuntary Bankruptcy Filings, Plans of Reorganization, Ponzi Schemes (Clawback Issues), Responding to Discovery, Stay Relief Violations — Allan B. Diamond, David Arlington and Ronald R. Peterson Annual Spring Meeting 2011

Bankruptcy Taxation: Overview of Significant Tax Issues for Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 Debtors and the Impact of Non-bankruptcy IRS Alternatives — Frances D. Sheehy and Henry J. Riordan Annual Spring Meeting 2011

Chapter 11 Creditors’ Committees and Examiners: Are They Effective? — Douglas E. Deutsch, Prof. Michelle M. Harner, Scott L. Hazan and William K. Lenhart Annual Spring Meeting 2011

Financial Advisors: Bankruptcy Practice and the Law of Unintended Consequences: Be Careful What You Wish For — A. Jeffrey Zappone, Michael L. Bernstein, Prof. Jean Braucher and Robert J. Keach Annual Spring Meeting 2011

Fulfilling the Fiduciary Duty in a Complex Commercial World — Judith Greenstone Miller, Prof. Nancy B. Rapoport and Richard M. Meth Annual Spring Meeting 2011

Health Care on the Front Lines: The Coming Wave of Health Care Insolvencies, and What It Means for You — Frank A. Oswald, Jeff J. Marwil, Mark E. Toney and Thomas M. Barry Annual Spring Meeting 2011

What Every Bankruptcy Lawyer Should Know about Balance Sheets, Financial Statements and Related Financial Information — Lynn Lewis Tavenner, Martha E.M. Kopacz and Sheila T. Smith Annual Spring Meeting 2011

Navigating through the Ethical Maze of Fiduciary Duties: Ratting on Clients and Other Hazards — Judith Greenstone Miller, Kaaran E. Thomas and Susan M. Freeman Valcon 2011

“Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”: Ponzi Schemers and their Modern-Day Pursuers (part 1 of 2) — Geoffrey L. Berman, Gil A. Miller, John C. Smiley, Lon A. Jenkins, R. Kimball Mosier and Robert G. Wing Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference 2011

“Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”: Ponzi Schemers and their Modern-Day Pursuers (part 2 of 2) — Geoffrey L. Berman, Gil A. Miller, John C. Smiley, Lon A. Jenkins, R. Kimball Mosier and Robert G. Wing Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference 2011

Relevant ABI Journal articles

Asbestos and Secrecy: The Confidentiality Battle — Lorenzo Mendizabal May 2012 Issue

Should SIPA Trustee Have Greater Power than Chapter 7 Trustee to Pursue Third-Party Claims? — Patrick M. Birney and Travis R. Searles May 2012 Issue

Teleservices Court Rejects Objective Good-Faith Standard — Brendan McPherson and Paul D. Sinclair April 2012 Issue

Reducing the Life Sentence of Student Loans — Brandon Howard and Madeleine Patton March 2012 Issue

Ponzi Schemes: Standing and Defenses — Mugdha S. Kelkar and William L. Medford March 2012 Issue

Katz, Dreier Cut into Aggressive Trustees’ Positions — Monika Machen and Paul D. Sinclair February 2012 Issue

The Sword and the Shield: More on the Old Tale of Deepening Insolvency and In Pari Delicto Doctrine — Adam D. Wolper and Joao F. Magalhaes December 2011/January 2012 Issue

Estoppel Does Not Extend to Innocent Trustees — George Klidonas and Regina L. Griffin November 2011 Issue

Ferreting Out Fraud: When Courts Require Creditors to Use a Crystal Ball — Jessica D. Gabel and Patricia A. Redmond November 2011 Issue

To Boldly Go Where No Court Has Gone Before: Enron and the Application of § 546(e) — David A. Pisciotta and Oscar N. Pinkas October 2011 Issue

S.D.N.Y. Splits with Delaware over Scope of the Safe Harbor for Settlement Payments — Elan A. Gershoni and Jonathan S. Feldman October 2011 Issue

Bankruptcy Crossword — Elizabeth A. Khalil October 2011 Issue

Breach-of-Fiduciary-Duty Claims in Environmental Liabilities to Move Forward — John W. Ames September 2011 Issue

In Pari Delicto: “At Equal Fault” Defense Explained — Emily Horowitz and Emily Stone June 2011 Issue

Red Flags of Fraud Part II: A Due-Diligence Checklist — Brendan L. McPherson and Paul D. Sinclair June 2011 Issue

Relevant ABI E-Learning sessions

New Issues in Fraud: Causes of Action and Defenses — 71 minutes, only $65.00 Bankruptcy Battleground West 2012

Bankruptcy Litigation/Commercial Fraud — only $65.00 Winter Leadership Conference - Committee Educational Session 2011

Examiners and Mediators — 84 minutes, only $65.00 Winter Leadership Conference 2011

Examiners: Their Use, Misuse and Creative Applications — 69 minutes, only $65.00 Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop 2011

Plan Issues — 84 minutes, only $65.00 Northeast Bankruptcy Conference 2011

Examiners and Mediators: Appointment, Retention Orders, Information Access, Uses and Abuses of Confidentiality, Role as Expert — 65 minutes, only $65.00 New York City Bankruptcy Conference 2011

What Every Bankruptcy Lawyer Should Know about Balance Sheets, Financial Statements and Related Financial Information — 67 minutes, only $65.00 Annual Spring Meeting 2011

“True Grit” - CHASING DOWN LOAN MODIFICATIONS FOR CONSUMERS — 86 minutes, only $65.00 Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference 2011

“Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” - PONZI SCHEMERS AND THEIR MODERN-DAY PURSUERS — 81 minutes, only $65.00 Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference 2011

Commercial Fraud A Panel Discussion Relating to the Bayou, Rothstein and Petters Ponzi Scheme Cases — 72 minutes, only $65.00 Winter Leadership Conference 2010

Ponzi Scheme Cases: A New Look At Potential Sources of Recovery — 82 minutes Winter Leadership Conference 2010

Ponzi Scheme Cases: A New Look At Potential Sources of Recovery — 82 minutes Winter Leadership Conference 2010

Relevant Circuit Court opinion summaries

Clark v. Zwanziger (In re Zwanziger) — Sarah Smegal, Bartlett Hackett Feinberg P.C. 10th Circuit

Hoskins v. Citigroup, Inc. (In re Viola) — Isaac Rothschild, Mesch, Clark & Rothschild, PC 9th Circuit

Washington Mutual Bank v. Carlson (In re Carlson) — T.J. Frasier, Niesen Price Worthy Campo Frasier & Blakey, P.A. 11th Circuit

Cipolla v. Roberts (In re Cipolla) — Aaron Kaufman, Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated 5th Circuit

Rossi v. Westenhoefer (In re Rossi) — Scott Whitacre, Scott J. Whitacre 6th Circuit

The American Cancer Society v. Cook — Doug Stewart, Stewart Robbins & Brown LLC 5th Circuit

Benson v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. — Jeremy Ficarola, University of Miami Judge Jay Cristol Bankruptcy Pro Bono Assistance Clinic 9th Circuit

US v. Moser — Aletheia Allen, Arland & Associates, LLC 10th Circuit

Sutter v. U.S. National Bank (In re Sutter) — Jeremy Ficarola, University of Miami Judge Jay Cristol Bankruptcy Pro Bono Assistance Clinic 6th Circuit

US v. Spurlin — Aaron Kaufman, Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated 5th Circuit

Lovald v. Hunter (In re Paul) — Omid Moezzi, Nancy Curry Chapter 13 Trustee 8th Circuit

Perkins v. Haines — Elie Ian Herman, Pace Law School 11th Circuit

Bauer v. Gilmartin (In re Gilmartin) — Michael Tamburini, Polsinelli Shughart, PC 8th Circuit

Sampson v. Washington Mutual Bank — Vicky Kothari, Vicky Kothari, Esq. 11th Circuit

Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors v. Baldwin (In re Lemington Home for the Aged) — Adam C. Dembrow, Children's Rights 3rd Circuit