Consumer Bankruptcy and Credit in the Wake of the 2005 Act


Time

Event


8:00 - 9:00

Conference Check-in and Breakfast

9:00

Opening Remarks

9:10 - 10:30

Panel 1 - Natalie DeVooght, Moderator

 

Jean Braucher The Challenge to the Bench and Bar Presented by the 2005 Bankruptcy Act: Resistance Need Not Be Futile
Hon. Eugene Wedoff Major Consumer Bankruptcy Effects Of BAPCPA
Hon. Bruce Markell The New Sub Rosa Subchapter: Individuals Debtors in Chapter 11 After BAPCPA


10:30 - 10:50

Morning Break

10:50 - 12:10

Panel 2 - Charles Tabb, Moderator

 

Iain Ramsay Approaches to Comparative Consumer Bankruptcy
Jacob Ziegel What Can the United States Learn from the Canadian Means Testing System?
William C. Whitford A History of the Automobile Lender Provisions of BAPCPA


12:10 - 1:45

Luncheon

1:45 - 3:05

Panel 3 - Ralph Brubaker, Moderator

 

Douglas G. Baird Technology, Information, and Bankruptcy
Michelle J. White Abuse or Protection? Bankruptcy Reform Under 'BAPCPA'
Melissa B. Jacoby The Role of Judicial Discretion in Bankruptcy Reform and Its Intersection with Homeownership Policy


3:05 - 3:25

Afternoon Break

3:25 - 4:45

Panel 4 - Charles Tabb, Moderator

 

Ronald J. Mann Bankruptcy Reform and the "Sweat Box" of Credit Card Debt
John Pottow "Reckless Lending": Is It Time for a New Type of Lender Liability?
Robert M. Lawless The Paradox of Consumer Credit


4:45 - 5:00

Closing Remarks

5:00 - 6:00

Cocktail Reception