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SP Meeting Agenda - January 1997

Federal Judicial Center/Education Center Auditorium
Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building
One Columbus Circle, N.E.
Washington, D.C.

Wed., January 22, 1997

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8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Opening Remarks and Administrative Matters
Certification of December Meeting Minutes

Advisory memorandum from General Services Administration

8:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Plenary Session: Small Business Proposal

Break

Bifurcated Session
A - Future Claims
B - United States Trustee Program

12:45 p.m. - 1:15 p.m Lunch

1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Presentations:
American Bankruptcy Institute/National Bankruptcy Conference

2:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Meeting of Small Business Working Group
Treatment of leases under § 365, focusing on shopping center and equipment leases.

Single asset real estate cases, focusing on the $4 million definitional cap in § 101(51B).

Meeting of Consumer Bankruptcy Working Group
Exemptions

Reaffirmation agreements and settlement of nondischargeability actions

Meeting of Service and Ethics Working Group
Definition of a "professional"

Multiple party representation

4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Break

4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Working Group Summaries

5:00 p.m. Recess


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Thurs., January 23, 1997

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8:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Open Forum
Invited speakers: Panel on Consumer Debt and Bankruptcy

10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Meeting of Chapter 11 Working Group
Third-party releases

Post-confirmation issues

Meeting of Government Working Group
Proposal No. 1 - Expanding the "Deemed Filed" Rule To All Chapters

Proposal No. 2 - Repeal of § 724(b)(2)

Tax issues [to be distributed]

Meeting of Jurisdiction and Procedure Working Group
Article III transition

Affiliate venue

12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Plenary Session: Pending Matters
Service, Ethics Working Group Proposal No. 3 - National Admission [distributed January 9, 1997]

Service, Ethics Working Group Proposal No. 4 - Conflict of Interest Standard [distributed January 9, 1997]

Chapter 11 Working Group Proposal No. 7 - Treatment of Payroll Deductions under § 541 [distributed January 9, 1997]

Government Working Group Proposal No. 8 - Burden of Proof on Tax Matters [to be distributed]

Government Working Group Proposal No. 9 - Repeal of § 1231(b) [to be distributed]

Government Working Group Proposal No. 10 - Mandatory Filing of Tax Returns [to be distributed]

Government Working Group Proposal No. 13 - Exception of Tax Related Setoffs under § 362(a) [to be distributed]

Government Working Group Proposal No. 14 - Notice of Federal Tax Audit To State Tax Authorities [to be distributed]

Government Working Group Proposal No. 15 - Good Faith Prerequisite for Contempt Against Government [to be distributed]

Government Working Group Proposal No. 17 - Specific Notice Requirements for Taxpayers Seeking Expedited Audits [to be distributed]

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Open Forum

3:30 p.m.

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Adjournment