NBRC: Meeting Agenda: January 22-23, 1997

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	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
	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

	Thurs., January 23, 1997
	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.	Adjournment