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Criminal trial proceedings will continue to evolve on a remote or "virtual" basis. What will those trials look like in the future? What constitutional challenges will jury trials face? This first part will address these and other issues.

This program will delve into creating, maintaining, and providing for successful Healing to Wellness Courts in Native communities. After an informational session on these courts, the presenters will facilitate a problem-solving session based on participant questions.

Join our expert panelist as they discuss the significant changes in privacy and data security laws and regulations and how they affect incident response.

Fraud has been one of the most difficult challenges facing governments during the pandemic. Bad actors have sought to unlawfully benefit themselves using procurement fraud, price gauging and other schemes. Our expert panelists, representing federal, state, and local government enforcers as well as the corporate and on-line seller community, will discuss examples of fraud, how to detect it, ways to prevent it and lessons learned for our next public health crisis.

While COVID-19 has led to a substantial increase in the number of bankruptcy filings, its impact on valuation issues in the context of chapter 11 cases is less clear. Employing their differing perspectives, the panelists will explore how the uncertainty created by COVID-19 has affected the analysis of issues like plan feasibility, cost of capital, the pricing of risk, and the application of valuation methodologies in chapter 11 proceedings, with a particular emphasis on retail cases.

Up-tier exchanges, covenant-stripping and removal of collateral from secured lenders' reach have been in vogue for some time, going back to the Marblegate district court opinion and its reversal on appeal. The immense number of capital-chasing deals that have occurred since have continued this trend, and that obviously affects valuation, especially in litigated cases. This panel will explore the key issues involved, and how valuation plays a role in how disputes are resolved.

This session will explore current trends in distressed real estate, along with strategies for secured creditors, borrowers and investors as they continue to weather the pandemic, the legal implications of recent legislation and case law, and more.

Learn concrete trial and evidentiary skills in this lively mock examination.

This panel will provide an overview of the requirements to file an involuntary bankruptcy case, along with the advantages and pitfalls that arise from these filings, including petitioner liabilities.