ABA - Business Law Section Spring Meeting

Join over 1,800 Business Law Section members and field experts at the ABA Business Law Section 2013 Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C. This premier three-day event is attended by business law thought leaders, policy influencers, and professionals from a diverse range of experiences.

On April 4th, DC senior counsel, Scott Lessne, will moderate, and DC counsel, Cari Stinebower, will join the same panel addressing "Bank Secrecy Act & Anti-Money Laundering Overview:  A Primer for Transaction Counsel or ‘Am I Really Supposed to Know This?’,"  a program offered by the Loan Documentation Subcommittee of the Commercial Finance Committee of the ABA Business Law Section.  This program will provide an overview of these basic laws and regulations and insight into what goes on behind the scenes in the compliance area of a financial institution.  The panelists will also discuss the role of lender and borrower’s counsel as a front line defense against activities that may violate these interrelated laws and regulations.

On April 5th, DC partner, Matt Cheney, is a panelist on a panel entitled, "Hot Topics in Enforcing Loan Workout Agreements," offered by the Creditors’ Rights Sub-Committee of Commercial Finance Committee of the ABA Business Law Section.  This panel will discuss negotiation of and enforceability of loan workout agreements, recommended provisions, pre-workout agreements, defenses, bankruptcy and other issues relating to enforceability.