Credit Default Swaps: Exploring the Controversy

Join Crowell & Moring's webinar discussion about the emerging credit default swap conflicts that are being played out in the federal, state and bankruptcy courts throughout the country. We will also explore the various regulatory bodies' involvement in the brewing controversies. Leading experts will participate in the discussion including, sitting U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert E. Grossman; workout specialist John Ray of Avidity Partners, who is also Chairman of Enron Creditors Recovery Corporation; experienced civil litigator William J. McSherry, Jr., a partner at Crowell & Moring; and former Department of Justice attorney and Enron Task Force member Thomas A. Hanusik, also a partner at Crowell & Moring.

Topics will include:

• Applicable Law and Venues
• Judicial Reactions and Counterparty Reactions
• Bankruptcy Issues: Lessons from Lehman Brothers
• Future Litigation and Regulation
• Criminal/Regulatory Investigations