For those of you lucky enough to attend the Business Reorganization Committee’s excellent CLE panel at the Winter Leadership Conference in Tucson, Ariz., on gaming, destination resort and hotel chapter 11 cases, or to have purchased ABI’s 

An admitted campaign by the Office of the United States Trustee to bar indemnity and exculpation provisions in retention agreements for financial advisors hired by trustees, debtors and committees is yielding some results in recent reported decisions.

ABI’s Business Reorganization Committee will present a program at the Winter Leadership Conference in Tucson, Ariz., entitled “Emerging Issues In Hospitality, Entertainment Venue and Gaming Bankruptcies.” Panelists include Rudy J.

Section 1146(c) of the Code provides that delivery of an instrument of transfer (such as a bill of sale or deed) “under a plan confirmed under §1129 of this title, may not be taxed under any law imposing a stamp tax or similar tax.” In some jurisdictions, courts includ