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PAST MEETING INDEX
Table of Contents - Volume IV

TAB 10........... Selling and Buying Assets from Receivership Estates
Presented June 26, 2002
  • Program Overview

  • Code of Civil Procedure §568.2; Applicability of division
    (Bulk Sales) §6103

  • Executions and Judicial Sales – Chapter 127, §2001 to 2007; Chapter 28, §754 to 756 – Receivers of Property in Different Districts

  • Notice of Motion and Motion for Order Authorizing the Receiver to sell assets…settle claims…confirm rejection of leases…

  • Authority of Sale of Assets.

  • Order approving temporary receiver’s initial status report and receiver’s second status report as modified; Maintaining asset freeze as to defendant cloud…

  • Notes for Sale of Personal Property and Real Property

TAB 11........... Receivers’ Certificates: The Myths and Realities; the Desired and the Unobtainable
Presented February 5, 2003
  • Arguments For and Against “First Priority” Liens For Health & Safety Code Receiver’s Certificates

  • Summary of Health & Safety Code Legislation

  • Receiver’s Certificate Points and Authorities Outline

  • Motion For Receiver’s Authority to Borrow Funds Secured By Receiver’s Certificates; Memorandum of Points and Authorities.

  • Proposed Order

  • Proposed Receiver’s Certificate (with proposed “enforcement” clauses)

Tab 12........... Maximizing Recoveries on Asset-Based Loans: Receiverships, Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors, and Other Remedies
Presented September, 2003
  • Program Summary with hypothetical scenarios

  • Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors: Their Uses and Advantages

  • Code of Civil Procedure: Obligations - §2938; Division 3, Part 4:
    Obligations arising from Particular Transactions

  • Code of Civil Procedure: Civil Actions - §697.530; Enforcement of Judgments

  • Sample Order for Appointment of Receiver, and Preliminary Injunction in Aid of the Receiver

Tab 13........... The Gamesmanship of Corporate Control
Receivers vs. Provisional Directors
Presented January 21, 2004
  • A Hypothetical for a Provisional Director

  • Overview of Applicable Law – Provisional Directors Contrasted with
    Receivers

  • Sample Pleading and Order – Petition For Appointment of Provisional Director (Corp. Code, Section 308 (a), (b), (c));
    Supplemental Order Re: Appointment of Individual as Provisional Director

  • Biographies of Program Participants

Tab 14........... A Program Designed for Real Estate Professionals: “Real and Personal Property Sales Through The Court System”
Presented June, 2004
  • Application to Employ Real Estate Broker and to Enter Into An Exclusive
    Listing Agreement

    • Statement of Disinterestedness For Employment of Professional
      Person under F.R.B.P. 2014

    • Comments of the United States Trustee

    • Residential Listing Agreement

    • Addendum to Exclusive Authorization and Right To Sale

    • Agents Resumes

    • Notice of Application To Employ Real Estate Broker and To Enter Into An Exclusive Listing Agreement

    • Outline: Sale of Real Estate and Personal Assets in Bankruptcy

    • CPA Analysis of Sale of Real Estate in Bankruptcy

    • General Litigation Bulletin No. 415, April, 1995
      Section 1.1398-3 Treatment of Section 121 Exclusion in Individuals’ Title 11 Cases

    • Real Estate Withholding Guidelines

    • California Tax Forms – Form 593-W and Instructions for Non-Individual Sellers Only

  • Escrow Documents: Joint Purchase Agreement and Escrow Instructions

    • Addendum to Purchase Agreement

    • Addendum to Listing Agreement

    • (Proposed) Order Authorizing Receiver To Sell Property

  • Real Estate Sales Disclosure Chart

    • Sample – Probate Purchase Agreement and Joint Escrow
      Instructions

    • Sample – Buyer’s Inspection Advisory

    • Sample – Probate Listing Agreement

    • Sample – Probate Advisory

  • Sale of Real Property in Probate – Outline

    • Probate Listing Agreement

    • Probate Advisory

    • Probate Escrow Instructions

    • Probate Advisory/Buyer’s Inspection Advisory

    • Report of Sale and Petition For Order Confirming Sale
      of Real Property

Tab 15..........  Fraud Investigations, “Where is the Money Hidden?”
Presented February, 2005
  • An Order

    • Issuing a temporary restraining order (A) to freeze the assets of the
      company defendants and (B) to prohibit the defendants from destroying documents

    • Appointing a temporary receiver

    • Issuing an order to show cause why (A) a preliminary injunction should not be issued and (B) a permanent receiver should not be confirmed

    • Setting service and briefing schedule

  • Handout materials by Shel-lee Davidson

Tab 16........... “Receiver’s Powers and Liabilities”
Presented June 2005
  • Panelists:
    Commissioner Bruce Mitchell
    David A. Gill
    Alan M. Mirman - Moderator
    Peter A. Davidson – Moderator

  • Hypothetical
    Personal Liability of Receivers by David A. Gill

Tab 17........... “Receiverships in the Inland Empire”
Presented November 9, 2005
  • Panelists:
    Hon. Peter H. Norell, San Bernardino County Superior Court
    Michael D. Myers, Receiver
    Richard Weissman, Receiver
    Steven Speier, Receiver
    Mark Easter, Attorney
  • Moderator: Matthew Taylor, Attorney

  • Handouts:

    • California Code of Civil Procedure sections 564-570

    • California Rules of Court 1900-1908

    • California Health and Safety Code sections 17980 to 17992

    • 3 Sample “Rents and Profits” Receivership Orders

    • 4 Sample “Business” Receivership Orders

    • 2 Sample “Post Judgment” Receivership Orders

    • 1 Sample “Health and Safety Code” Receivership Order

    • 2 Sample Motions for Appointment of a Receiver

    • Sample Discharge Order

    • Articles by Panel Members

      • “Court-Appointed Receivers: a Viable ‘Long Bomb’ Option Against
        Substandard Housing” by Mark Easter and Kevin Collins

      • “Judicial Receiverships: Spending Money to Save Money”
        by Steven Speier and Deborah Nooney

Tab 18........... “Receivers, Provisional Directors and Special Masters in Complex Partnership/Corporate Disputes and Liquidations”
Presented November 14, 2005
  • Panelists:
    Hon. Anthony J. Mohr, Los Angeles Superior Court
    Cynthia M. Cohen, Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker
    Michael Wachtell, Buchalter Nemer
  • Moderator:
    David J. Pasternak, Pasternak Pasternak & Patton

  • Biographies

  • Application for Appointment of Receiver

  • Reply Memorandum of Points and Authorities re Application for
    Appointment of Receiver

  • Order Appointing Special Master

  • Stipulated Order Appointing Provisional Director

  • Minute Order Appointing Receiver

  • Order Appointing Receiver

Tab 19........... “Issues in Multi State and Multi National Receiverships”
Presented March 29, 2006
  • Panelists: Jose Sanchez, Trial Attorney w/ SEC in Los Angeles
    Peter Davidson, Moldo Davidson Fraioli Seror & Sestanovich LLP,
    Kirk Rense, Law Office of Kirk Rense
  • Moderator: Michael Wachtell, Buchalter Nemer

  • Receivers of Property in Different Districts

  • Supplemental Jurisdiction

  • Sales of Realty Generally

  • Order Granting Petition for Appointment of Ancillary Receiver

    • Securities and Exchange Commission Case

  • Enforcing Receivership Orders in Foreign Jurisdiction

Tab 20........... “Health and Safety Code Receiverships: from Nuts to Bolts”
Presented June 1, 2006
  • Panelists: Hon. Frank Jackson, Los Angeles Superior Court
    Judge Elissa Barrett, Bet Tzedek Legal Services
    Amy Brothers, Los Angeles Deputy City Attorney
    William Litvak, Dapeer, Rosenbilt & Litvak, LLP
    Rob Warren, Investors’ Property Services
  • Moderator: David Pasternak, Pasternak, Pasternak & Patton

  • Applicable California Laws

  • Sample Motion for Appointment of Receiver

  • Sample Order Appointing Receiver

  • Sample Final Receiver’s Final Report and Account

  • Unpublished California Court of Appeal Decisions