Ben Court to Present at Equipment Leasing and Finance Association Forum

05.07.2017

Stinson Leonard Street partner Ben Court is a featured presenter at the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association's Legal Forum event May 7-9, 2017 in St. Pete Beach, Florida.

Ben will be a part of three sessions:

At 4:15 p.m. May 7 Ben will moderate the panel discussion "Cybersecurity". The panel will explore the new laws and responsibilities for corporate counsel, whether lease/loan disclaimers protect against cyber litigation damages, and what funding sources are, and should be, doing to protect themselves and what they will be requiring of their service providers?

At 8:30 a.m. May 9 he will be part of the panel discussion "Headwinds in the Agricultural Sector: Selected Issues Dealing with Defaults." The panelists will discuss (1) ag sector trends and outlook, (2) bankruptcy trends in the ag sector, (3) remedies in the event of a default, (4) traps for the unwary when exercising remedies and (5) Chapter 12 bankruptcies.

At 9: 45 am. May 9 he will moderate the "Hot Topics" discussion on issues of note, including:

• NYS Cybersecurity Legislation
• Usury and State License Law Issues
• IT Financing and the "Cloud"
• Vendor Non-Performance
• Lessee Defenses to Enforcement
• Remedies on Default

For more information on the forum, or to register, visit ELFA's website. 

Ben is a partner in the firm's bankruptcy and creditors' right practice in the Minneapolis office. His practice typically involves the leasing of personal property, bankruptcy and restructuring matters, secured transactions, distressed asset and workout scenarios, consensual property lien and judgment enforcement situations, insolvency proceedings, and complex financial services litigation. Ben is particularly focused on representing equipment leasing and finance organizations..