The latest ABI Podcast features ABI Resident Scholar Jason Kilborn talking with Prof. William Black, Associate Professor of Economics and Law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, about Prof. Black’s theory of “control fraud” and its implications for understanding the causes of and potential remedies for the mortgage meltdown.

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ABI Resident Scholar Jason Kilborn talks to the honorable Sir John Chadwick, a sitting Judge of the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts and one of the judges of a special Tribunal set up to deal with the aftermath of the financial distress of Dubai World.

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The latest ABI podcast features ABI Executive Director Sam Gerdano talking with American Enterprise Institute Fellow Alex J. Pollock about recent housing finance reform proposals aimed at correcting the housing market. Pollock, a former president and chief executive officer of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago who now focuses on housing finance at AEI, discusses how the new proposals may help or harm homeowners and lenders.

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The latest ABI Podcast features a discussion between ABI Executive Director Sam Gerdano and Alane A. Becket and William A. McNeal of Becket and Lee (Malvern, Pa.), authors of the recently released Consumer Bankruptcy: Fundamentals of Chapter 7 and 13, Third Edition. Becket and McNeal discuss some recent points raised in the book, inlcuding discussions on the changes in the law since BAPCPA and recent consumer developments in practice and the courts.

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The 100th edition of the ABI Podcast takes a special look at the potential aftereffects of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Stern v. Marshall. ABI Executive Director Sam Gerdano speaks with Prof. Kenneth Klee of the UCLA School of Law, who served on the amicus brief for Marshall and prepared an analysis for Lexis of the case, and Stephen W. Sather of Barron & Newburger, P.C., who has followed and examined the case on his Texas Bankruptcy Lawyer’s Blog.

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The latest ABI Podcast features ABI Executive Director Sam Gerdano speaking with Joseph Peiffer of Day Rettig Peiffer, P.C. discussing a bankruptcy tax case that was recently granted certiorari by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court in the case of Hall v. U.S. will look at whether a debtor must pay taxes on the sale of a farm in chapter 12. Peiffer has extensive experience in bankruptcy tax matters, including a similar case decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in 2009.

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Bankruptcy Judge Cecelia Morris (SDNY) talks about her court’s program to help homeowners reach a loan modification through bankruptcy.

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ABI’s latest podcast features ABI Executive Director Sam Gerdano talking with Jeffrey K. Garfinkle, a shareholder and head of Buchalter Nemer’s Insolvency and Bank and Finance Practice Groups, about the recent trend of symphony orchestra bankruptcy filings. Garfinkle was the lead attorney in the bankruptcy and successful restructuring of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra in the mid-1990s. With the Philadelphia, Louisville, Syracuse and Honolulu symphony orchestras filing for bankruptcy in the past year, Garfinkle discusses his work in the San Diego Orchestra restructuring and his thoughts on the recent trend of symphony orchestra filings.

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The latest edition of ABI’s podcast series features ABI Resident Scholar Jean Braucher speaking with Aparna Mathur, Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, to discuss Mathur’s report entitled “Beyond Bankruptcy: Does the Bankruptcy Code Provide a Fresh Start to Entrepreneurs?” Mathur’s report was developed within the Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy. Mathur provides insight into her study as well as her thoughts on small businesses looking to recover from bankruptcy.

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“Beyond Bankruptcy: Does the Bankruptcy Code Provide a Fresh Start to Entrepreneurs?”

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ABI Resident Scholar Jean Braucher talks with Grant Thornton LLP’s Martha Kopacz and Robert Childree, authors of the research paper “Too Big to Fail or Too Big to Bail (Out).” They discuss the pros and cons of enacting a Bankruptcy Code change to allow for states to file for bankruptcy.

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“Too Big to Fail or Too Big to Bail (Out).”

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