ABI Podcast

ABI Executive Director Sam Gerdano talks with Prof. Andrew Wolfe of American University's School of International Service about Puerto Rico's latest fiscal developments. Wolfe is currently an advisor to the government of Puerto Rico since retiring in June 2014 from the International Monetary Fund after 27 years, where he was a senior manager of the Western Hemisphere Department. Wolfe, co-author of the "Puerto Rico - Way Forward" report written in 2015, discusses Puerto Rico's current fiscal challenges and potential strategies for the commonwealth's recovery.

Recorded at Valcon 2018

ABI Journal Associate Editor Scott K. Brown of Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP (Phoenix) and J. Scott Bovitz of Bovitz & Spitzer (Los Angeles), the lead contributors to the "Chapter 8 Humor" column in the Journal, discuss the lighter side of bankruptcy and share their amusing insights on the history of and outlook for the column, which originated from a family Christmas card.

Experts Preview Panel on Navigating Liability Claims in Cross-Border Cases - Ep. 215 by ABI

Former ABI Resident Scholar Prof. Drew Dawson of the University of Miami School of Law talks with Ken Epstein, an investment manager and legal counsel at Bentham IMF (New York). Epstein, who will join a panel at the ABI Spring Meeting on the latest uses of litigation finance, talks about some of the effective ways litigation finance can be used in bankruptcy.

The Supreme Court on March 5 ruled in U.S. Bank National Association v. Village at Lakeridge (15-1509) that the Ninth Circuit was right to review the Bankruptcy Court’s determination for clear error (rather than de novo). ABI Editor-at-Large Bill Rochelle talks with former ABI Resident Scholars Prof. Charles Tabb of the University of Illinois College of Law and Prof. Drew Dawson of the University of Miami School of Law about their perspectives on the impact of the Supreme Court's ruling.

The Supreme Court on Feb. 27 ruled in Merit Management Group, LP v. FTI Consulting, Inc. (16-784) that the only relevant transfer for purposes of the §546(e) safe harbor is the transfer that the trustee seeks to avoid. ABI Editor-at-Large Bill Rochelle talks with Prof. Bruce Markell of the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and Prof. Ralph Brubaker of the University of Illinois College of Law about their perspectives on the impact of the Supreme Court's ruling.

ABI Deputy Executive Director Amy Quackenboss talks with David Cox of Cox Law Group (Lynchburg, Va.) and Elizabeth Gunn of the Office of the Virginia Attorney General (Richmond, Va.) about their new publication, Consumer Bankruptcy: Fundamentals of Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, Fourth Edition. Cox practices bankruptcy law throughout the Western District of Virginia. Gunn works as the bankruptcy specialist in the Virginia Attorney General's Division of Child Support Enforcement and is a member of ABI's inaugural "40 Under 40" class. The new edition is an update on the fundamentals of consumer bankruptcy proceedings under chapters 7 and 13 of the Code. The authors discuss some of today's most litigated questions and address the current state of consumer bankruptcy law.