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ABI Podcast Episode 168 by ABI

The latest ABI podcast features ABI Deputy Executive Director Amy Quackenboss talking with Geoffrey L. Berman, Senior Vice President at Development Specialists, Inc. (Los Angeles), former ABI President and author of ABI's third edition of General Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors: The ABCs of ABCs. Berman discusses the book and issues surrounding general assignment as a vehicle used for the sale or liquidation of a business.

ABI Executive Sam Gerdano speaks with Prof. Jason Johnston of the University of Virginia School of Law about the ramifications of the CFPB aggressively regulating mandatory arbitration clauses in consumer agreements. The CFPB provided a report to Congress in March signaling its intentions on regulating mandatory arbitration agreements. Johnston co-authored of a critique from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University of the CFPB’s report using the CFPB's findings to show that mandatory arbitration clauses are fair and successful in resolving consumer disputes.

The latest ABI Podcast features ABI Executive Director Sam Gerdano speaking with Foteini Teloni of Shearman & Sterling LLP (New York) about whether the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA) forces debtors to exit chapter 11 before they are truly rehabilitated. Teloni, previously an Adjunct Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law, authored "Chapter 11 Duration, Pre-Planned Cases, and Refiling Rates: An Empirical Analysis in the Post-BAPCPA Era" appearing in the Summer 2015 ABI Law Review.

ABI's latest podcast features ABI Deputy Executive Director Amy Quackenboss speaking with Kathy Bazoian Phelps, co-author and the editor of ABI's Fraud and Forensics: Piercing Through the Deception in a Commercial Fraud Case. A partner with Diamond McCarthy LLP in Los Angeles, Phelps co-chairs ABI's Commercial Fraud Committee and pulled together nearly 25 authors, including some from within the committee, to deliver this comprehensive guide on forensic accounting and commercial fraud issues.
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Author Discussing Credit Bidding Issues and Cases - Episode 163 by ABI

ABI's latest podcast features DLA Piper partner Craig Martin discussing the intricacies of chapter 15 case law with ABI Deputy Executive Director Amy Quackenboss. Martin, the co-author of ABI's new Chapter 15 for Foreign Debtors, provides an overview of the book as well as tips for bankruptcy professionals working on chapter 15 cases.

ABI Unsecured Trade Committee Teleconference - Bankruptcy Venue Reform by ABI