ABI Podcast

Examining Orchestra Bankruptcy Filings
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.

Saving Homes With Loss Mitigation
Bankruptcy Judge Cecelia Morris (SDNY) talks about her court's program to help homeowners reach a loan modification through bankruptcy.

Examining Bankruptcy Tax Case Now Before The Supreme Court
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.

Examining Ramifications Of Supreme Courts Decision In Stern v. Marshall
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.

Examining Consumer Bankruptcy Developments Since BAPCPA
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.

AEIs Alex Pollock Discusses Recent Housing Finance Proposals
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.

Special ABI International Podcast Featuring Judge on Dubai World Tribunal
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.

Examining Control Fraud Theory and the Mortgage Meltdown
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.