ABI Podcast

Federal Reserve Economist Discussing The Effect Of Tarp On Bank Risk-Taking
ABI Resident Scholar David Epstein talks with Dr. Lamont Black, an economist Federal Reserve Board, who recently published a paper titled 'The Effect of TARP on Bank Risk-Taking.' Drawing on his research, Black discusses how TARP was originally intended to stabilize the financial sector through the increased capitalization of banks, but that recipients of TARP funds were then encouraged to make additional loans despite increased borrower risk.

Discussion of the Supreme Court RadLAX Case
Listen to a conversation between ABI Resident Scholar David Epstein and Prof. Douglas Baird of the University of Chicago Law School as they discuss the RADLax case before the Supreme Court. Oral arguments in the case, which looks at credit bidding in chapter 11 proceedings, were held April 23.

Special ABI Podcast Examining Supreme Courts Decision In U.S. v. Hall
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled (5-4) on May 14 in the case of U.S. v. Hall that farmers who sell farm assets during a bankruptcy reorganization under chapter 12 of the Bankruptcy Code are liable for the full amount of the capital gains tax that resulted from the sale. In this special podcast, ABI has assembled three experts involved in the case to discuss the Court's decision and potential ramifications of U.S. v. Hall.
Prof. David Epstein, Moderator - ABI Resident Scholar
Susan M. Freeman of Lewis and Roca LLP (Phoenix, Ariz.) represented the petitioners before the Supreme Court and presented the oral arguments in the case.
Joseph A. Peiffer of Day Rettig Peiffer, PC (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is the counsel of record for the amicus brief filed by Profs. Neil Harl, Jack Williams and Robert Himschoot in support of the petitioners.
Prof. Jack F. Williams of Georgia State University / Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC (Atlanta) filed an amicus brief with Profs. Neil Harl and Robert Himschoot in support of the petitioners.

Scholars Examine Student Debt and Bankruptcy
The latest ABI podcast features Profs. Daniel Austin of Northeastern University School of Law and G. Marcus Cole of Stanford Law School talking with ABI Resident Scholar David Epstein about current issues surrounding educational debt and bankruptcy.

Discussing What to Expect from Stocktons Chapter 9 Filing
The latest podcast features ABI Executive Director Samuel J. Gerdano speaking with Lynnette R. Warman, a partner at Hunton & Williams LLP (Dallas) and ABI Vice President—Publications, about Stockton, Calif.’s recent chapter 9 filing. Warman has been following Stockton’s financial distress and she discusses what can be expected for the city and its creditors in the first year of the chapter 9 filing.

Examining California Countys Controversial Proposal To Use Eminent Domain To Provide Relief For Underwater Homeowners
The latest ABI podcast features ABI Executive Director Sam Gerdano talking with former ABI Resident Scholar Prof. Mark Scarberry from the Pepperdine University School of Law about a controversial proposal being considered by a few localities in California to provide relief to underwater homeowners. Officials from San Bernardino County, Calif., along with two other cities are considering a proposal to use eminent domain to reclaim underwater, but performing, mortgages to then rewrite the mortgage and lower the monthly payments. The county would then pay investors what they consider "fair value" for the mortgage. Scarberry, who continues to analyze various approaches to the foreclosure crisis, talks about the proposal and the potential legal ramifications of using eminent domain to provide relief from the foreclosure crisis.

Exploring Issues Surrounding Health Care Insolvencies
ABI Executive Director Samuel J. Gerdano talks with Leslie A. Berkoff of Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP and Robert A. Guy, Jr. of Frost Brown Todd LLC, the lead editors of ABI's Health Care Insolvency Manual, Third Edition. Berkoff and Guy discuss current issues surrounding health care insolvencies, the new health care law and the new edition of the Health Care Insolvency Manual.

Experts Discuss Oil and Gas Bankruptcies
The latest podcast features ABI Deputy Executive Director Amy Quackenboss speaking with Deborah D. Williamson and Meghan E. Bishop of Cox Smith Matthews Inc. (San Antonio), authors of When Gushers Go Dry: The Essentials of Oil & Gas Bankruptcy, the newest publication in ABI’s Bookstore. Williamson and Bishop discuss how the U.S. oil and gas industry, perhaps more than any other industry, is vulnerable to the effects of myriad internal and external factors, ranging from global credit markets to domestic and foreign geopolitical events, and from technological developments and limitations to population growth and even the weather. There have been 62 oil and gas company bankruptcy filings since 2008, according to BankruptcyData.com, representing a 170 percent increase from the 23 filings between 2002-07.