ABI Podcast

Examining The Effectiveness Of Current Financial Education Programs
The latest ABI podcast features ABI Resident Scholar Prof. Scott Pryor speaking with Prof. Lauren Willis of Loyola Law School about the effectiveness of current financial education programs. Willis discusses the strengths and weaknesses of current financial education programs and what improvements can be made going forward.

Examining Bankruptcy Valuation Issues
ABI's latest podcast features ABI Resident Scholar Prof. Scott Pryor speaking with Dr. Israel Shaked of The Michel-Shaked Group (Boston) and Robert F. Reilly of Willamette Management Associates Inc. (Chicago), authors of the new ABI publication, A Practical Guide to Bankruptcy Valuation. Shaked and Reilly discuss their book and other issues involved in the complex task of valuing a bankrupt or financially distressed business.

Exploring The Depths Of Deepening Insolvency
The latest ABI podcast features ABI Resident Scholar Prof. Scott Pryor talking with Prof. Jack Williams and Kathy Phelps, authors of ABI's newest publication, The Depths of Deepening Insolvency: Damage Exposure for Officers, Directors and Others. Williams and Phelps offer a historical analysis of the “deepening insolvency” principle, its significance in calculating damages in a variety of liability scenarios and the interplay of the doctrine with the fiduciary duties of company executives.

Exploring New Methods For Companies to Raise Capital
The latest ABI podcast features ABI Resident Scholar Scott Pryor speaking with Daniel Gorfine of the Milken Institute and Ben Miller, co-founder of investment platform Fundrise, about new ways for companies to raise money. Gorfine and Miller explore issues surrounding crowdfunding and potential regulatory responses to shifts in how companies raise money.

Looking at Issues Surrounding Chief Restructuring Officers
ABI Deputy Executive Director Amy Quackenboss talks with Christopher A. Ward and Melissa Hager, co-authors of a recent ABI publication, The Chief Restructuring Officer's Guide to Bankruptcy. Ward and Hager discuss the book and issues surrounding chief restructuring officers in bankruptcy proceedings. To purchase The Chief Restructuring Officer's Guide to Bankruptcy from the ABI Bookstore, please click here or copy the web address http://bookstore.abi.org/chief-restructuring-officers-guide-bankruptcy-views-leading-insolvency-professionals to your browser

Examining Supreme Courts Decision on the Meaning of Defalcation
ABI's latest podcast features ABI Resident Scholar Scott Pryor speaking with Prof. Keith Sharfman of St. John's University School of Law and attorney Tom Byrne of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP (Atlanta) on the issues surrounding the Supreme Court's unanimous decision in Bullock v. BankChampaign, N.A. In its decision on May 13, the Court held that a defalcation by a trustee requires a finding of gross negligence or some knowledge that what he or she is doing is improper. Byrne was the counsel of record for Randy Bullock, and Scharfman joined fellow professors on an amici curiae brief in support of BankChampaign.

U.S. Trustee Programs Fee Guidelines Annual Report Examined
The latest ABI Podcast features a discussion between Cliff White, director for the Executive Office for U.S. Trustees, and Kelly Stapleton, managing director of Alvarez & Marsal (New York). White and Stapleton discuss the U.S. Trustee Program's recently released professional fee guidelines, as well as some of the highlights from the USTP's FY 2012 Annual Report. For more information about the U.S. Trustee Program, including more information about the professional fee guidelines, please visit http://www.justice.gov/ust/.

Taking a Closer Look at the Impact of the Auto Industry on Detroits Chapter 9 Filing
The latest ABI Podcast features ABI Executive Director Sam Gerdano speaking with Paul Ingrassia, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Reuters News, about the Detroit's chapter 9 filing and the city's long-standing dependence on the auto industry. Ingrassia, who covered Detroit and the auto industry for more than a decade for the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires, discusses the auto industry aspect in Detroit's filing and more.