ABI Podcast

Examining Small Businesses Recovering From Bankruptcy
The latest edition of ABI's podcast series features ABI Resident Scholar Jean Braucher speaking with Aparna Mathur, Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, to discuss Mathur's report entitled Beyond Bankruptcy: Does the Bankruptcy Code Provide a Fresh Start to Entrepreneurs? Mathur's report was developed within the Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy. Mathur provides insight into her study as well as her thoughts on small businesses looking to recover from bankruptcy. Click here to read the report,Beyond Bankruptcy: Does the Bankruptcy Code Provide a Fresh Start to Entrepreneurs?

Allowing States To File For Bankruptcy
ABI Resident Scholar Jean Braucher talks with Grant Thornton LLP's Martha Kopacz and Robert Childree, authors of the research paper 'Too Big to Fail or Too Big to Bail (Out).' They discuss the pros and cons of enacting a Bankruptcy Code change to allow for states to file for bankruptcy.Click here to read the Grant Thornton research paper,'Too Big to Fail or Too Big to Bail (Out).'

Scholars Perspective of the Subprime Meltdown
The latest ABI Podcast features ABI Resident Scholar Jean Braucher speaking with Prof. Kathleen C. Engel of Suffolk University Law School. Discussing The Subprime Virus: Reckless Credit, Regulatory Failure, and Next Steps, a recently released book that she co-authored with Prof. Patricia A. McCoy of the University of Connecticut, Prof. Engel examines the consumer abuses and regulatory inaction that led to the recent financial crisis.

Foreclosure Defense Specialist
The latest ABI Podcast features ABI Resident Scholar Jean Braucher speaking with Matthew Weidner of the Law Offices of Matthew Weidner, P.A. (St. Petersburg, Fla.). Credited by the Wall Street Journal for coining the the phrase 'robo-signers,' Weidner's practice focuses on foreclosure defense for homeowners in Florida, consumer and commercial finance transactions and civil litigation.

Turnaround Underground
ABI Deputy Executive Director Amy Quackenboss sits down with Adrienne Blankley, founding member and board member of Turnaround Underground, which now includes ABI as a sponsor. Blankley, an associate with KattenMuchinRoseman LLP in New York, discusses Turnaround Underground, which was founded in January 2010 to provide networking opportunities for midlevel restructuring professionals. Since its inception, Turnaround Underground has hosted an event nearly every month and reaches more than 800 professionals in the restructuring field. Listen to Blankley provide more information about the group and its initiatives in 2011.

Bankruptcy in the Supreme Court
ABI Resident Scholar Laura Bartell interviews Prof. Richard Lieb, director of the Supreme Court Amicus Brief Seminar at St. John's University School of Law, where LL.M. students prepare and file briefs on behalf of bankruptcy law professors in seminal bankruptcy appeals. The class recently filed an amicus brief in the matter of Stern v. Marshall, pending for oral argument this term.

Prof. David Skeel Discusses the Dodd-Frank Act
The latest edition of ABI's Podcast series features ABI Resident Scholar Prof. Laura Bartell and Prof. David Skeel of the University of Pennsylvania's Law School discussing topics raised in his new book, The New Financial Deal: Understanding the Dodd-Frank Act and Its (Unintended) Consequences.

Examining the Mortgage Foreclosure Documentation Mess
The latest ABI podcast features a conversation between ABI Resident Scholar Prof. Laura Bartell and bankruptcy attorney and Clean Slate blog author Andy Winchell discussing the recent mortgage foreclosure documentation crisis. In addition to involvement in consumer cases with poor mortgage documentation, Winchell examines issues related to the large-scale mortgage foreclosure documentation problems recently admitted by Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase and Ally Financial.