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New SIPC CEO Discussing Recovery Efforts in Madoff Case - Ep. 228

New SIPC CEO Discussing Recovery Efforts in Madoff Case - Ep. 228 by ABI

Highlighting Women’s History Month with ABI Presidents - Ep. 227

Highlighting Women's History Month with ABI Presidents - ep. 227 by ABI

Experts Examine Why Ch. 7 Is Less Accessible for Low-Income Debtors, Potential Solutions - Ep. 226

Elaborating on their ABI Journal article "Too Broke for a Fresh Start" about chapter 7 being too expensive for those in need, Bankruptcy Judge Henry Callaway (S.D. Ala.; Mobile) and Jonathan Petts of Upsolve (New York) talk with former ABI Resident Scholar Prof. Drew Dawson of the University of Miami School of Law about why chapter 7 is less accessible to those in need. They also discuss potential technological, policy and administrative solutions that could help make chapter 7 more accessible to low-income debtors.

Examining Need to Fix Means Test Disparity for Disabled Veterans - Ep. 225

ABI Executive Director Sam Gerdano talks with Jay Bender of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (Birmingham, Ala.), Kristina M. Stanger of Nyemaster Goode, P.C. (Des Moines, Iowa) and John H. Thompson of McGuireWoods LLP (Washington, D.C.) about proposals to equalize the means test treatment for veterans who seek chapter 7 relief. Bender, Stanger and Thompson, who are part of the legislative committee of ABI's Veterans' Task Force, talk about the problem of including VA disability payments as income and efforts to correct this disparity in the Code, such as the HAVEN Act.

Authors of Navigating Banking in Bankruptcy - Ep. 224

ABI Deputy Executive Director Amy Quackenboss talks with authors Lisa Bittle Tancredi of Gebhardt & Smith LLP (Baltimore) and Mark A. Gittelman of PNC Bank (Philadelphia) about their new book Navigating Banking in Bankruptcy: A Guidebook. Tancredi and Gittelman provide an overview of the topics covered in the book, which offers practical guidance to bankers, company financial officers and legal professionals on issues that arise at the intersection of banking and bankruptcy.

Experts Provide Insights into Emerging Legal Technology on Latest ABI Podcast - Ep. 223

ABI Executive Director Sam Gerdano talks with David Fisher of Integra Ledger (Denver) and Laura Jehl of BakerHostetler (Washington, D.C.). Both Fisher and Jehl will be speaking at ABI's Winter Leadership Conference on panel sessions examining blockchain, cybersecurity and litigating new financial industry issues in bankruptcy. Listen to their podcast discussion of opportunities and challenges in emerging legal technologies.

Program Chairs Discuss Future Health Care Distress and Opportunities on Latest ABI Podcast - Ep. 222

ABI Executive Director Sam Gerdano talks with Suzanne A. Koenig of SAK Management Services LLC (Riverwoods, Ill.) and Nancy A. Peterman of Greenberg Traurig, LLP (Chicago) about health care distress and a special ABI program in January focused on the topic. Koenig and Peterman are both chairs of ABI's “Disruption, Consolidation and Innovation in the Health Care Industry” Program taking place January 17 at Georgetown University Law Center. They discuss the program's focus on the delivery of health care, private equity’s takeover of the industry, the rationing of health care services and reimbursements, and more.

Stigma Surrounding Personal Bankruptcy Has Increased, Not Decreased, According to Scholar - Ep. 221

ABI Executive Director Sam Gerdano talks with Prof. Michael D. Sousa of the University of Denver's Sturm College of Law about his recent analytical look at the stigma of bankruptcy. Sousa published the lead article in the Summer 2018 edition of the ABI Law Review, “The Persistence of Bankruptcy Stigma,” which presented his findings that the stigma surrounding personal bankruptcy has actually increased, not decreased, over time.