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Individuals with Gap in Medical Coverage More Than Twice as Likely to File for Bankruptcy - Ep. 234
30/09/2019 Duração: 25minABI Endowment-Funded Research that Found Individuals with Gap in Medical Coverage More Than Twice as Likely to File for Bankruptcy - Ep. 234. ABI Consumer Committee Co-Chair Jon Jay Lieberman of Sottile & Barile LLC (Loveland, Ohio) talks with Profs. Brook E. Gotberg of the University of Missouri School of Law (Columbia, Mo.) and Michael D. Sousa of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law (Denver) about their research finding that individuals who experienced a gap in medical care coverage over a two-year period were roughly twice as likely to file for bankruptcy as those who retained continuous coverage. Their research appeared in the Summer 2019 edition of the ABI Law Review and was funded in 2016 by ABI's Anthony H.N. Schnelling Endowment. Profs. Gotberg and Sousa detail their research, which examined data from a national survey of adults from 2004 through 2014 that indicates that the principal predictor of consumer bankruptcy is a lapse in medical insurance coverage.
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Members of ABI's Consumer Commission Discuss Recommendations - Ep. 233
29/08/2019 Duração: 35minMembers of ABI's Consumer Commission Discuss Recommendations on Discharge Violations, Attorney Competency and Lawyer Misconduct ABI's latest podcast features members of ABI's Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy discussing recommendations from the Final Report looking at remedies for discharge violations, attorney competency and remedying lawyer misconduct. Commissioner Rudy Cerone of McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC (New Orleans) moderates the discussion with fellow Commissioners Tara Twomey of the National Consumer Law Center (San Jose, Calif.) and Richardo Kilpatrick of Kilpatrick & Associates, P.C. (Auburn Hills, Mich.), and Karen Cordry of the National Association of Attorneys General (Washington, D.C.), who was a member of the Chapter 7 Advisory Committee.
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Consumer Commission Recommendations on BAPCPA's Credit Counseling Requirement, Means Test Provisions
16/07/2019 Duração: 51minMembers of ABI's Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy discuss the recommendations in the Final Report focused on the Code's credit counseling and financial management course requirements, and means test provisions. The Commission's recommendations address provisions established by the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA) that made obtaining the financial fresh start of bankruptcy more challenging for consumer debtors. Bankruptcy Judge (ret.) Randall Dunn moderates the discussion with John Rao of the National Consumer Law Center, Ariane Holtschlag of the Law Office of William J. Factor, Ltd. and Wendell Sherk of SkerkLaw.
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Members of ABI's Consumer Commission Discuss Student Loan Recommendations
19/06/2019 Duração: 44minThe latest ABI Podcast features members of ABI's Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy providing insights on the Commission's recommendations on student loans and bankruptcy, the first topic addressed in its Final Report. Prof. Robert M. Lawless of the University of Illinois College of Law (Champaign, Ill.), the Commission's Reporter, hosts the discussion with Commissioners Prof. Dalié Jiménez of the University of California, Irvine School of Law, Prof. Bruce Markell of Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law (Chicago) and Edward C. Boltz, a partner at the Law Offices of John T. Orcutt, P.C. (Durham, N.C.). In addition to providing the background for how the Commission arrived at the recommendations, the Commissioners discuss how the recommendations could be considered by Congress and currently applied in the courts.
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Experts Discuss the SCOTUS Decision in Tempnology - Ep. 230
21/05/2019 Duração: 26minABI Editor-at-Large Bill Rochelle talks with Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Carey (D-Del.; Wilmington), Paul Hage of Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss (Southfield, Mich.) and Lindsay Milne of Bernstein Shur (Portland, Maine) about the Supreme Court's decision in Mission Product Holdings Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC (17-1657). On May 20, the Court held that rejection of an executory trademark license does not bar the licensee from continuing to use the mark. Ms. Milne represented the party that prevailed in the Supreme Court.
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Examining the Intersection of Tribal Sovereignty and Bankruptcy - Ep. 229
09/05/2019 Duração: 33minExamining the Intersection of Tribal Sovereignty and Bankruptcy - Ep. 229 by ABI
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New SIPC CEO Discussing Recovery Efforts in Madoff Case - Ep. 228
02/05/2019 Duração: 26minNew SIPC CEO Discussing Recovery Efforts in Madoff Case - Ep. 228 by ABI
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Highlighting Women's History Month with ABI Presidents - ep. 227
28/03/2019 Duração: 33minHighlighting Women's History Month with ABI Presidents - ep. 227 by ABI
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Experts Examine Why Ch. 7 Is Less Accessible for Low-Income Debtors, Potential Solutions - ep. 226
13/03/2019 Duração: 26minElaborating 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.
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Examining Need to Fix Means Test Disparity for Disabled Veterans - Ep. 225
16/01/2019 Duração: 26minABI 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.
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Authors of Navigating Banking in Bankruptcy - Ep. 224
08/01/2019 Duração: 27minABI 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.
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Experts Provide Insights into Emerging Legal Technology on Latest ABI Podcast - Ep. 223
15/11/2018 Duração: 24minABI 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.
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Program Chairs Discuss Future Health Care Distress and Opportunities on Latest ABI Podcast - Ep. 222
05/11/2018 Duração: 14minABI 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.
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Stigma Surrounding Personal Bankruptcy Has Increased, Not Decreased, According to Scholar - Ep. 221
25/09/2018 Duração: 16minABI 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.
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Landlord/Tenant Issues in Retail Bankruptcy - Ep. 220
19/07/2018 Duração: 30minLandlord/Tenant Issues in Retail Bankruptcy - Ep. 220 by ABI
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Examining Supreme Court's Opinion in In re Appling - Ep.219
19/06/2018 Duração: 27minABI Editor-at-Large Bill Rochelle talks with Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan (D. N.J.; Trenton) and ABI President-Elect Alane Becket of Becket and Lee (Malvern, Pa.) to examine the Supreme Court's opinion in Lamar, Archer & Cofrin, LLP v. Appling (16-1215). The Supreme Court on June 4 resolved a split of circuits by holding that a false statement about one asset must be in writing to provide grounds for rendering a debt nondischargeable under Section 523(a)(2).
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Exploring Veterans' Affairs Task Force, Ways to Participate - Ep. 218
08/06/2018 Duração: 16minABI Executive Director Sam Gerdano talks with ABI President Ted Gavin of Gavin/Solmonese LLC (Wilmington, Del.) and John Ames of Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP (Louisville, Ky.), a former ABI President), about ABI's new Veterans' Affairs Task Force. Gavin announced the formation of the Task Force in his speech when he became ABI President at the 2018 Annual Spring Meeting in April. Providing more details on the formation of the Task Force, which also includes former ABI President John Penn of Perkins Coie (Dallas) and former ABI Resident Scholar Jack Williams and Susan Seabury of Baker Tilly (Atlanta), Gavin and Ames discuss what the Task Force aims to accomplish — and ways that ABI members can help.
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Expert Examines Latest Fiscal Developments in Puerto Rico - Ep. 217
29/05/2018 Duração: 28minABI Executive Director Sam Gerdano talks with Prof. Andrew Wolfe of American University's School of International Service about Puerto Rico's latest fiscal developments. Wolfe is currently an advisor to the government of Puerto Rico since retiring in June 2014 from the International Monetary Fund after 27 years, where he was a senior manager of the Western Hemisphere Department. Wolfe, co-author of the "Puerto Rico - Way Forward" report written in 2015, discusses Puerto Rico's current fiscal challenges and potential strategies for the commonwealth's recovery.
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Columnists Disclose History, Outlook for "Chapter 8" on Latest ABI Podcast
03/05/2018 Duração: 21minABI Journal Associate Editor Scott K. Brown of Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP (Phoenix) and J. Scott Bovitz of Bovitz & Spitzer (Los Angeles), the lead contributors to the "Chapter 8 Humor" column in the Journal, discuss the lighter side of bankruptcy and share their amusing insights on the history of and outlook for the column, which originated from a family Christmas card.