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The Case For "Cramdown": Eliminating The Practical And Ideological Barriers To Pure Mortgage Modification, Peter J. Leo
The Case For "Cramdown": Eliminating The Practical And Ideological Barriers To Pure Mortgage Modification, Peter J. Leo
Peter J Leo
This article was prepared for a seminar in Consumer Protection. The article makes the case that Congress should modify the Bankruptcy Code to allow for judicial modification of home mortgages on a bankrupt’s principal residence as a means of combating the foreclosure crisis. The article examines two different proposals originally published in the Minnesota Law Review and the Yale Journal on Regulation, examines some of the deficiencies in those proposals, and concludes that “cramdown” will be a more effective means of keeping consumers in their homes.
Student Loans In Bankruptcy: The Undue Hardship Test Is An Unnecessary Burden, James M. Leiby
Student Loans In Bankruptcy: The Undue Hardship Test Is An Unnecessary Burden, James M. Leiby
James M Leiby
No abstract provided.
Case Management And Online Public Access Systems Of The Courts – An Urgent Call Of Legislative Action P 2, Joseph Zernik
Case Management And Online Public Access Systems Of The Courts – An Urgent Call Of Legislative Action P 2, Joseph Zernik
Joseph Zernik
Digital voting machines were previously shown to be vulnerable to malfunction and malfeasance. Papers, recently published in computer science journal, likewise, outlined the invalidity of digital case management and online public access systems that govern the courts, jails, and prisons in the United States, and documented large-scale abuse of such systems. Invalid case management and online public access systems were claimed as key to deterioration of integrity of the justice system, which was previously opined in official, expert, and media reports. Such systems enabled the holding of prisoners under pretense of lawfulness, the conduct of pretense court proceedings, and the …
Case Management And Online Public Access Systems Of The Courts – An Urgent Call Of Legislative Action, Joseph Zernik
Case Management And Online Public Access Systems Of The Courts – An Urgent Call Of Legislative Action, Joseph Zernik
Joseph Zernik
Digital voting machines were previously shown to be vulnerable to malfunction and malfeasance. Papers, recently published in computer science journal, likewise, outlined the invalidity of digital case management and online public access systems that govern the courts, jails, and prisons in the United States, and documented large-scale abuse of such systems. Invalid case management and online public access systems were claimed as key to deterioration of integrity of the justice system, which was previously opined in official, expert, and media reports. Such systems enabled the holding of prisoners under pretense of lawfulness, the conduct of pretense court proceedings, and the …
Befuddlement Betwixt Two Fulcrums: Calibrating The Scales Of Justice To Ascertain Fraudulent Transfers In Leveraged Buyouts, John H. Ginsberg, M. Katie Burgess, Zachary R. Caldwell, Daniel R. Czerwonka
Befuddlement Betwixt Two Fulcrums: Calibrating The Scales Of Justice To Ascertain Fraudulent Transfers In Leveraged Buyouts, John H. Ginsberg, M. Katie Burgess, Zachary R. Caldwell, Daniel R. Czerwonka
John H. Ginsberg
In a leveraged buyout, a company goes deep into debt and grants liens on its assets to finance the purchase of itself. The company’s risk of insolvency increases with its debt burden. Unsecured creditors of the company are exposed to insolvency risk without compensation, unlike the parties to the leveraged buyout—buyer, seller and lender—all of whom expect good returns on the lesser risks to which they are exposed. When a leveraged buyout leaves the acquired company with “unreasonably small capital” such that insolvency is “reasonably foreseeable” upon consummation of the buyout, unsecured creditors may have recourse to constructive-fraudulent-transfer law. They …
Energy-Efficiency And Wind Energy: Investment Strategy For Venture Capital And Private Equity, Nicolas L. Boittin
Energy-Efficiency And Wind Energy: Investment Strategy For Venture Capital And Private Equity, Nicolas L. Boittin
Nicolas L Boittin
Some renewable sources of energy are becoming economically profitable and legislatures are providing greater legal predictability for investment in this area. Many states have implemented Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPSs) and the U.S. Congress extended the investment period for Investment Tax Credits (ITCs) recently. Wind energy is the most mature renewable technology and energy-efficiency offers high profit potential in the short term. These two areas thus provide great investment opportunities for venture capital funds interested in clean technology and private equity funds focusing in renewable energy buyouts.
Negligent Insider Trading: A Viable Theory Of Civil Liability?, Steven Brody
Negligent Insider Trading: A Viable Theory Of Civil Liability?, Steven Brody
Steven Brody
A flurry of civil suits by the SEC and private parties has followed on the heels of the collapse of the subprime mortgage market. Many of these actions raise theories of liability that are still developing in the area of white collar crime and securities fraud. As the SEC and private parties seek to explore new theories under which to bring suit, this article briefly addresses one as-yet unexplored avenue that many academic authorities have alluded to as possible under Section 17 of the Securities Act of 1933: that of “negligent insider trading.” While such a theory has yet to …
Leveraged Buyout Bankruptcies, The Problem Of Hindsight Bias, And The Credit Default Swap Solution, Michael N. Simkovic, Benjamin S. Kaminetzky
Leveraged Buyout Bankruptcies, The Problem Of Hindsight Bias, And The Credit Default Swap Solution, Michael N. Simkovic, Benjamin S. Kaminetzky
Michael N Simkovic
No abstract provided.
Landlords Of Last Resort: Should The Government Subsidize The Mortgages Of Privately-Owned, Small Multifamily Buildings?, David J. Reiss
Landlords Of Last Resort: Should The Government Subsidize The Mortgages Of Privately-Owned, Small Multifamily Buildings?, David J. Reiss
David J Reiss
The absence of stable financing options has long caused difficulties for owners of small multifamily buildings. Despite the ongoing maturation of a secondary mortgage market for small multifamily mortgages, this housing stock continues to shrink due to abandonment, demolition, foreclosure and other causes. As these buildings house many low-income households, some have suggested subsidizing the financing costs for the owners of these buildings. Any proposal to subsidize these landlords to meet affordable housing goals, however, should be predicated on determinations that (i) it is an efficient means to provide housing to the neediest tenants and (ii) the multifamily mortgage market …
Book Review: Dan Immergluck, Foreclosed: High-Risk Lending, Deregulation, And The Undermining Of America’S Mortgage Market, David J. Reiss
Book Review: Dan Immergluck, Foreclosed: High-Risk Lending, Deregulation, And The Undermining Of America’S Mortgage Market, David J. Reiss
David J Reiss
This is a book review of Dan Immergluck, FORECLOSED: HIGH-RISK LENDING, DEREGULATION, AND THE UNDERMINING OF AMERICA’S MORTGAGE MARKET (Cornell University Press 2009).
Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac: Creatures Of Regulatory Privilege, David J. Reiss
Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac: Creatures Of Regulatory Privilege, David J. Reiss
David J Reiss
This book chapter addresses the appropriate role of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-chartered, privately owned mortgage finance companies, in the United States housing finance sector. The federal government recently placed Fannie and Freddie in conservatorship. These two massive companies are profit-driven, but as government-sponsored enterprises they also have a government-mandated mission to provide liquidity and stability to the United States mortgage market and to achieve certain affordable housing goals. How the two companies should exit their conservatorship has implications that reach throughout the global financial markets and are of key importance to the future of American housing finance …