Podcast appearances and mentions of Robert M Lawless

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign law professor Robert M. Lawless joins Let’s Get Legal to break down the Silicon Valley Bank collapse.

Sheppard Mullin's Restructure THIS! podcast explores the latest trends and controversies in chapter 11 bankruptcy, commercial insolvency and distressed investing. In this week's episode, Professor Robert Lawless of the University of Illinois College of Law joins us to discuss the intersection of bankruptcy and arbitration, including the enforceability of arbitration agreements in bankruptcy and the frameworks bankruptcy courts should use to determine when such an agreement is enforceable.   What We Discussed in This Episode What is the tension between the Federal Arbitration Act and the Bankruptcy Code? What framework should the courts use to determine when an arbitration agreement is enforceable in bankruptcy? Are there any actions that frequently arise in the bankruptcy context that should or should not be subject to arbitration? Is there value in arbitration in bankruptcy where there is no pre-dispute agreement in place? When should courts take that approach?   About Professor Robert M. Lawless Professor Lawless is the Max L. Rowe Professor of Law and co-director of the Program on Law, Behavior and Social Science at the University of Illinois College of Law. He specializes in bankruptcy, consumer finance and business law.   Professor Lawless also co-authored the ninth edition of Secured Transactions: A Systems Approach, a leading textbook on secured transactions, as well as Empirical Methods in Law, a textbook on empirical methodologies. He administers and contributes to the blog Credit Slips, participates in the Consumer Bankruptcy Project, and serves as an associate editor for the Law & Society Review. Professor Lawless has testified before Congress, and his work has been featured in major media outlets such as C-SPAN, CNN, CNBC, NPR, The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, ABC News and the Financial Times.   Contact Information Professor Robert M. Lawless   Thank you for listening! Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to the show to receive every new episode delivered straight to your podcast player every week.   If you enjoyed this episode, please help us get the word out about this podcast. Rate and Review this show in Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Stitcher or Spotify.   It helps other listeners find this show. This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not to be construed as legal advice specific to your circumstances. If you need help with any legal matter, be sure to consult with an attorney regarding your specific needs.

Segment 1: Nationally syndicated financial columnist Terry Savage joins John to talk about dealing with debt and bills amid COVID-19. Terry also is here to answer your questions about unemployment checks, the PPP loan program and the government stimulus checks. Segment 2: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign law professor Robert M. Lawless joins John to talk about the […]

This week we discuss what COVID-19 can teach us about what may be coming with climate change. And, I talk with University of Idaho professor Deborah Thorne about some intriguing implications of her recent paper titled “Graying of U.S. Bankruptcy: Fallout from Life in a Risk Society.” The paper is scheduled to be published in Sociological Inquiry, and is co-authored by Pamela Foohey, Robert M. Lawless, and Katherine Porter. Segment 1 -- Deborah Thorne on "Graying of U.S. Bankruptcy: Fallout from Life in a Risk Society" Segment 2 -- "How the coronavirus pandemic is crippling California's efforts to prevent catastrophic wildfires"; San Francisco Chronicle    

The 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.

In this episode, Pamela Foohey, Associate Professor of Law at Indiana University Bloomington Maurer School of Law, discusses her paper "Life in the Sweatbox," co-authored with Robert M. Lawless, Katherine M. Porter, and Deborah Thorne, which will appear in the Notre Dame Law Review. Foohey explains how the the 2005 Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act resulted in consumers spending ever-longer amounts of time in the "financial sweatbox," or the period of time before an inevitable bankruptcy filing, during which their assets are further depleted and their quality of life is destroyed. She and her co-authors used data from the data from the Consumer Bankruptcy Project as well as data they gathered to learn who files for bankruptcy and why. They found that the narratives surrounding the use of consumer bankruptcy are largely inaccurate, and have resulted in inefficient policies that cause great harm to many consumers. Foohey is on Twitter at @PamelaFoohey.Keywords: consumer bankruptcy, debt collection, debt, chapter 7, chapter 13, financial distress See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

ABI Executive Director Sam Gerdano talks with Prof. Robert M. Lawless of the University of Illinois College of Law, a co-author of the 2012 study titled "Surrounding Race, Attorney Influence and Bankruptcy Chapter Choice," about the findings of racially disparate uses of chapter 13 bankruptcy. Lawless presented an update of the study's findings in October at the 2016 National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges Annual Meeting, revealing that race continues to be a factor in the chapter choice for debtors, sometimes to their financial detriment, in certain parts of the country.