The philosopher Harry Frankfurt famously published his book, On Bullshit, where he distinguished … [Read more...]
EU Update (And FI Reality)
If you've been tuning out the Euro situation, despite Gelpern's periodic updates, … [Read more...]
Consumer Bankruptcy Fee Study
I have just finished reading Lois Lupica’s paper on her impressive consumer bankruptcy fee … [Read more...]
Why Housing?
Susan Wachter and I have a new paper out, entitled Why Housing? The paper is a critical review of … [Read more...]
NYT on Student Loans in Bankruptcy
At the New York Times, Ron Lieber has a story about the treatment of student loans in bankruptcy. … [Read more...]
Who Built It?
We're seeing the back and forth between the Dems and the GOP about "who built it," … [Read more...]
Who Built It?
We're seeing the back and forth between the Dems and the GOP about "who built it," … [Read more...]
Why No Prosecutions
The NYTimes had a very good editorial today bemoaning, with resignation, that there will not be any … [Read more...]
What’s the Point of Billable Rates?
Felix Salmon has a very insightful post about lawyers' hourly billing rates. His … [Read more...]
Cramdown and the Cost of Mortgage Credit
Joshua Goodman at the Harvard Kennedy School and I have a new paper out examining the impact of … [Read more...]
Payday and Title Loan News Today
If you are interested in two fascinating stories on payday and title lending, check out these two … [Read more...]
New Frontiers in Systemic Risk
My oldest leaves for college in the morning. Yesterday, we were talking to him about his new bank … [Read more...]
Do Your Research, Ezra Klein!
Ezra Klein has joined the melee over the Obama Administration's housing policy failure with an … [Read more...]
Zywicki’s Interchange Settlement Balderdash
I was really hoping that I would be able to go at least a year without having to call Todd Zywicki … [Read more...]
Zywicki’s Interchange Settlement Balderdash
I was really hoping that I would be able to go at least a year without having to call Todd Zywicki … [Read more...]
The Interchange Settlement
Moved to top from 8/15. I've held my tongue for a while on the proposed class settlement in … [Read more...]
Why So Few Mega-Credit Card Class Action Settlements?
JPMorgan Chase and Class Counsel have received preliminary approval of a $100 million class … [Read more...]
Japanese Resturcturing
Interesting story in today's FT about a case now pending in Tokyo -- although some of the … [Read more...]
Hey Dude, What’s Your E-score
Following on to my Acxiom story last week, check out yesterday’s NYT story on e-scores. The … [Read more...]
When Stone Is Dust and Only Air Remains
Some thoughts on customer protection at brokerages, following MF Global, over at DealBook. … [Read more...]
Tribal Bankruptcy
The Wall Street Journal reported last week about a challenge to a bankruptcy filing by the Santa … [Read more...]
The Tenuous Case for Swaps Clearinghouses
I've got a new short article out about swaps clearinghouses. It's a response piece to an … [Read more...]
Zip Codes and Internet Searches Populate Database Mines
Twice now the New York Times has reported on a mysterious company in Arkansas, Acxiom, that has been … [Read more...]
Learn How to Defeat Debt Collection cases Involving Junk-Debt-Buyers and Other Robo-Signers
Professor Peter Holland (U Maryland Law) has written a fantastic paper explaining in great detail … [Read more...]
Learn How to Defeat Debt Collection cases Involving Junk-Debt-Buyers and Other Robo-Signers
Professor Peter Holland (U Maryland Law) has written a fantastic paper explaining in great detail … [Read more...]
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About CDOs (But Were Afraid to Ask)
Bill Bratton and I have a new paper out, called A Transactional Genealogy of Scandal: from Michael … [Read more...]