US policy makers often assume that market competition is a panacea. This faith in
competition motivates proposals by the US Department of Treasury (the" Treasury") to …

Predatory home loans, like all home mortgages, are increasingly subject to assignment.
Now, more than ever before, a market in assignment of loans casts a shadow over how …

When credit default swaps first appeared in the early 1990s, they were used primarily by
banks to hedge the default risks they faced in their loan portfolios. 2 But by the late 1990s …

This casebook covers the major aspects of corporate finance: valuation, debt financing,
hybrid securities, payout policy, intersections of corporate governance and financial …

In prior work I have argued that the derivative" safe harbors" in the Bankruptcy Code should
be either repealed,'or at least greatly reduced in scope. 2 This argument is based on the …

Asset securitization is one of the most prominent financial tools in modern economies.'It
enables a company, known as the" originator," to utilize assets that produce a predictable …

This Article discusses the continuing problem of predatory lending abuses in the subprime
home mortgage lending market and federal and state attempts to address the problem. Over …

Chapter 11 has healed itself. 1 According to some of its leading critics, chapter 11 is no
longer the long, expensive process that it was in the 1980s, 2 when storied companies like …

This Article aims to explore the securitization of intellectual property [hereinafter" IP"],
introducing the promise of said financing method in the growing field of IP. In recent years, IP …

Bankruptcy law has a language problem. Words concerning bankruptcy" equity" and a
bankruptcy court's" equitable powers" are tossed about, in pleadings, 1 court opinions, 2 and …