My research focuses on commercial law and bankruptcy. In particular, I am interested in the role of financial institutions in the consumer and business credit economies.
Antitrust
Priceless? The Competitive Costs of Credit Cards, UCLA Law Review (2008)
Merchants pay banks a fee on every credit card transaction. These credit card transactions cost...
Payment Wars: The Merchant-Bank Struggle for the Control of Payment Systems, Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance (2007)
In recent years, the cost to merchants of accepting credit cards has risen dramatically without...
Banking and Finance
Resolving the Foreclosure Crisis: Modification of Mortgages in Bankruptcy, 2009 Wisconsin Law Review 565 (2009)
For over a century, bankruptcy has been the primary legal mechanism for resolving consumer financial...
Priceless? The Competitive Costs of Credit Cards, UCLA Law Review (2008)
Merchants pay banks a fee on every credit card transaction. These credit card transactions cost...
A Critique of the American Bankers Association's Study on Credit Card Regulation (2008)
This Critique takes issue with four of the main assertions of the American Bankers Association's...
The Effect of Bankruptcy Strip-Down on Mortgage Markets (with Joshua Goodman), Georgetown University Law Center Business, Economics and Regulatory Policy Working Paper Series, Research Paper No. 1087816; Public Law & Legal Theory Working Paper Series, Research Paper No. 1087816 (2008)
This paper summarizes the initial findings of our study on the effect of bankruptcy strip-down...
Priceless? The Social Costs of Credit Card Merchant Restraints, Harvard Journal on Legislation (2008)
Who pays for credit card rewards? This Article demonstrates that credit card rewards programs are...
Bankruptcy Law
Resolving the Foreclosure Crisis: Modification of Mortgages in Bankruptcy, 2009 Wisconsin Law Review 565 (2009)
For over a century, bankruptcy has been the primary legal mechanism for resolving consumer financial...
Priceless? The Competitive Costs of Credit Cards, UCLA Law Review (2008)
Merchants pay banks a fee on every credit card transaction. These credit card transactions cost...
A Critique of the American Bankers Association's Study on Credit Card Regulation (2008)
This Critique takes issue with four of the main assertions of the American Bankers Association's...
The Effect of Bankruptcy Strip-Down on Mortgage Markets (with Joshua Goodman), Georgetown University Law Center Business, Economics and Regulatory Policy Working Paper Series, Research Paper No. 1087816; Public Law & Legal Theory Working Paper Series, Research Paper No. 1087816 (2008)
This paper summarizes the initial findings of our study on the effect of bankruptcy strip-down...
Priceless? The Social Costs of Credit Card Merchant Restraints, Harvard Journal on Legislation (2008)
Who pays for credit card rewards? This Article demonstrates that credit card rewards programs are...
Commercial Law
Resolving the Foreclosure Crisis: Modification of Mortgages in Bankruptcy, 2009 Wisconsin Law Review 565 (2009)
For over a century, bankruptcy has been the primary legal mechanism for resolving consumer financial...
Priceless? The Competitive Costs of Credit Cards, UCLA Law Review (2008)
Merchants pay banks a fee on every credit card transaction. These credit card transactions cost...
A Critique of the American Bankers Association's Study on Credit Card Regulation (2008)
This Critique takes issue with four of the main assertions of the American Bankers Association's...
The Effect of Bankruptcy Strip-Down on Mortgage Markets (with Joshua Goodman), Georgetown University Law Center Business, Economics and Regulatory Policy Working Paper Series, Research Paper No. 1087816; Public Law & Legal Theory Working Paper Series, Research Paper No. 1087816 (2008)
This paper summarizes the initial findings of our study on the effect of bankruptcy strip-down...
Priceless? The Social Costs of Credit Card Merchant Restraints, Harvard Journal on Legislation (2008)
Who pays for credit card rewards? This Article demonstrates that credit card rewards programs are...
Consumer Protection Law
Resolving the Foreclosure Crisis: Modification of Mortgages in Bankruptcy, 2009 Wisconsin Law Review 565 (2009)
For over a century, bankruptcy has been the primary legal mechanism for resolving consumer financial...
A Critique of the American Bankers Association's Study on Credit Card Regulation (2008)
This Critique takes issue with four of the main assertions of the American Bankers Association's...
The Effect of Bankruptcy Strip-Down on Mortgage Markets (with Joshua Goodman), Georgetown University Law Center Business, Economics and Regulatory Policy Working Paper Series, Research Paper No. 1087816; Public Law & Legal Theory Working Paper Series, Research Paper No. 1087816 (2008)
This paper summarizes the initial findings of our study on the effect of bankruptcy strip-down...
Priceless? The Social Costs of Credit Card Merchant Restraints, Harvard Journal on Legislation (2008)
Who pays for credit card rewards? This Article demonstrates that credit card rewards programs are...
Contracts
Priceless? The Social Costs of Credit Card Merchant Restraints, Harvard Journal on Legislation (2008)
Who pays for credit card rewards? This Article demonstrates that credit card rewards programs are...
Finding Nemo: Rediscovering the Virtues of Negotiability in the Wake of Enron, Columbia Business Law Review (2006)
Creditors have long understood that any claims they submit for repayment in a bankruptcy might...
Housing Law
Resolving the Foreclosure Crisis: Modification of Mortgages in Bankruptcy, 2009 Wisconsin Law Review 565 (2009)
For over a century, bankruptcy has been the primary legal mechanism for resolving consumer financial...
Law and Economics
Resolving the Foreclosure Crisis: Modification of Mortgages in Bankruptcy, 2009 Wisconsin Law Review 565 (2009)
For over a century, bankruptcy has been the primary legal mechanism for resolving consumer financial...
The Effect of Bankruptcy Strip-Down on Mortgage Markets (with Joshua Goodman), Georgetown University Law Center Business, Economics and Regulatory Policy Working Paper Series, Research Paper No. 1087816; Public Law & Legal Theory Working Paper Series, Research Paper No. 1087816 (2008)
This paper summarizes the initial findings of our study on the effect of bankruptcy strip-down...
Priceless? The Social Costs of Credit Card Merchant Restraints, Harvard Journal on Legislation (2008)
Who pays for credit card rewards? This Article demonstrates that credit card rewards programs are...
Mortgages and Housing Law
The Effect of Bankruptcy Strip-Down on Mortgage Markets (with Joshua Goodman), Georgetown University Law Center Business, Economics and Regulatory Policy Working Paper Series, Research Paper No. 1087816; Public Law & Legal Theory Working Paper Series, Research Paper No. 1087816 (2008)
This paper summarizes the initial findings of our study on the effect of bankruptcy strip-down...
Payment Systems
Priceless? The Competitive Costs of Credit Cards, UCLA Law Review (2008)
Merchants pay banks a fee on every credit card transaction. These credit card transactions cost...
A Critique of the American Bankers Association's Study on Credit Card Regulation (2008)
This Critique takes issue with four of the main assertions of the American Bankers Association's...
Priceless? The Social Costs of Credit Card Merchant Restraints, Harvard Journal on Legislation (2008)
Who pays for credit card rewards? This Article demonstrates that credit card rewards programs are...
Payment Wars: The Merchant-Bank Struggle for the Control of Payment Systems, Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance (2007)
In recent years, the cost to merchants of accepting credit cards has risen dramatically without...
Secured Transactions
Resolving the Foreclosure Crisis: Modification of Mortgages in Bankruptcy, 2009 Wisconsin Law Review 565 (2009)
For over a century, bankruptcy has been the primary legal mechanism for resolving consumer financial...