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In this episode of Bad Boys of Bankruptcy, host Judge Gunn talks with North Carolina attorney John C. Bircher, III, who served as a Chapter 7 trustee in the bankruptcy case of Gregory Sipe. Mr. Sipe filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy case in the Eastern District of North Carolina in 2010, and listed on his schedules “several” collectible guitars that Mr. Sipe attested were worth a total of $50,000, but…
Business Bankruptcy Basics: Episode 7: Section 363 Sales by ABA Business Law Section
In this live-recorded episode of Bad Boys of Bankruptcy, Judge Elizabeth Gunn sits down in Boise, Idaho with longtime Chapter 7 trustee Ford Elsaesser to unpack one of the most unusual and high-profile cases of his career. The debtor, Richard Butler, was not just any Chapter 7 filer, he was the leader of the Aryan Nations, a white supremacist organization operating under the guise of a church.…
Sy Lorne, Senior Advisor and former Vice Chair and Chief Legal Officer at Millennium Management as well as a former General Counsel of the SEC, joins the show for a wide-ranging conversation on the evolution of securities enforcement from the inside out. The headline topic is shadow insider trading — the SEC's push to extend liability to trades in economically related securities, what Panuwat…
Host Gary J. Ross welcomes Prof. Elizabeth Pollman of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School to discuss her influential article “Startup Failure.” Prof. Pollman first explains why bankruptcy is often a poor fit for venture-backed companies. Then, Gary and Prof. Pollman explore the alternatives that founders and boards frequently consider, from wind-downs and assignments for the benefit of…
In this episode of Business Bankruptcy Basics, hosts Andrew Still and Miles Taylor are joined by Judge Cathleen Parker (Bankr. D. Wyo.) and dive into one of the most fundamental goals of the bankruptcy process: obtaining a discharge. The episode covers what a discharge is and the concept of the "fresh start," key differences between Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 discharges, the major exceptions to…
Host Gary J. Ross and Jeremiah Gordon, General Counsel of CapitalG, discuss growth equity investing and legal issues that arise at the later stages of the venture capital lifecycle. Jeremiah tells Gary that CapitalG, Alphabet’s independent growth fund, operates differently from traditional corporate venture capital. Instead of investing to serve Google or Alphabet’s strategic needs, the fund…
Greg Varallo built one of Delaware’s most respected corporate defense practices over 36 years at Richards, Layton & Finger before crossing to BLB&G’s plaintiff side in 2019. He served as lead trial counsel in Tornetta v. Musk, the largest executive compensation case ever litigated. In December 2025, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed liability but reversed the $55.8 billion rescission. Greg joins…
In Episode 5 of Business Bankruptcy Basics, hosts Ella Vincent and Andrew Still are joined by Judge Daniel P. Collins of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona to break down one of the most fundamental topics in bankruptcy: creditor claims. Judge Collins walks listeners through the surprisingly broad definition of a "claim" under the Bankruptcy Code and the key categories of…
Frank M. Placenti is a senior M&A and corporate governance lawyer who chaired the ABA Business Law Section's Corporate Governance Committee during the turbulent pandemic period. The centerpiece of this episode is a story Frank tells about a late-night call from an audit committee dealing with a rogue CEO who had engaged in insider trading and then concealed the resulting SEC investigation from…
