Exploring Bankruptcys Corporate Tax Implications - Episode 138

ABI Resident Scholar Prof. Kara Bruce speaks with Prof. Diane Lourdes Dick of the Seattle University School of Law about how companies in chapter 11, such as Solyndra and WaMu, preserve valuable tax attributes through holding companies. Prof. Dick discusses her current research looking into how stakeholders of financially distressed firms exploit various loopholes in Chapter 11 to transfer value outside of bankruptcy's distributional norms.