November 5, 2025
VIDEO: Retrenchment and Rollback in Consumer Protection and Housing
The video for the ABA Professor’s Corner webinar on Retrenchment and Rollback: Federal Consumer Protection and Housing has been posted. Rosa Newman (Elon) moderated and I spoke alongside Kathleen Engel (Suffolk) and Julie Patterson Forrester Rogers (SMU). The session explored “the federal government’s … Continue reading
November 5, 2025 in Trump | Permalink | No Comments
July 2, 2025
Bullying the Fed
Central Banking quoted me in Economists Denounce Trump’s ‘Bullying’ of Fed Chair (sign up required). It opens, Economists have attacked what they regard as US president Donald Trump’s bullying of Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, describing it as dangerous for the … Continue reading
July 2, 2025 in Trump | Permalink | No Comments
October 10, 2023
Debranding Trump
Agence France-Presse (AFP) quoted me in Posts Falsely Say Trump Name Erased from New York Properties. It reads, in part, “We have already seen cases where Trump’s name has been removed from a property because the owner no longer thought … Continue reading
October 10, 2023 in Trump | Permalink | No Comments
October 2, 2023
Trump’s Real Estate Valuations: They Mean Just What He Chooses
The Daily Beast quoted me in Trump’s Bank Fraud Defense ‘Defies the Laws of Physics.’ It reads, in part, Donald Trump’s colossal trial for faking property values starts next Monday, and one mind-boggling issue has emerged as his weakest … Continue reading
October 2, 2023 in Trump | Permalink | No Comments
September 23, 2022
The NYAG Lawsuit against Trump
I was interviewed by Reuters in Explainer: What New York’s lawsuit means for Trump regarding the lawsuit that New York Attorney General James filed against former President Trump and others in his circle. The video is here. The transcript reads … Continue reading
September 23, 2022 in Trump | Permalink | No Comments
May 9, 2019
Financing The American Dream
I published Financing The American Dream in the May/June 2019 issue of the ABA’s Probate & Property magazine. it opens, Two movie scenes can bookend the last hundred years of housing finance. In Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life (RKO … Continue reading
May 9, 2019 in Trump | Permalink | No Comments
May 7, 2018
Housing in the Trump Era
The Real Estate Transactions Section of the American Association of Law Schools has issued the following Call for Papers: Access + Opportunity + Choice: Housing Capital, Equity, and Market Regulation in the Trump Era Program Description: The year 2018 marks the … Continue reading
May 7, 2018 in Trump | Permalink | No Comments