{"podcast":{"title":"FICC Focus","slug":"ficc-focus-4513680","podcast_index_feed_id":4513680,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/BLM4409767076","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/88e3cbf6-2784-11ec-a959-6301b8439f12/image/FICC_Focus3000.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Bloomberg L.P.","episode_count":578,"summary":"FICC Focus offers the latest market views on interest rates, corporate bonds, emerging market debt, commodities, and currencies by Bloomberg Intelligence analysts.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T20:20:14.798442+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ficc-focus-4513680"},"episode":{"title":"State of Distressed Debt: Judge Kaplan on Bankruptcy Mediation, Venue","slug":"state-of-distressed-debt-judge-kaplan-on-bankruptcy-mediation-venue","published_at":"2026-05-25T10:57:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ficc-focus-4513680/state-of-distressed-debt-judge-kaplan-on-bankruptcy-mediation-venue","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ficc-focus-4513680","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BLM4891145482.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BLM4891145482.mp3","summary":"“I’ve been shocked by the attention the issue as far as my mediating cases that are before me has gotten because in my view it’s just a label,” US Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan said, addressing the scrutiny surrounding his role as a mediator in cases pending before him. Bankruptcy judges “have always brought parties into chambers in an effort to settle matters when it’s consensual.” In a conversation with Bloomberg Intelligence’s Negisa Balluku at the Beard Group’s Distressed Investing Media Night on May 19, Judge Kaplan framed bankruptcy judges as trial-level problem solvers, discussed his Multi-Color venue opinion, and raised concerns about the speed and cost of Chapter 11, as well as the weakening effect that liability management exercises can have on future debtors.","meta_description":"“I’ve been shocked by the attention the issue as far as my mediating cases that are before me has gotten because in my view it’s just a label,” US Bankrup…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1689,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ficc-focus-4513680/episodes/state-of-distressed-debt-judge-kaplan-on-bankruptcy-mediation-venue/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ficc-focus-4513680/state-of-distressed-debt-judge-kaplan-on-bankruptcy-mediation-venue.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}