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Law professor and ballroom dancer.

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Law Professors: Get out on the Balcony! The need for bankruptcy amicus briefs

Law Professors: Get out on the Balcony!
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19.02.2026 16:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The End of the Office I write this filled with sadness.

The End of the Office
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18.02.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | The Most Important Question Is β€˜What if I’m Wrong?’

The Most Important Question Is β€˜What if I’m Wrong?’ www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...

27.01.2026 16:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

John E. Olson, Analyst Fired for Enron Skepticism, Dies at 83 nytimes.com/2025/12/18/bus… via @NYTimes. R. I. P., brave soul.

20.12.2025 16:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Our Petty, Hollow, Squalid Ogre in Chief

Our Petty, Hollow, Squalid Ogre in Chief www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...

17.12.2025 15:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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About - SCOTUS Bankruptcy Watch Analysis of key amicus briefs at the Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal. Click to read SCOTUS Bankruptcy Watch, by David R. Kuney, a Substack publication. Launched 14 days ago.

My buddy David Kuney has a new SCOTUS bankruptcy substack: davidkuney.substack.com/about.

15.12.2025 17:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Address Is Approximate-(Short Film)
Address Is Approximate-(Short Film) YouTube video by Un Jour Sans Film

A friend just sent me a link to this animated short, and I loved it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6efz...

26.11.2025 12:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | The Outrageous False Equivalences That Prop Up President Trump

The Outrageous False Equivalences That Prop Up President Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...

25.11.2025 15:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Discover Our Latest Insights and Updates - Recent Posts Explore our latest updates and find trending posts across various topics in our Recent Posts section. Stay informed and engaged!

Flattered as all get-out: legaltheoryblog.com/2025/10/29/r...

30.10.2025 17:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Want to see government shutdowns end quickly? Make Congress work w/o pay while the shutdown continues.

01.10.2025 11:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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30.09.2025 15:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
John F. Kennedy Speech "We choose to go to the Moon", officially titled the address at Rice University on the nation's space effort, is a September 12, 1962, speech by United States President John F. Kennedy to further info...

www.rice.edu/jfk-speech

12.09.2025 11:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Scrappy or Strategic? Law Firm Decision-Making in Light of Executive Orders <span><span>Some of President Donald J. Trump’s early 2025 Executive Orders targeted specific law firms.Β  These Executive Orders have created a stir within

Happy to report that my latest article has been accepted: Scrappy or Strategic? Law Firm Decision-Making in Light of Executive Orders, 13 Emory Corp. Gov. & Accountability Rev. ___ (2026) (draft posted at papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....).

30.08.2025 13:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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At 81, Billie Jean King is back, chasing a degree Everyone reaches a point in life when it’s OK to sink into the easy chair, prop up their feet and take a deep breath.

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09.08.2025 23:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | This Attack on a Federal Judge Is Preposterous

This Attack on a Federal Judge Is Preposterous www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/o...

07.08.2025 13:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

LORDY! I'd missed that story!

03.08.2025 23:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

OY.

03.08.2025 23:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Labor Rates Tin Sign Funny Mechanic Shop Metal Signs Mechanic Hourly Rate Sign Mechanic Shop Decor Garage Shop Rates Sign A Lot If You Worked On It First Signs 12"x16"

I just bought this sign from Amazon (www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5B7BNG...) because it's the perfect expression of what happens when a client who isn't well-versed in the law brings a lawyer something that AI just generated and asks the lawyer to "just polish it up a bit."

27.06.2025 00:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Violence Against Jews Is About More Than Left or Right

07.06.2025 15:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Billable Hour has Met Its Match in AI: Re-Thinking How Law Firm's Bill for Legal Services Host Jordan L. Fischer interviews Nancy B. Rapoport and Joseph Tiano on the long term impact of Artificial Intelligence, and specifically Generative AI, on the billable hourly model.

Had a blast doing this podcast: www.americanbar.org/groups/busin....

19.05.2025 21:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Weekly News – May 16 – Creditor Rights Coalition

The latest on Silvergate and conflicts of interest: creditorcoalition.org/weekly-news-...

18.05.2025 13:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How I Lawyer | Jonah Perlin | Substack A podcast dedicated to sharing the stories of lawyers from across the profession: what they do, why they do it, and how they do it well. Click to read How I Lawyer, by Jonah Perlin, a Substack publica...

Jonah Perlin's How I Lawyer is fabulous: howilawyer.substack.com?utm_campaign...

01.05.2025 13:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE 775 LAW PROFESSORS IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND DECLARATORY AND PERMANENT INJUNCTIVE RELIEF | Stanford Law School Amici 775 law professors submit this brief in support of Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment and Declaratory and Permanent Injunctive Relief (th

The latest Stanford Law-driven law prof brief is out: law.stanford.edu/publications.... Proud to join 774 colleagues.

24.04.2025 12:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was too late to join this amicus brief for Jenner & Block or WilmerHale, but I'm proud to have signed on to this brief for Perkins Coie: cdn.prod.website-files.com/67cf71f1f27e....

15.04.2025 00:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm proud to stand with 675 colleagues on these two amicus briefs: law.stanford.edu/wp-content/u... and law.stanford.edu/wp-content/u....

11.04.2025 12:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
FIGHTING THE HYPOTHETICAL: WHY LAW FIRMS SHOULD RETHINK THE BILLABLE HOUR IN THE GENERATIVE AI ERA β€œFighting the Hypothetical: Why Law Firms Should Rethink the Billable Hour in the Generative AI Era” analyzes how the emergence and adoption of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) will fundamen...

It's out: digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/wjlta/vol20/... (@LegalDecoder's Joe Tiano and I wrote a paper about the shape of law firms in the new world of GenAI).

10.04.2025 12:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Several Hundred Law Professors File Amicus Brief Against Trump's Attacks On Biglaw - Above the Law From the classroom to the courtroom!

abovethelaw.com/2025/04/seve... (And I'm one of them.)

04.04.2025 12:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
LinkedIn This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

It's been a busy amicus-brief week. First, this one (lnkd.in/gpj8q-c3) (helped to edit), and then this one (lnkd.in/gXAiHCcg) in support of Perkins Coie's motion for summary judgment and permanent injunctive relief (signed on; no part in editing).

03.04.2025 15:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Harvard Law School v. Vermeule Yesterday, more than ninety members of the Harvard Law School faculty issued a statement concerning the rule of law: We are privileged to teach and learn

Some intriguing points about the Harvard letter signed by many of the faculty members: reason.com/volokh/2025/....

31.03.2025 15:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
More Than 80 HLS Professors Denounce Trump Admin Attacks on Law Firms in Letter to Students | News | The Harvard Crimson Roughly 70 percent of Harvard Law School’s professors accused the federal government of exacting retribution on lawyers and law firms for representing clients opposed by President Donald Trump in a Sa...

Bravo, Harvard Law faculty: www.thecrimson.com/article/2025....

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