It's that time of year again, when tips for first-year law students are flying . . . www2.law.temple.edu/10q/10-q-rando…

Malvern-based opioid manufacturer Endo paid out millions in two rounds of bonuses to corporate leaders in the months before filing for bankruptcy. Prof. LipsonLaw says people should ask why the company is rewarding those who oversaw its demise. bit.ly/3QVBWwo

If you think the tort system is irreparably broken, and that bankruptcy is the best solution to massive loss, consider this story about the rapid resolution of the Surfside condo collapse. More to learn here, but useful counterpoint. nytimes.com/2022/09/03/us/…

Grateful to ⁦Dash Dobrofsky⁩ for this insightful, smart, generous interview about #RaisingLazarus wherein we parse the folly of the War on Drugs, billionaire justice, and the revolving door. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

So excited to address students at my alma mater today and see dear friends and teachers!

Excited to announce that Temple Law will host author Beth Macy Beth Macy (Dopesick and Raising Lazarus) and a panel of experts to discuss the opioid crisis and Purdue Pharma, next Friday 9/30, 3:00-5:30, Shusterman Hall. Info and registration here: law.temple.edu/events/award-w…

Looking forward to this conversation and always learn from these folks.

Last straw. Time to "twit quit." Elon Musk Reinstates Trump’s Twitter Account nytimes.com/2022/11/19/tec…

Prof. LipsonLaw joins other noted bankruptcy scholars in this Harvard Bankruptcy Roundtable discussion of mass tort bankruptcies, focusing his thoughts on the concept of good faith. bit.ly/3Xu4dgg

Folks - I'm co-organizing a workshop 4/21/23 w/Rachel Rebouche Gilat Juli Bachar and Jonathan Lipson Temple Law School, Contract Law in Action: COVID and the Casebook. It's free (in-person and zoom). More info: law.temple.edu/events/contrac…. Co-sponsored by University of Wisconsin Law School

Boisterous faculty discussion today of the fantastic article “Is Criminal Law Unlawful?” by our Enlund Scholar-in-Residence⁩ ⁦Northwestern Law⁩ ⁦⁦⁦⁦⁦Paul "Stop2End" Gowder, 🐱 🐈 😺⁩. Looking forward to his public talk at 2p on Rule of Law. ⁦DePaul Law⁩

Very excited to announce Temple Law School's new partnership with the American Bankruptcy Law Journal. law.temple.edu/news/temple-la…

Legal Theory Lexicon: The Rule of Law lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/20…

Ok, I may be biased, but I LOVE this story in Barnard Magazine about the amazing work my wife, Kathleen Noonan, and the Camden Coalition are doing. So great, and so PROUD! barnard.edu/magazine/summe…

Thanks to Bloomberg for invitation to expose the Purdue Pharma plan's 'bureaucracy of harm'--its Kafkaesque process to assert personal injury claims. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/pu…

Very excited that new episode of Bankruptcy for Billionaires, on SCOTUS decision to take Purdue Pharma case, is now available on Spotify, etc! open.spotify.com/episode/1VxaAE…

Charlotte and I hot-take today's SCOTUS arguments in Purdue Pharma, on Bankruptcy for Billionaires. open.spotify.com/episode/20PO9d…

Terrible loss for the bankruptcy and business law communities: Kevin Carey (USBC-DE, ret) passed away 4/11. He was a great friend, mentor and role model to many of us, a lion of the bankruptcy bar. Hearts with the Carey family. deb.uscourts.gov/news/passing-j…

Phila UArts' sudden and shocking collapse is baffling. Have they never heard of chapter 11?