I just posted the published version of my article Dark Orgs, which is published in the Albany Law Review. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

“Plagiarism guy is a troll.”

Illegal, selective, vindictive prosecutions are a dime a dozen & prosecutors never think other prosecutors should be held accountable. This prosecution is BS but cry me a river.

As @maybell.bsky.social will attest, I’m on a major Suero kick. Juice a lime, add salt to taste & pour in a plain seltzer. Perfect for after exercising, works like Gatorade, but tastes way better.

In fairness, being a prosecutor is one of the easiest legal jobs ever invented. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...

I just plagiarize them. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

My art school professor Doug Hall told me that if it’s a good idea, you’ll remember it. He was right.

I brought @brianlfrye.bsky.social for his first visit to the Hollywood Bowl! It’s Air playing Moon Safari.

Air at the Hollywood Bowl.

It may as well be the 60s

Memories.

It is an unincorporated nonprofit association. Why doesn’t the BBC come to me with these easy questions?

Man, you know you’re old when your youth is the subject of a period film.

Anyway, what struck me about this is also that this is, objectively, a list of folks in this discussion group for largely fancy schools, asking people to compete for the honor of joining them in the group. I can think of tons of scholars, junior, folks at not "fancy" schools, who should have 1/2

If a group of prominent scholars starts writing about plagiarism, I hope they don’t mention me. 😔

What’s funny about this is that, seven years ago when I went at in the entry level market writing about local criminal law systems, lots of folks, including some at many of the fancy law school represented in this group, asked me "who cares about local court systems?“ Now look! Now it’s trendy!

Amazing! If you’re in LA, you have to check out this program of films by Tony Ganz & Rhody Streeter on Sept. 16! Some of my all-time favorites. www.filmindependent.org/events/progr...

I'm very happy to share that I will be hosting the *Second* Annual Democracy and Public Law Works-in-Progress Conference at the Michigan State University College of Law on April 3–4, 2026! Law scholars (current and aspiring), I'd love to host you! Application: msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

🙌Call for Papers🙌 We are excited to invite abstracts for an interdisciplinary conference on The Hand: Emotions, Embodiment, Identity, at @unioftheartslondon.bsky.social on 8-9 Jan 2026 Send abstracts of 300 words to [email protected] by 22 Sep - please circulate among your networks!

I just posted Ipse Dixit #828, featuring Thomas Basboll discussing his work on plagiarism, among other things. I really enjoyed this conversation. shows.acast.com/ipse-dixit/e...

Spooling down 16mm film for another project: 11 rolls of 7274-200T. 20-25 year old film! Wish me luck.

I just posted the final, published version of my essay "Robot Regulators." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Me being temporarily one-handed, @brianlfrye.bsky.social braided this for us. #ShabbatShalom!

Still time to apply!

I love it when people plagiarize my parodies. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

I am only disappointed that they insisted on citing me, rather than plagiarizing me. Didn’t they like the papers?

Congrats! Gotta say, I do like seeing @brianlfrye.bsky.social mentioned by name 13 times in a 25 page paper. 😍

Hey Bill, do you talk with your hands when doing a podcast too? (This was such a fun conversation and the first time I’ve gotten to have one with a law professor who has read the book.)

I just posted Ipse Dixit #827, featuring @billchilds.bsky.social of Bowman and Brooks & Mitchell Hamline Law discussing his new "amusement park law" casebook "Recreation & Risk" from Carolina Academic Press. shows.acast.com/ipse-dixit/e...

Well everyone, we now just got clearance on some more lines so we're doing open rank searches for 1. business/corporate law, 2. commercial law, and 3. torts! Please share this with anyone you think might be interested!

Had so much fun discussing Super-Dicta with @brianlfrye.bsky.social A bit of mischief to start your week! More here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

I just posted Ipse Dixit #826, featuring @coxlaw.bsky.social of @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social discussing her article "Super-Dicta," which is published in the Penn L. Rev. shows.acast.com/ipse-dixit/e...

I’m revising my IP Theory syllabus & looking for suggestions of new readings. I’ve found that students struggle to make it through full-length articles, so shorter works would be ideal, including op-eds & works intended for a non-scholarly audience. Syllabus: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Watching some more flea market films from the 1950s. These are home movies of someone who must have been wealthy. Anyone recognize him?

@brianlfrye.bsky.social always looks for old films at the flea markets in CDMX. Check out this gem that he found from the mid-1920s some very wealthy folks on a boat ride in Xochimilco. It’s incredible.

Vic Peanut

CW: Fertility Issues, Medical Issues, Suicidal Ideation It's good to be back home. Though Mexico City is always wonderful, this summer has been very very hard. In preparation for an upcoming embryo transfer I was put on a medication meant to slow the growth of my endometriosis and to help with 1/x

Beginning my class prep in earnest for Second Amendment this fall, and cannot recommend enough that others in the same boat read or assign @brianlfrye.bsky.social's "The Peculiar Story of United States v. Miller." www.law.nyu.edu/sites/defaul...

I asked ChatGPT to create an illustration based on the final, unseen photograph that Hollis Frampton describes in his 1971 film (nostalgia). Kinda underwhelming tbh.

Mexican entrepreneurship knows no limits… Behold the ICE officer piñata 🪅

Happy to say that my short article "HLR Agonistes" will be published in the Northwestern Law Journal des Refusés. Seems like a good fit! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

I encourage my students to use generative AI in all of my courses. For the upcoming semester, I wrote a primer explaining how the tech works, where it falls short, and how it can support their learning. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

This summer I learned that @maybell.bsky.social loves pool, poker & photography. Trifecta!

This is actually a great idea, I’m going to suggest it to my seminar students.

I think this is accidentally good. Our patent system is stupid. In theory, the purpose of patents is to encourage marginal inventors to invest in invention. Ok cool, so does it work? When does it work? Why does it work? Who knows. Let's make patents more efficient.

LOL. LOLOLOLOLOL. The reason for this is that we told law review editors to select for it. And then we complain about it. I have seen the enemy & he is us.

I wonder why the @chronicle never asks me to comment on these idiotic "plagiarism" scandals? I would be totally find with them "plagiarizing" my commentary BTW. www.chronicle.com/article/that...

An observation: The easier it becomes to produce conventional works, the harder it becomes to create novel works. Let there be rejoicing.

He plagiarized me. 😭 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....