Joe Smith has seen a lot from his experiences with banking and financial crises. I always learn from him, and perhaps you will too.

Good news is made to be shared!

A red carpet question: to what extent can the Academy Awards restrict how winners use their Oscar statues via contract? creditslips.org/2026/03/14/o...

WKNO FM public radio just re-aired this NPR book of the day segment; new Unjust Debts readers welcomed! www.wknofm.org/book-of-the-...

Have you watched this yet? 17+ minutes on The Daily Show of substantive conversation about a serious book, The Middle-Class New Deal. Proud to know you, Professor Dickerson!

I reviewed "Unjust Debts" by @mbjacoby.bsky.social for the American Journal of Law and Equality. It's a great book, and if you haven't gotten a copy, you really should! direct.mit.edu/ajle/article...

A Wall Street Journal podcast inspired me to start this blog post. Edgar Allan Poe and FirstBrands inspired me to finish it. creditslips.org/2025/12/02/b...

The study on hospital collection lawsuits linked in this post is worth your time and attention.

A reasonable plea for accuracy in counting corporate bankruptcies from @boblawless.bsky.social www.creditslips.org/creditslips/...

My contribution to this fantastic @brooklynlawschool.bsky.social symposium is here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers..... It's both too long (for the symposium) and too short (much more to say), but I think just the beginning.

New book alert!

NEW: Anat R. Admati reviews "Unjust Debts: How Our Bankruptcy System Makes America More Unequal" (2024) by Melissa B. Jacoby. www.promarket.org/2025/07/23/o...

Join in livestream - tomorrow, July 15, 2025 at 10am Eastern judiciary.house.gov/committee-ac...

Prof. Melissa B. Jacoby argues that the U.S. bankruptcy system doesn’t just reflect inequality—it reinforces it. In Unjust Debts, she shows how bankruptcy law privileges corporations over people. politicsrights.com/making-ameri... #bankruptcy @mbjacoby.bsky.social‬ #politicsandrightsreview

An essay by my friend Stephanie Schantz that offers food for thought for everyone: www.huffpost.com/entry/infert...

Debtor-creditor relationships are everywhere, including and especially in health care. Glad to see new journalistic coverage of these medical credit products and their implications in the @prospect.org @mirya.bsky.social papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

A new book: Sharing Risk, by Professor Pat McCoy, came out yesterday. I'll be reading it for sure. www.ucpress.edu/books/sharin...

More on the bankrupt 23andMe, this time in the British Medical Journal

Were I in the DC area you would find me here. Book events at public libraries are a special thing. And opportunity to hear from a journalist with extensive experience reporting on student loans.

As bankruptcy filings rise, here's a conversation with Greg LaBlanc(recorded in April, released today, May 9). @thenewpress.bsky.social podfollow.com/unsiloed-wit...

Unjust Debts heading back to a bookstore on May 9 - Scuppernong Books, Greensboro, NC, in conversation with a former NC Supreme Court justice. Details below. scuppernongbooks.com/event/2025-0...

When 23andMe filed for bankruptcy in March, the fate of its vast genetic database became unclear. In today’s episode, we look at what might happen to the genetic data of 15 million 23andMe customers as the bankruptcy process unfolds.

23andMe bankruptcy currently has more active oversight than the federal government in the last 3 months. If members of Congress want to protect Americans' data privacy, they could hold DOGE accountable for its risky business.

Whether intentional or mere indifference, effect is the same... www.wsj.com/economy/trad...

Johnson & Johnson tried 3 times to resolve talc suits in bankruptcy court. It didn’t work. We get into it.👇

Inflicting too many outrages, in too many illegal ways, to fit on a sign was the strategy...and I'm on my way to a march in NC.

Having reread, want to emphasize that decision below is important read on lawyers' professional responsibility (and role of claims agent businesses) when firms represent large numbers of claimants.

Bankruptcy court in Texas says J&J's third bankruptcy to cap liability for talc harm must be dismissed. Here is decision: document.epiq11.com/document/get...

new bankruptcy/sovereign immunity decision from #SCOTUS www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Recirculating now that 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy...

Thanks to the Harvard Law Review for publishing a review of my book Unjust Debts, particularly by such a thoughtful scholar, Berkeley Law Professor Abbye Atkinson. harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13... @thenewpress.bsky.social

Save the date: friends and fans of Juliet Moringiello - please join virtually an event on March 20, 2025 1pm ET. Details at @creditslipsblog.bsky.social www.creditslips.org/creditslips/...

In memory of Professor Juliet Moringiello. www.creditslips.org/creditslips/...

Link now includes an interview with Prof. Sara Gerke... www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

The ABA rejects efforts to undermine the courts and the legal profession. Read full message: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

Speaking of debt and health... if you are in New Haven tomorrow, please join in for a health-focused Unjust Debts event. law.yale.edu/yls-today/ya...

New in the New England Journal of Medicine ... www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... (screenshot from the other place)

The Unjust Debts audiobook is released today. rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...

And article below links to Forbes, which quotes chief economist at Apollo Global Management... www.apolloacademy.com/downside-ris...

Remembering Brady Williamson www.creditslips.org/creditslips/...

1/ 🚨New paper alert! 🚨 Excited to share my latest paper co-authored with the amazing @profthebruce.bsky.social and @chrisodinet.bsky.social : ==Bankrupt Crypto Organizations== papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

I really enjoyed reading this blog post as a bankruptcy law scholar. It recaptures the need to rethink the moral dimension of bankruptcy.

state commercial law in the news

Bankruptcy in the news, squared. Although I followed this closely in its earlier chapter 11 iterations, and have studied bankruptcy sales for a long time (with @tjanger.bsky.social) would not have predicted these latest twists and turns.

For those interested in forum and judge shopping in federal court, or bankruptcy more specifically.

Yes indeed.

Astronomers at UNC-Chapel Hill have found one of the youngest known planets in the galaxy. The planet IRAS 04125+2902 b, or TIDYE-1b, is about three million years old. Compared to Earth at 4.5 billion years old, that's like discovering a two-week-old infant. www.wunc.org/news/2024-12...

Bipartisan bankruptcy legislation continues to be introduced (although rarely enacted). www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...

The study of sheriffs by @mirya.bsky.social and @emayfarris.bsky.social especially relevant, for better or for, well, .... press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...