For the law-curious who want to be more engaged: a starter syllabus on how law collides with lives, power & justice. From A Civil Action to Just Mercy to the opioid crisis—and ending with my book The Pain Brokers (out 1.13.26). Full syllabus here: #LawStudents open.substack.com/pub/bethburc...

#MDL judges are ordering lead attorneys to file unfiled claims. Can they do that? Judges have jurisdiction over claims, not the lawyers who practice before them. And lawyers owe fiduciary duties to their clients, not the judges who appoint them. 2 cases to 👀! www.law.com/2025/08/21/t...

This should be a doozy of a read. Story of 3 women (among millions) who were affected by pelvic mesh & who were preyed on by telemarketers, unethical Drs, and greedy lawyers. Women as cash cows. Pub 1/2026 @atriabooks.bsky.social @eburch.bsky.social #medicine #health #legal #amreading #lawsuits

THE PAIN BROKERS is the shocking, true story of three women caught in a web of telemarketing scammers, shady doctors, and profit-hungry lawyers who turned fears surrounding a faulty medical device affecting millions of women into a goldmine. Preorder here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Pa...

In two months, on August 5, my new co-authored book, Debt's Grip: Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy, published by University of California Press, will be out! (Co-authored with @boblawless.bsky.social and Deborah Thorne, University of Idaho.) More about the book here: www.ucpress.edu/books/debts-...

👏We are hiring!👏 UGA School of Law is conducting an open rank search for 4-5 positions in: torts, contracts, bankruptcy, environmental law, property, international law, and secured transactions, plus business/corporate law, administrative law, banking, & employment law. Email: [email protected]

Purdue's bankruptcy saga may soon draw to a close as all states and territories sign off on the revamped plan to transfer assets to a public benefit company. Is everyone happy? Will the Sacklers be held to account? No and maybe. A 🧵 www.bloomberglaw.com/product/blaw...

“Shadowy overseas #funders are paying to sue American companies in our courts,” said an ad that aired for some listeners of The Totally Football Show, “and they don’t pay a dime in US taxes if there is an award or settlement.” @emilyrsiegel.bsky.social reports news.bloomberglaw.com/product/blaw...

Wild story: a quality manager who warned about the shoddy construction of Boeing 787 Dreamliner planes was particularly concerned about the ones sent to Air India in 2014. That's when the Air India jet that crashed today was sent. prospect.org/economy/2025...

THE INTERCEPT’S PRESS FREEDOM DEFENSE FUND LAUNCHES RAPID RESPONSE FUND FOR JOURNALISTS COVERING CALIFORNIA PROTESTS theintercept.com/2025/06/10/j...

Welcome summer! First berry haul from the yard this morning.

MDL Panel filings are down drastically. Theories anyone? www.law.com/nationallawj...

In our Top 5: * Long COVID camaraderie (Men's Health) * Breeding terrorists on Telegram (@propublica.org / @frontlinepbs.bsky.social) * 737 Max coverup (@wired.com) * Petrusich profiles Dacus (@newyorker.com) * The Irish pub as export (@smithsonianmag.bsky.social) longreads.com/2025/03/21/t...

A look inside the underbelly of mass torts: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/a...

Is the third time the charm? J&J's gambit to siphon claims that its baby powder caused ovarian cancer into bankruptcy will start its latest test today in a hearing before a Houston bankruptcy judge. Here's a primer on the latest. #ComplexLitigation #torts www.reuters.com/legal/jj-beg...

Starting a group for narrative nonfiction. Please let me if you'd like to join or if I've inadvertently overlooked you! go.bsky.app/3uiHxi7

A primer for #authors on the recent blurbing controversy. The hubbub seemingly began with Rebecca Makki's post, Blurb no More. She explains the labor intensive process of blurbing and best practices for seeking blurbs. rebeccamakkai.substack.com/p/blurb-no-m...

Anyone looking for a page-turning true crime story, Nick Bilton's American Kingpin has taken on new relevance today. a.co/d/94YNN83

Hey civ pro, class action, and mass tort folks—please let me know who I’ve missed so I can add them! go.bsky.app/JktqgMX

@deanruskintlaw.bsky.social @desireelc.bsky.social @sonjawest.bsky.social @johnmeixner.bsky.social @mandyuga.bsky.social @thomaskadri.bsky.social @eburch.bsky.social @proffoohey.bsky.social

Had a nice dose of optimism on #VeteransDay. Judges Gergel & Childs spoke about Unexampled Courage, the story of how Black veteran Sgt. Isaac Woodard's blinding by police led Pres. Truman to push for civil rights & paved the way for Brown v. Board of Ed. #CivilRights 📚 bookshop.org/p/books/unex...

Happy Halloween to my civil procedure crew! Name that costume…

For anyone who wants more torts in their life on Saturdays, I’ve got you covered! Join me via zoom from your couch for National Tort Law Day tomorrow! www.tortmuseum.org/tort-law-edu...

Happy pub day, David!!

Families of the victims of Boeing's jets failed to derail the plane maker's 2021 deferred prosecution deal. But the new plea deal could be a different story. This column explains why. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

So great to finally publish this article in the Yale Law Journal with my two amazing co-authors, Abbe Gluck and @eburch.bsky.social www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/agains...

Need a gripping podcast for your holiday travels? Wonder whether your loved one's body has been dismembered and sold? I've got just the thing for your dark soul! Kudos to my friend Ashley Fantz who first brought you Suspect Season 2 & now The Body Brokers. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

Here’s the link to today’s oral argument in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma—today’s major opioid case before the Supreme Court—which is set to begin at 10:00 a.m. (ET). www.c-span.org/video/?53189...

Want to know more about the high-stakes battle over Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy, its billionaire Sackler family & what's at stake for mass torts when the case is argued before SCOTUS this Monday? We've got you covered. @profadamszimmerman.bsky.social www.elizabethchambleeburch.com/post/purdue-...

Why does the Purdue case being heard on 12/4 by the Supreme Court matter for mass torts? Here's a paper about it by leading experts: @profadamszimmerman.bsky.social @eburch.bsky.social and Abbe Gluck papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

I have the world’s sweetest #Torts class! This morning, they gave me a crown for teaching sovereign immunity, McD’s for Stella v Liebeck, coffee mug for my lifeblood, and a stack of the kindest notes ever. #UGALaw

US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas expressed grave concerns about trial judges in consolidated multidistrict litigation binding defendants to the outcome of bellwether trials. reut.rs/3sPslAs

Want to know more about the #Sacklers’ plan to ride Purdue Pharma’s #bankruptcy coattails + more about #opioids in the #MDL? Listen in to Charlotte Bismuth, Jonathan Lipson & me on the latest episode of Bankruptcy for Billionaires. #SCTOUS spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/kSreK9XyWEb

Happening tonight in Athens: #Author and #Pulitzer winner Colson Whitehead will be speaking in the UGA Chapel at 5:30 p.m. @universityofga.bsky.social #writing 📚 history.uga.edu/events/conte...

Long overdue & much needed! Kudos to POTUS & FLOTUS for shining a spotlight on #WomensHealth. A quick look at lawsuits over OrthoEvra, Yasmin/Yaz, Paraguard, Mirena, NuvaRing, #mesh, breast implants, #talc, & hair relaxers show a sliver of the problem. #MDL