Another university getting rid of things you could only ever do at a university and replacing them with stuff a 13-year-old can do on a phone

Do I know any trade policy experts who'd like to speak on a panel in Toronto? If so, please get in touch!

Sen. Tina Smith: "How can we trust the federal government to do an objective, unbiased investigation, without prejudice, when at the beginning of that investigation they have already announced what they think happened? ... they have completely destroyed any credibility."

If you're a law professor and want to move to Canada, please get in touch.

Are there any Canadian legal academics who actively write on competition law?

Congratulations to Allard Law Professor David Duff on receiving the Jim Taylor, QC Faculty Scholar Award! The award honours faculty members who consistently go above and beyond in their service to the law school. allard.ubc.ca/about-us/new...

Just learned that Bluesky was created by techno-libertarians as an experiment in open-source content moderation, which is hilarious

I was quoted in this recent Financial Post article on the Vancouver tech economy.

Law professors: I'm putting together a panel on the rule of law and the Canadian economy. Please let me know if you could suggest any panellists!

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This is really bad.

To be honest, I'm kind of irritated by the exodus of educated liberals (and others) to this site, which has completely ceded the territory to right-wing morons on Twitter.

This report from Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP is consistent with my research finding that "fiduciary out" provisions in Canadian M&A transactions are nearly universally tied to the financial interests of shareholders: www.lexology.com/library/deta...

This blog post on corporate governance may be of interest:

Ross told me he enlisted in the Marines when he was 17 because he loves his country and to help his parents get a path to citizenship. protesting directly in front of Marines deployed by President Trump he told me "it makes me feel sad... a lot of Marines, they’re all Hispanic."

Check out the Centre for Business Law's spring newsletter:

My latest article, "Reassessing the End of History: Directors' Duties and Shareholders' Rights in Comparative Context," has been accepted for publication in the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law! Now on SSRN:

Tune in for this Centre for Business Law event Monday!

New @aoc.bsky.social letter to AG Pam Bondi about Tom Homan:

Please join the Centre for Business Law for professor Tomer Stein's presentation "The Merging of Ownership and Control" this Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. Zoom registration link below:

Check out the latest Centre for Business Law newsletter:

Speaking as a Canadian, I am furious.

This is insane.

Join us on Feb 7, 2024 when Professor Nikos Harris discusses Access to Justice and Fair Proceedings: The Fundamental Conflict Between an Inherently Complex Justice System and Self-Representation. This lecture is part of Access to Justice Week BC #A2JWeekBC allard.ubc.ca/about-us/eve...

Just got my first porn bot follower on this site

Legal academics of Bluesky: For the first time in several years, I plan on submitting an article in the upcoming U.S. submission cycle. Is there anyone who'd be willing to literally walk me through the process and provide strategic advice? Please let me know if you're willing to take a call.

I would like to go on sabbatical -- any suggestions?

NPR story about the challenge of preventing vehicular attacks on city streets (I’m quoted): www.npr.org/2025/01/04/n...

I am ranked 87th in the world at DoDonPachi DaiOuJou (black label).

Do I know anyone going to the Winter Deals Conference in Park City? I would be open to splitting a room.

I recommend Bryce Tingle's Hard Lessons in Corporate Governance to anyone interested in corporate law!

This is the Twitter content you're missing

It seems pretty clear that executive-compensation disclosure has contributed to increasing executive compensation.

Is this thing on?

Thank you to Ryan Bencic, Katie Chandler, and Kellen Voyer for a great panel on representing startup companies and venture capital firms!

Thoughts, Bluesky?

As some of you may know, I'm the director of the Centre for Business Law at the University of British Columbia. I invite you to peruse our Youtube channel, which features a wide variety of informative videos! www.youtube.com/@centreforbu...

Haven't logged in for a while and I now have hundreds of followers lol

What's good Bluesky?