Checking in on the law professors on here and...

I lost my job, oil is six dollars a gallon, my kids have measles, and secret police roam the streets, killing and imprisoning people at random. But at least now students at schools I've never heard of aren't heckling conservative speakers that I've never heard of.

You can read the analysis from @elisebmaizel.bsky.social and me on SSRN or the California Law Review Online. We are still pursuing our rights to review the settlement agreements in our FOIA case [3/4]

Now, the Trump Administration has abandoned its appeals, perhaps because it recognized the EOs were unlawful in the first place -- or perhaps because the EOs accomplished the chilling effect they were designed to have [2/4]

Early in his second term, Donald Trump issued unprecedented Executive Orders against half a dozen private law firms. Four of them -- including my old law shop, @WilmerHale, sued and won in federal district court [1/4]

🚨 Law360 picked up on our FOIA lawsuit. ⚖️ @elisebmaizel.bsky.social and I want to read the Trump/Big Law contracts. 📑 In part so we can analyze them, as we did, in short form, here: papers.ssrn.com/abstract=538.... www.law360.com/employment-a...

This is the direct result of a judicial order. Law isn’t magic but it can be powerful stuff.

Alex Pretti was already restrained when federal agents shot and killed him in Minneapolis, a New York Times analysis of video shows. The footage contradicts the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the shooting.

Today would be a good day to donate to immigration defense in Minnesota. www.ilcm.org/donate/

I talked to CNN about the privileged assertions being made by Epstein's estate.

snakes leave behind whole skins. all manner of flying creatures, not just butterflies, do them one better, whole new selves from wriggling worms. rocks into gems. mystics die to the flesh to be reborn in the spirit. rebirth is the rule, not the stray exception, if we can grasp it

When you get the reputation of being the guy with the encouraging words on New Year's Eve, it can start to come through as a little pressure -- what if the situation on the ground is worse than usual? what if people are more scared than they usually are, and with cause? what use are good vibes then?

Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan… * Vehicle traffic: -11% * Foot traffic: +3.4% * Storefront vacancy: -0.9% * Pollution: -22% * Revenue for mass transit: $548M So YES this has been a huge success.

I think this is one those things historians understand intuitively and a lot of non-historians struggle with. Research isn’t just about answering a question, it’s about framing a question. This is what we argue about! Wrestle with. Cry over. Drink away. Not how to answer, but what question to ask.

Rigorous originalist thought from my brilliant colleague.

I don't check this website every day, but I did today and that was a mistake. I want to learn nothing more about metaphorical rivers and canyons.

VC David went out of her way to identify the dogs' names when she could

We're just doing 30 Rock episodes now

Also, Sabrina Shroff--who represented Sandwich Guy--is a phenomenal attorney. I worked on a matter with Sabrina when I was in practice and have no doubt the defense case was expertly litigated.

Happy new @themountaingoats.bsky.social record day to all who celebrate! This year's theme is nautical musical theatre!

At last, the voice we've been waiting to hear on Tornetta...

🚨🪶⚖️ @elisebmaizel.bsky.social and I just came out with a new essay on Trump's assault on Big Law. Available in the California Law Review Online here: www.californialawreview.org/online/trump... [1/5]

How does private equity work, you ask? Well let's start with a lesson on management fees, illustrated here.

There goes my corporate comparative law project. Wouldn't want to be caught smuggling in ideas.

It warms my civ-pro-professor heart.

@elisebmaizel.bsky.social and I wrote a piece last summer on the private lawsuits against law firms over DEI. Now that the EEOC is moving against DEI, it’s even more relevant.

With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:

I'm very excited to share that my latest project, exploring the relationship between corporate misconduct, corporate culture, and corporate oversight doctrine has found a home with the Duke Law Journal.

Is this where I come to brag that Gerard Way was my friend on MySpace?

Go Birds

I sound like a broken record, but to understand what's happening in government look to Musk's Twitter purchase. Before Musk officially closed his deal for Twitter in Oct. 2022, his team demanded that the company freeze all payments to outside contractors and vendors. bsky.app/profile/eric...

Wasn't sure whether to post this paper yet, but in light of *hand waves* everything, here's my take on current corporate governance disputes, DExit, Tornetta, Moelis, ESG - the whole shebang papers.ssrn.com/abstract=512...

Happy February Cycle Eve to all who celebrate!

This is obviously and rightly being ratioed. But I just want to jump in to express my undying love for New Jersey Transit. Underappreciated and under resourced, but a tremendous public good. C'mon Phil, pull your socks up and tell New Jersey they can park in Secaucus.

The just-filed complaint challenging Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship. Filed in the D.N.H. by the national ACLU, ACLU-NH, ACLU-MA, ACLU-ME, NAACP LDF, State Democracy Defenders Fund, and the Asian Law Caucus. www.aclu-nh.org/en/press-rel...

Never have I navigated faster to @annmlipton.bsky.social 's bluesky page. Looks like the SEC did a thing.

Master doc of mutual aid groups helping people and animals on the ground in LA. Please share docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Not me having a midlife crisis because the new Vice Chancellor in Delaware Chancery is exactly my age

Ok I know I'm a law professor and this is outside my lane, but here's my year end list of underrated albums of 2024:

It's worth noting what the shareholder proposal was actually asking the board to do--to prepare and release a report on the "risks" of DEI. The board of Costco, in a move that counts as brave in the current environment, declined to do some right wing group's ideological homework.

big news today in distressed debt land: Silver Point accused by SEC of failing to monitor star lawyer on.ft.com/4fpSpEN

*Screams in new Michigan State professor*: omg THAT'S what those are?!?!

NEW: @elisebmaizel.bsky.social (MSU College of Law) argues that zealous advocacy in corporate law, when supporting misconduct, should be seen as disloyalty. This shift could realign lawyers' priorities toward upholding the law and serving the public good. www.promarket.org/2024/12/06/c...

I'm beating my drum on corporate lawyers in ProMarket today: www.promarket.org/2024/12/06/c...

holy shit

And sometimes you can even co-author with them! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

To the surprise of no one, Chancellor McCormick won't give Elon his money back. courts.delaware.gov/Opinions/Dow...

Today my timeline has taught me about the broad and varied coalition that loathes Ohio State.

really crushed to see that Will Cullen Hart, who made so much beautiful, unique music with the Olivia Tremor Control and Circulatory System, has died. his music meant a lot to me, and he will be very missed. listen to Black Foliage today for him.