Grateful for the Star Tribune coverage. Our message is simple: every neighborhood deserves to feel safe, and we’re ready to do the work. #ShenForSafety www.startribune.com/university-o...

A very excellent download of the week!

Thank you, Ed Boltz, for a very generous reading of my essay reviewing "Debt's Grip" by @proffoohey.bsky.social, @boblawless.bsky.social, and Deb Thorne. ncbankruptcyexpert.com/2025/12/02/l...

My new post about Adrienne Hines's book, Bankruptcy Magic, and how it might help encourage the people who will benefit from filing bankruptcy to file bankruptcy. Link to her book, www.theladylikelawyer.com/bankruptcy-m...

I'm on an airplane now! On my way to University of Illinois Law! See you soon @chrisodinet.bsky.social and @boblawless.bsky.social!

Go @proffoohey.bsky.social!! www.instagram.com/reel/DPzfBKg...

Less than two weeks until the Financial Precarity in the United States conference, which dovetails with the publication of Debt's Grip: Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy, at @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social. Message me for details. Learn more here: www.law.uga.edu/financial-pr...

On Aug 15, @bji.bsky.social hosted a book event for Debt's Grip. Judge Erithe Smith led a discussion about the book with me and my co-authors, @boblawless.bsky.social and Debb Thorne. We talked about themes and presented some key data. Recording now available! www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bji...

I'm off to the Chicago-Wharton-Harvard Insolvency & Restructuring Conference. Looking forward to geeking out about bankruptcy law soon!

Official release date for Debt's Grip: Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy, from University of California Press!! In it, @boblawless.bsky.social, Deborah Thorne, and I draw on 11 years of court records and surveys from bankruptcy filers to describe what it means to live in financial precarity in the US.

UGA School of Law is hiring professors! Open rank search, 4-5 positions. Priorities: torts, contracts, property, environmental, bankruptcy, secured transactions. Other: international, banking, business, administrative, employment. Teaching in more than one listed discipline especially helpful. (1/2)

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-...

Law Professors! Attending AALS 2026? Are you publishing (in 2025/2026) a book that is based on data you collected via a social science empirical technique? Think about submitting to this call for proposals for the book panel organized by Law and the Social Sciences Section. Email me if you have Qs.

I'm SO EXCITED to become part of Minnesota Law (in a year)! And I'm grateful to have one more year at UGA Law to finish some really great empirical research about debt collection and enjoy the company of my excellent colleagues there. MN is where I started my career (post-clerking); I'm coming back!

Great to be part of this colloquium and to have the chance to engage with @trangmae.bsky.social's work!

The ACA was momentous! We need to continue to fight for change!

Bob Lawless sums up the quote by Lawrence A. Friedman in Bloomberg Law's reporting on Tara Twomey's (almost certainly illegal) firing as the executive director of the U.S. Trustee Program aptly -- appalling. Read the post for more about Twomey's exceptional record.

Virtual Access to Event in Memory of Juliet Moringiello March 20 2025 www.creditslips.org/creditslips/...

The Trump Administration has fired another effective and dedicated public servant.

Juliet Moringiello - One of the Greats (via @creditslipsblog.bsky.social) Such a wonderful person and scholar. I will miss her so much. www.creditslips.org/creditslips/...

Wait, I can simply switch between my personal account and the Credit Slips account. I don't need to logout and login? This is already better than the Bad Place. And, yes, for those of you in the field, we now have a blog account as well. Stay tuned.

Credit Slips, the blog, is now on Bluesky! This is the account run by the Slipsters. @creditslipsblog.bsky.social

Non-Bankruptcy Law in Bankruptcy Courts - Credit Slips - www.creditslips.org/creditslips/...

Adam Levitin explains how the CFPB's acting director is already breaking the law. Russ Vought Breaks the Law on His First Day as CFPB Director www.creditslips.org/creditslips/...

After a long hiatus, finally posted again on Credit Slips. About my essay recently published in American Bankruptcy Law Journal, in conjunction with its symposium at National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges 2024 meeting. Non-Bankruptcy Law in Bankruptcy Courts, www.creditslips.org/creditslips/...

The #CFPB is a fantastic agency and it needs to be here to stay. Great piece by @riquier.bsky.social of @usatoday.com on the CFPB's effectiveness and how it has endured since its creation. (Plus I'm quoted and my paper about the CFPB complaint database is linked!) www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

**NOW AVAILABLE** Regulating LGBTQ Speech in the Classroom Under existing law, teachers teaching is govt speech unprotected by free speech This rule mistakenly assumes that the Free Speech Clause protects only speakers and not audiences-- in this case students #LGBTQ #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment

New year; new title! I'm ready to take on 2025! Go Dawgs! www.law.uga.edu/profile/pame...

Happy Caturday. Bodhi is that cat -- the one who removes the ornaments from the tree and looks very pleased about it. 😼🎄

Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act reintroduced! (nadler.house.gov/news/documen...) Here's the original one-pager, www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do..., and the law prof letter in support, www.creditslips.org/files/cbra-l....

I spoke about older folks' increasing use of bankruptcy at GA state bar's bk conference yesterday. Why they file is one chapter in my forthcoming book with Robert Lawless and Deborah Thorne, Debt's Grip: Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy (University of California Press, this summer!). Great conference!

Hi new followers! I'm a prof at UGA Law. Go Dawgs! My research focuses on bankruptcy, consumer and business, often using empirical techniques, including talking to people! I write in the areas of bankruptcy, consumer finance, banking, commercial, and a bit of corporate law. Happy to have you along!

Love this list! Thank you for including me!! ❤️

SEC CHAMPIONS, BABY! GO DAWGS! SIC ‘EM!

Decorated!

I’m thrilled to welcome to the podcast new friend, Albertina Antognini, and old (as in long-time) friend, Susan Appleton, of Arizona and @washulaw.bsky.social, respectively. www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...

Last piece of bankruptcy legislation introduced in time for me to note it bankruptcy class -- Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2024. Reintroduced by Senators Ben Ray Luján, Sheldon Whitehouse, Richard Blumenthal, Elizabeth Warren, Peter Welch, and Tammy Baldwin. ladailypost.com/u-s-sen-ben-...

Final day of bankruptcy class at UGA Law today! Great semester with a fantastic group of students! Wonderful way to kick off my time at UGA Law.

Day 3 (for me) of the #bookchallenge. Challenge = choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order (and, for me, it may take more than 20 consecutive days). No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky

At the end of this panel, Charles Beckham and I asked, where the Purdue Pharma decision lead courts and Congress? Much of what I discussed is in forthcoming article with Jonathan Lipson, The End(s) of Exceptionalism: Purdue Pharma and the Problem of Social Debt, papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... (1/4)

Successful presentation!

Nice write-up about the year-over-year rise in consumer bankruptcy filings by Kate Gibson in CBS News. Consumer filings still haven't reached pre-pandemic levels. Story focuses, in part, on when it makes sense for people to file and notes how long many people wait. www.cbsnews.com/news/bankrup...

The University of Georgia School of Law's Directory Starter Pack is live! Follow for updates from our active community of faculty, staff, librarians, and more: go.bsky.app/1BZ8Gr #LawSchool #UniversityofGeorgiaSchoolofLaw #internationallaw #DeanRuskInternationalLawCenter

Getting ready for the 43rd Annual Jay L. Westbrook Bankruptcy Conference! Presenting w/Charles Beckham about: Taking Stock After Purdue Pharma. Topics: third-party releases, consent, voting, FCRs, Congressional action. The conference created a graphic for the session! utcle.org/conferences/...

Half baked attempt at a tax professor starter pack. Tons of ppl missing but I can fix it later when I have willpower go.bsky.app/U5hFSU2

Bidding procedures and sales are today's topic in my bankruptcy class! Spirit Airlines delivered a prenegotiated plan yesterday (yesterday's class topic) and InfoWars / The Onion delivers a sale fight for today. Great "bankruptcy in the news" ending to the semester. abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...

Day 2 (for me) of the #bookchallenge. Challenge = choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order (and, for me, it may take more than 20 consecutive days). No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky

Jonathan Lipson and I have a new article, forthcoming in Cardozo Law Review, discussing the Supreme Court's recent decision in Purdue Pharma. The End(s) of Bankruptcy Exceptionalism: Purdue Pharma and the Problem of Social Debt. Here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... (1/2)

The billions spent on auto/home insurance ads reveal market dysfunction: People can't compare products, rarely switch, & often get only 1-2 quotes. States respond w/ antiquated rate regs, causing shortages & distorted risk signals. ACA-style insurance exchanges offer a pro-market alternative. 1/8