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Melissa B. Jacoby of the University of North Carolina School of Law has authored Unjust Debts, How Our Bankruptcy System Makes America More Unequal, a book examining the hidden effects of bankruptcy in America.
A groundbreaking look at the hidden role of bankruptcy in perpetuating ...
Continue ReadingIn its op-ed piece “There’s still time for Congress to Trump-proof the Insurrection Act,” The Washington Post addresses reforms necessary to prevent abuse of the Insurrection Act. The piece highlights the Principles for Insurrection Act Reform, issued by a bipartisan group at the invitation of The American ...
Continue ReadingThomasenia “Tommie” P. Duncan of the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has died at age 60. She was elected to ALI in 2016 and participated in the Members Consultative Group for Principles of the Law, Data Privacy.
Below is an excerpt from her obituary:
Tommie's ...
Continue ReadingPresident Biden has announced the nomination of Michelle Williams Court to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
From the White House announcement:
Judge Michelle Williams Court has been a judge on the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles County since 2012, and ...
Continue ReadingStanford Law School has announced the appointment of George Triantis as its next dean, effective June 17. Triantis joined the Stanford faculty in 2011, having most recently served as the Charles J. Meyers Professor of Law and Business and a senior associate vice provost for research at Stanford ...
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