As FTX creditors continue to voice concern about the role of Sullivan & Cromwell in the company’s bankruptcy, Prof. Jonathan Lipson says the law firm “has done some really important and valuable things.” “It’s also true that bankruptcy is all about spreading the pain. However, the right metric is if you had to maximize the value of this estate, what would you get? And there are, I think, legitimate questions about that.” Read More

Nebraska voters could see conflicting ballot measures on abortion regulation this fall. Dean Rachel Rebouche says it may come down to voter outreach: “Each side has a stable group of supporters. But how are they going to reach people who have abortion ambivalence and convince them that their stance is the best option?” Read More

Louisiana is considering a bill to classify abortion pills as controlled substances, typically reserved for drugs at risk for abuse. Dean Rebouche says it’s part of an effort to paint the drugs as dangerous and stems from the decision in Dobbs.  “There’s not a threat of overdose,” she said. “There’s not a threat of addiction …. This is what Dobbs wrought.” Read More

Kean Family Dean Rachel Rebouche talked with the Philadelphia Business Journal about the law school’s comprehensive student success plan and how she’s “thinking innovatively” about what new lawyers need. Read More

The Judicial Conference of the United States is trying to curb judge-shopping. Prof. Paul Gugliuzza and co-author J. Jonas Anderson explain what it is and how it corrodes the legitimacy of our judicial system. Read More

Apple has long wielded consumer privacy as an offensive strategy in protecting its walled garden business model. But, as the DOJ makes privacy a center of its antitrust complaint against the tech giant, Prof. Erika Douglas says the relevant question is how well the strategy will hold up defensively as well. Read More

Virginia governor Glenn Younkin has vetoed a package of bills that would have created shield laws for abortion providers. Dean Rebouche explains why seven other states have passed such bills and why some lawmakers have concerns. Read More

An upcoming Supreme Court case about using law enforcement to curb homelessness could impact Philadelphia’s efforts to address open-air drug markets. Prof. Scott Burris: “The War on Drugs resulted in incarceration, to lots of violence, the militarization of our police — and yet the one thing it has never done is control drug markets. The idea that, ‘Well, we’ve been nice for too long. It’s time to get back to what works’… It will not work.” Read More

A Texas immigration bill authorizing state officials to arrest and deport immigrants would have no chance of survival but for the “destabilization” of Supreme Court jurisprudence during the Trump administration, says Prof. Peter Spiro. “If we were asking this question five years ago, it would be ‘this is just political theater on Texas’ part, and there’s no way that this law is going to go into effect.” Read More

Carly P. Reilly delves into scholarship by Prof. Jonathan Lipson and co-author David Skeel whether Sullivan & Cromwell bears some culpability for the FTX collapse. Watch