Up to one-third of the faculty may be terminated, although in the law school, Chicago-Kent, it appears the number is lower (maybe one-fifth by some accounts). If readers have more details, please e…

The professor, a longtime critic of the university, was among 19 educators who lost their positions as the institution navigated financial woes.

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The Capitol Forum will host a conference call with Andrew Granato, Assistant Professor at the University of Texas School of Law, and Pranjal Drall, a J.D.-Ph.D. candidate in Financial Economics at Yal...

There is a strong new paper out about how private socializes risk via the (captive) insurance channel, with implications for data center capex, given the (now) greater than 50% reliance on external fi...

Significant and unwelcome changes to what had been legal academia's major open source scholarly repository and notice system

“Partner runs”—mass, near-instantaneous departures of partners from distressed law firms—are a distinctive feature of the American legal profession, produced by an interaction of legal ethics rules, p...

Move comes after Roger Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs

(May 2020) - The sale and repurchase (repo) market played a central role in the recent financial crisis. From the second quarter of 2007 to the first quarter of 2009, net repo financing provided to US...

<p>In late 2023, Warner Bros. Discovery announced that it would be permanently shelving <i>Coyote vs. Acme</i>, a complete and hotly anticipated film about popu

New Wyden Bill Would Close Private Placement Life Insurance Tax Shelter Abused by the Ultra-Rich

After decades of explosive growth, Austin, Texas, in the 2010s was a victim of its own success. Lured by high-tech jobs and the city’s hip reputation, too many people were competing for too few homes....

Today, civil rights leader Dolores Huerta issued the following statement: