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Andrew Jennings @andrewkjennings.com · 14/09/2026

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The Business Lawyer has published my new article, "Timing Whistleblowing." I use an obscure provision of the Securities Act—Section 11(b)(1)—to explain why an effectively designed whistleblower program might produce no whistleblowing at all. scholarlycommons.law.emory.edu/faculty-arti...

Whistleblower programs (WBPs) expose hidden corporate wrongdoing. They do so by
offering retaliation protection and financial bounties to those who bring original information
to law enforcement about unseen, and often complex, misconduct. Under a standard account,
whistleblowing serves the public interest by increasing the ex post detection of illegal activity
and the ex ante risk of its exposure. That standard view—which centers whistleblowing on
detecting wrongdoing—is incomplete, however. To present a fuller view, this Article introduces
a complementary model that refocuses whistleblowing as preventing wrongdoing. Working
together, these models show that a WBP can do more than enable detection at the late moment
when misconduct is afoot. It can also prompt action against wrongdoing that has yet begun.
This prevention/detection distinction exposes potential conflicts between public and corporate interests versus those of whistleblowers and prosecutors. The former interests favor
early whistleblowing that intervenes against inchoate wrongdoing. Whistleblowers and
prosecutors, however, have financial, personal, and political incentives more consistent with
late whistleblowing. Given those incentives, under some conditions, whistleblowers could
strategically delay reporting; meanwhile, prosecutors might be weakly motivated to police
such delays. Current policy fosters this conflict by embracing the detection model alone. As
a consequence, it privileges the interests of whistleblowers and prosecutors over those of the
public and firms. But, the Article urges, an approach to WBP design that embraces both
prevention and detection could achieve closer alignment between the interests of the public,
firms, whistleblowers, and prosecutors in timing whistleblowing

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Andrew Jennings @andrewkjennings.com · 03/09/2026

Thus far dozens of state and metro bar associations, AmLaw 200 firms, and smaller firms have signed up for the PracticalScholarship.com digest. I'll send out the first digest later this month. If you'd like to present your practice-relevant scholarship to practitioners, please submit at this link!

A free monthly email digest connecting CLE managers with legal scholars available to present their research.

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Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

My brilliant @emorylaw.bsky.social colleague @andrewkjennings.com has created a portal for law profs to share their areas of expertise for CLEs and to help those seeking speakers to learn about you. Such a great idea. practicalscholarship.com

A free monthly email digest connecting CLE managers with legal scholars available to present their research.

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Andrew Jennings @andrewkjennings.com · 03/09/2026

A free monthly email digest connecting CLE managers with legal scholars available to present their research.

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Andrew Jennings @andrewkjennings.com · 01/09/2026

What is the right (and the wrong) way to maximize shareholder wealth? William Thomas, assistant professor of business law at @umich.edu Ross School of Business, joins @busscholarship.bsky.social to discuss his paper “Stop Trying to Maximize Shareholder Wealth (Like That)”. 2/2

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Business Scholarship Podcast - William Thomas on How to Maximize Shareholder Wealth |

Andrew Jennings @andrewkjennings.com · 12/08/2026

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I've been thinking about how to connect legal scholars with practitioners. So, I'm starting a monthly digest for law-firm/bar-association CLE/training managers to identify profs who're available to speak on practice-relevant topics. More info at PracticalScholarship.com. Feel free to share/repost!

A free monthly email digest connecting CLE managers with legal scholars available to present their research. No login or registration required.

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Andrew Jennings @andrewkjennings.com · 12/08/2026

A free monthly email digest connecting CLE managers with legal scholars available to present their research. No login or registration required.

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Andrew Jennings @andrewkjennings.com · 10/08/2026

Family offices don't need much in the way of investor protection. So, no problem? Melinda Roth, visiting professor of practice at New England Law Boston, joins @busscholarship.bsky.social to discuss her new paper "All in the Family: Family Offices and the Limits of Financial Regulation." 1/2

Business Scholarship Podcast - Ep.284 – Melinda Roth on Family Offices |

Andrew Jennings @andrewkjennings.com · 04/08/2026

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How did securities deregulation contribute to the rise of huge private startups, and is there cause for concern? Renee Jones, professor of law at Boston College, joins @busscholarship.bsky.social to discuss her book "Untamed Unicorns: Why Startup Finance Is Broken and How to Fix It." 1/2

Business Scholarship Podcast - Ep.283 – Renee Jones on Untamed Unicorns |

Andrew Jennings @andrewkjennings.com · 27/07/2026

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What kind of a signal does antitrust enforcement send to an industry? William Laramy, a PhD candidate @umnlawschool.bsky.social, joins @busscholarship.bsky.social to discuss his paper “Beyond the Target: Antitrust Enforcement as Institutional Signal.” 1/2 youtu.be/ybAwp_FdIH4?...

Business Scholarship Podcast - Ep.282 – William Laramy on Antitrust Enforcement as Signal |

Andrew Jennings @andrewkjennings.com · 25/07/2026

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I love the cameos in this official portrait of the Swiss collective head of state. www.admin.ch/en/official-...

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Andrew Jennings @andrewkjennings.com · 25/07/2026

I love the cameos in this official portrait of the Swiss collective head of state. www.admin.ch/en/official-...

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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

We don’t talk enough about how good ‘Batman: the Animated Series’ looked.

The opening credits: Batman atop a tower in Gotham, the city is cloaked in a red hew

Police dirigibles! With massive spotlights! Searching for the bad guys, looking incredible

High contrast, bank robbers in black, flattened

The robbers running, black against a flat with the city block in a gorgeous blue color

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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

macromedia shockwave, print ad (1999) archive.org/details/eu_W...

prominent text:
shockwave makes your website groovy, baby!
photo: austin powers and felicity shagwell back to back, holding pistols, smiling, against a shagadelic background of coloured flower outlines.
smaller text:
austinpowers.com uses
the shockwave player to deliver the
web's most shagadelic experience.
when you want more of the world to visit your site and return more often,
reach for the director 7 shockwave internet studio. it's the secret agent
of engaging and entertaining sites that add life to the web.
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Andrew Jennings @andrewkjennings.com · 22/07/2026

I’m late to this story. . . . The egg cartel paid its punishment in-kind!? Fun to imagine the possibilities of corporate fines being paid in product. ag.ny.gov/press-releas...

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Andrew Jennings @andrewkjennings.com · 10/07/2026

This paper is great. I think one of the failings of American law professors is not doing enough to advise our student-editors that good legal scholarship needn’t be prescriptive.

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Andrew Jennings @andrewkjennings.com · 02/07/2026

How are mass-tort victims' interests protected (or not) in the bankruptcy process? Michael Francus, associate professor of law at @uvalaw.bsky.social, joins @busscholarship.bsky.social to discuss his paper "Representing the Mass in Mass Tort Bankruptcy." 1/2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHhQ...

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Business Scholarship Podcast - Ep.280 – Michael Francus on Mass-Tort Bankruptcy |

Michael Pollack @michaelcpollack.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

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Check out my conversation with @andrewkjennings.com all about the business of sidewalks on his terrific @busscholarship.bsky.social podcast!

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Andrew Jennings @andrewkjennings.com · 08/06/2026

What role do sidewalks play in our commercial lives? @michaelcpollack.bsky.social, professor of law @cardozolaw.bsky.social, joins @busscholarship.bsky.social to discuss his new book "Sidewalk Nation: The Life and Law of America's Most Overlooked Resource." 1/2

Business Scholarship Podcast - Ep.279 – Michael Pollack on Sidewalks |