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Kim Krawiec

@kimkrawiec.bsky.social
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Law Prof, University of Virginia. Taboo and repugnant markets, contracts, business law. Host of the Taboo Trades podcast tabootrades.buzzsprout.com www.law.virginia.edu/faculty/profil…

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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 15h
“Early demand largely came from couples struggling with fertility. But there was growing interest from younger women physically capable of becoming pregnant but reluctant to accept its impact on their bodies and careers, said consultants, clients and doctors interviewed by the FT.”
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Chinese women turn to surrogates to avoid motherhood ‘penalty’
With surrogacy illegal in China, agencies and consultancies are increasingly connecting would-be parents with women overseas
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Al Roth @alroth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This week (and next) will hatch a new batch of Nobel laureates. From Stanford and Harvard, here are some thoughts from (among others) Paul Milgrom and Claudia Goldin. #econsky #academicsky marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2026/10/post...
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Post-Nobel reflections by recent winners (on the eve of a new batch:).“Even my teacher has heard of that prize!”
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A sale may be morally permissible without being wise to legalize. Brennan and Jaworski discuss uncertainty, enforcement, regulation, and what small experiments might teach us about contested markets. Taboo Trades: buff.ly/ACUHhYu
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Markets Without Limits with Jason Brennan & Peter Jaworski - Taboo Trades
Jason Brennan and Peter Jaworski join Kim Krawiec, student co-hosts Joe Keys and Jake Ross, and members of UVA Law’s Taboo Trades seminar to discuss the second edition of Markets without Limits:…
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A sale may be morally permissible without being wise to legalize. Brennan and Jaworski discuss uncertainty, enforcement, regulation, and what small experiments might teach us about contested markets. Taboo Trades: buff.ly/ACUHhYu
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Markets Without Limits with Jason Brennan & Peter Jaworski - Taboo Trades
Jason Brennan and Peter Jaworski join Kim Krawiec, student co-hosts Joe Keys and Jake Ross, and members of UVA Law’s Taboo Trades seminar to discuss the second edition of Markets without Limits:…
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I "sleep good at night knowing that I was the one person in the Wilson family that ended up changing our financial, socioeconomic class . . .and if CTE is a consequence of that, then I'm willing to bet on myself that hopefully I won't get it, but if I do, then I made a decision and I chose that."
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Here's why NFL players risk CTE despite knowing the dangers
We asked over 30 NFL players about CTE concerns, and their answers ranged from fear to resignation.
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Does payment unfairly give the wealthy access to scarce opportunities? Brennan and Jaworski compare paid tutoring and admissions with advantages families can buy indirectly. The relevant alternative matters. Taboo Trades: buff.ly/ACUHhYu
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Markets Without Limits with Jason Brennan & Peter Jaworski - Taboo Trades
Jason Brennan and Peter Jaworski join Kim Krawiec, student co-hosts Joe Keys and Jake Ross, and members of UVA Law’s Taboo Trades seminar to discuss the second edition of Markets without Limits:…
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Does payment unfairly give the wealthy access to scarce opportunities? Brennan and Jaworski compare paid tutoring and admissions with advantages families can buy indirectly. The relevant alternative matters. Taboo Trades: buff.ly/ACUHhYu
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Markets Without Limits with Jason Brennan & Peter Jaworski - Taboo Trades
Jason Brennan and Peter Jaworski join Kim Krawiec, student co-hosts Joe Keys and Jake Ross, and members of UVA Law’s Taboo Trades seminar to discuss the second edition of Markets without Limits:…
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Al Roth @alroth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The NY Times has a story about the complicated life and busy career of NYU transplant surgeon Bob Montgomery, who is also a transplant recipient. #medicine marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2026/09/bob-...
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Bob Montgomery, transplant surgeon and transplant recipient, in the NYT
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Move "to legitimize the billions of dollars worth of gold unearthed by informal miners, a business often associated with worker exploitation and environmental damage. [It] could improve conditions for impoverished miners and increase lawful supplies at a time of near-record prices."
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Africa Digs Up Tons of Illicit Gold. A Fabled Refinery Wants to Make It Legit.
The century-old Rand Refinery, long the go-to destination for Africa’s commercially mined gold, is trying to integrate often-problematic artisanal gold into its supply.
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Australia is grappling with the unintended consequences of its more than decade-long attempt to tax nicotine into extinction — a giant black market controlled by organised crime.”
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Australia battles black market for cigarettes after decade of tax rises
How policy created a multibillion-dollar opportunity for organised crime
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Two people are drowning. You can save only one. Could payment break the tie? Brennan and Jaworski test their theory against duties, discretion, and the unequal ability to pay in a lively Taboo Trades exchange: buff.ly/ACUHhYu
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Markets Without Limits with Jason Brennan & Peter Jaworski - Taboo Trades
Jason Brennan and Peter Jaworski join Kim Krawiec, student co-hosts Joe Keys and Jake Ross, and members of UVA Law’s Taboo Trades seminar to discuss the second edition of Markets without Limits:…
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Booker is right
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Senate Resoundingly Approves Sweeping College Sports Measure
The outlook for the legislation, which seeks to stabilize the unsettled collegiate sports landscape, is uncertain in the House. It was one of the last congressional actions before the midterms.
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Two people are drowning. You can save only one. Could payment break the tie? Brennan and Jaworski test their theory against duties, discretion, and the unequal ability to pay in a lively Taboo Trades exchange: buff.ly/ACUHhYu
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Markets Without Limits with Jason Brennan & Peter Jaworski - Taboo Trades
Jason Brennan and Peter Jaworski join Kim Krawiec, student co-hosts Joe Keys and Jake Ross, and members of UVA Law’s Taboo Trades seminar to discuss the second edition of Markets without Limits:…
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“You need to really justify your opposition to this thing, especially when the stakes are that high.” Brennan on organ sales and the wait for kidneys. What should a compensated system be compared against? Taboo Trades: buff.ly/ACUHhYu
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Markets Without Limits with Jason Brennan & Peter Jaworski - Taboo Trades
Jason Brennan and Peter Jaworski join Kim Krawiec, student co-hosts Joe Keys and Jake Ross, and members of UVA Law’s Taboo Trades seminar to discuss the second edition of Markets without Limits:…
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Can payment make an otherwise permissible act wrong? Jason Brennan and Peter Jaworski join me and @uvalaw.bsky.social co-hosts Joe Keys and Jake Ross on Taboo Trades to discuss Markets without Limits: organ markets, corruption, rescue duties, and the law. www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
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Markets Without Limits with Jason Brennan & Peter Jaworski - Taboo Trades
Jason Brennan and Peter Jaworski join Kim Krawiec, student co-hosts Joe Keys and Jake Ross, and members of UVA Law’s Taboo Trades seminar to discuss the second edition of Markets without Limits: Moral...
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Can payment make an otherwise permissible act wrong? Jason Brennan and Peter Jaworski join me and @uvalaw.bsky.social co-hosts Joe Keys and Jake Ross on Taboo Trades to discuss Markets without Limits: organ markets, corruption, rescue duties, and the law. www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
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Markets Without Limits with Jason Brennan & Peter Jaworski - Taboo Trades
Jason Brennan and Peter Jaworski join Kim Krawiec, student co-hosts Joe Keys and Jake Ross, and members of UVA Law’s Taboo Trades seminar to discuss the second edition of Markets without Limits: Moral...
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I wrote about this case earlier: “Justice Elena Kagan on Tuesday refused to intervene in a high-profile custody battle that involved difficult questions surrounding surrogacy and abortion, leaving in place a lower-court order that gave custody to the biological parents in the dispute.”
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Supreme Court Order Gives Parents Custody of Baby in Surrogacy Fight
A surrogate refused to have an abortion after the fetus was diagnosed with a serious heart problem. She asked the justices to block a court order giving custody to the biological parents.
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Punitive child support, mandatory reporting, intimate partner violence, economic precarity, and the limits of family-law reform: our new conversation with June Carbone covers difficult ground. Listen to Taboo Trades: buff.ly/iHb3zLb
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Crisis of Boys & Men w/ June Carbone - Taboo Trades
Fatherhood, Family Law, and the Crisis of Boys and Men, with June CarboneJune Carbone joins Kim Krawiec, student co-host Damon Stefankiewicz, and members of UVA Law’s Taboo Trades seminar to discuss…
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Can family law help unmarried parents become effective co-parents—or does it too often push lower-income fathers to the margins? June Carbone joins student co-host Damon Stefankiewicz and our UVA Law seminar for a lively conversation. buff.ly/iHb3zLb
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Crisis of Boys & Men w/ June Carbone - Taboo Trades
Fatherhood, Family Law, and the Crisis of Boys and Men, with June CarboneJune Carbone joins Kim Krawiec, student co-host Damon Stefankiewicz, and members of UVA Law’s Taboo Trades seminar to discuss…
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“Women are not the biggest victims of this economy. Blue-collar men are.” June Carbone joins Taboo Trades to discuss the crisis of boys and men—and why it is also a crisis for families. buff.ly/vafwYT7
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Crisis of Boys & Men w/ June Carbone - Taboo Trades
Fatherhood, Family Law, and the Crisis of Boys and Men, with June CarboneJune Carbone joins Kim Krawiec, student co-host Damon Stefankiewicz, and members of UVA Law’s Taboo Trades seminar to discuss…
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Family law increasingly helps divorced parents remain cooperative caregivers. But unmarried fathers—especially lower-income fathers—often encounter punitive systems instead. June Carbone explains why and considers what could change. buff.ly/vafwYT7
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Crisis of Boys & Men w/ June Carbone - Taboo Trades
Fatherhood, Family Law, and the Crisis of Boys and Men, with June CarboneJune Carbone joins Kim Krawiec, student co-host Damon Stefankiewicz, and members of UVA Law’s Taboo Trades seminar to discuss…
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Why are so many boys and men struggling—and what does family law have to do with it? June Carbone joins me and @uvalaw.bsky.social student co-host Damon Stefankiewicz to discuss fatherhood, economic precarity, and family reform on Taboo Trades. www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
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Crisis of Boys & Men w/ June Carbone - Taboo Trades
Fatherhood, Family Law, and the Crisis of Boys and Men, with June CarboneJune Carbone joins Kim Krawiec, student co-host Damon Stefankiewicz, and members of UVA Law’s Taboo Trades seminar to discuss “...
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Why are so many boys and men struggling—and what does family law have to do with it? June Carbone joins me and @uvalaw.bsky.social student co-host Damon Stefankiewicz to discuss fatherhood, economic precarity, and family reform on Taboo Trades. www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
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Crisis of Boys & Men w/ June Carbone - Taboo Trades
Fatherhood, Family Law, and the Crisis of Boys and Men, with June CarboneJune Carbone joins Kim Krawiec, student co-host Damon Stefankiewicz, and members of UVA Law’s Taboo Trades seminar to discuss “...
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Al Roth @alroth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“Europeans think of Americans’ enthusiasm for paid surrogacy the way we regard their fondness for guns and capital punishment: inexplicable. The piquant difference, however, is that surrogacy is a cause of the American left rather than the right.” #econsky marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2026/09/surr...
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Surrogacy (on each side of the Atlantic)
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Just to note, these two worlds will merge this fall when @hoffprof.bsky.social joins the podcast to discuss NIL contracts, which he’s analyzed at some length on his Substack
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KProfsBlog @kprofsblog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A periodic update on the two main contracts law Substacks. @hoffprof.bsky.social has been writing about leases and about the dignity of contract. @kimkrawiec.bsky.social explains why surrogacy is complicated and launches Season 7 of the Taboo Trades podcast. www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/09/cont...
Logo for Dave Hoffman’s Contracts’ Empire SubstackLogo for Kim Krawiec’s Taboo Trades Podcast
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Meet the student co-hosts of Taboo Trades Season 7: Mia Armstrong, Sahanya Bhaktaram, Tyler Donovan, Kate Garmer, Liz Jahoda-Wassung, Joseph Keys, Angelica Kim, Virginia Pillion, Jake Ross, Linnea Selendy, and Damon Stefankiewicz. Get to know them here: buff.ly/4KvkXS6
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Welcome to Season 7! - Taboo Trades
In this episode, we welcome listeners to Season 7 of the Taboo Trades Podcast and introduce this year’s UVA Law student hosts: Mia Armstrong, Sahanya Bhaktaram, Tyler Donovan, Kate Garmer, Liz…
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Al Roth @alroth.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Wollman: in the highly concentrated dialysis market, in which prices are mostly federally regulated, mergers reduce competition on quality. #econsky #medicine marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2026/09/how-...
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How to Get Away with Merger in a Dialysis Duopoly by T.G. Wollman
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It’s everyone’s favorite time of year…the Taboo Trades Podcast is back for a new season! 🎉 Season 7 begins today. Meet this year’s student hosts and get ready for more conversations about markets, morals, law, and the lines we draw between them. Listen here: buff.ly/f4LfuZy #TabooTrades #UVALaw
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Welcome to Season 7! - Taboo Trades
In this episode, we welcome listeners to Season 7 of the Taboo Trades Podcast and introduce this year’s UVA Law student hosts: Mia Armstrong, Sahanya Bhaktaram, Tyler Donovan, Kate Garmer, Liz…
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David A. Simon @davidasimon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
www.statnews.com/2026/09/03/r... @kimkrawiec.bsky.social
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Recipients of gene-edited pig kidneys successfully receive human organs
Two recipients of gene-edited pig kidneys have successfully received human organs, a milestone in the wider effort to advance xenografts.
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The surrogacy debate is shifting at once around abortion, bodily autonomy, birthright citizenship, foreign intended parents, and national security. My new post connects the doctrinal disputes to that changing politics. buff.ly/Vwl7KnV
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Surrogacy Is Complicated.
So Is The Law.
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"One patient... lived with a pig kidney...for almost nine months without needing dialysis until the transplanted organ began to fail, though there were no signs of immune rejection. He then received a kidney from a deceased human donor."
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Pig kidneys successfully transplanted into humans
Trial in US offers hope for solving organ shortage
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We’re baaaack. 👻🎙️ Season 7 of the Taboo Trades Podcast is officially here—with a new team of @uvalaw.bsky.social student hosts and a fresh lineup of conversations about stuff we aren’t supposed to sell…but do anyway. Start the season with our welcome episode #TabooTrades #UVALaw #Podcast
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Welcome to Season 7! - Taboo Trades
In this episode, we welcome listeners to Season 7 of the Taboo Trades Podcast and introduce this year’s UVA Law student hosts: Mia Armstrong, Sahanya Bhaktaram, Tyler Donovan, Kate Garmer, Liz Jahoda-...
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“Baby selling” sounds like an argument, but it assumes the answer to the hardest question: whose baby is this? In gestational surrogacy, genetic, gestational, contractual, and intentional claims don't line up neatly. buff.ly/Vwl7KnV
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Surrogacy Is Complicated.
So Is The Law.
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Surrogacy disputes may start with abortion clauses and end up litigating parentage, custody, jurisdiction, records, and medical authority. The Baby Rumi case fits that pattern. Surrogacy is complicated—and so is the law. buff.ly/Vwl7KnV
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Surrogacy Is Complicated.
So Is The Law.
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Surrogacy disputes may start with abortion clauses and end up litigating parentage, custody, jurisdiction, records, and medical authority. The Baby Rumi case fits that pattern. Surrogacy is complicated—and so is the law. buff.ly/Vwl7KnV
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Surrogacy Is Complicated.
So Is The Law.
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I was quoted in the WSJ on whether a surrogate could face damages for refusing an abortion. My answer: theoretically possible, never yet imposed in a reported decision, and legally difficult. Here’s the longer version: buff.ly/8MKAKCq
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Surrogacy Is Complicated.
So Is The Law.
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I elaborate a bit more on the issues raised by Emma Camp’s recent WSJ article, as well as share some of my thoughts on current controversies and the underlying case law.
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Surrogacy Is Complicated.
So Is The Law.
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I elaborate a bit more on the issues raised by Emma Camp’s recent WSJ article, as well as share some of my thoughts on current controversies and the underlying case law.
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Surrogacy Is Complicated.
So Is The Law.
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I like it 👍
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KProfsBlog @kprofsblog.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
When universities leave athletics conferences, they have to pay termination fees that can be in excess of $100 million. Are those fees unenforceable penalties? It depends, but in one case involving smaller fees, the court said they were fine. www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/08/fina...
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Finally, a Court Rules on a Challenge to the Enforceability of College Sports League Transfer Fees
We reported two years ago about Clemson University’s challenge to the $140 million exit fee that the Atlantic Coast Conference wanted to charge for
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Beautiful : “There is a Quaker precept, “Let your life speak.” Dolly Parton’s life sang.”
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
“scammers in India are lured by the huge sums of money flowing to its marriage market, in which families spend years saving up for a daughter’s wedding clothing, jewelry and dowry — the traditional, yet illegal, payment of cash or assets to the groom.”
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Missing From a Mass Wedding in India: Brides
A fraud case, in which dozens of grooms showed up for a wedding that never materialized, is an extreme example of scamming in a marriage industry long prone to it.
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Prof. @kimkrawiec.bsky.social discusses dueling lawsuits over a surrogate mother traveling from Alaska to Texas for treatment. @wsj.com
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Opinion | Surrogacy Is Getting Weird
Dozens of American babies commissioned by Chinese billionaires, felony charges, embryo mix-ups and more.
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
“It’s unlikely that Ms. West will ultimately be held responsible for damages related to her refusal to get an abortion. That outcome is “theoretically possible,” says Kimberly D. Krawiec, a University of Virginia law professor, “but has never happened, and would face legal hurdles.””
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Opinion | Surrogacy Is Getting Weird
Dozens of American babies commissioned by Chinese billionaires, felony charges, embryo mix-ups and more.
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Al Roth @alroth.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
My blurb: “The End of Death tells the gripping story of a tireless doctor (Norman Shumway), a drug (cyclosporine), and a law (recognizing brain death) that combined to make heart transplants one of the miracles of modern medicine.” #econsky #medicine marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2026/08/how-...
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How heart transplants gave birth to brain death (new book by Basil Baccouche)
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
True story: I began a lecture that was being observed for hiring purposes by asking the students on call that day about a case I had not assigned. Knowing I was being observed, rather than say something, they did their best to make up answers! (I couldn't understand why they seemed so off that day)
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Not a sentence I expected to see today: "This year’s Tour de France Femmes has been rocked by allegations that some riders are artificially exaggerating their bust size to gain an aerodynamic advantage." marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2026/08/bra-...
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Bra doping at the women’s Tour de France
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Al Roth @alroth.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Kidney exchange in Italy is now making good use of deceased-donor initiated chains. #econsky #italy marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2026/08/dece...
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Deceased-donor initiated kidney exchange chaiins in Italy, after six years
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