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Morgan Ricks

@morganricks1.bsky.social
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Vanderbilt law professor. Formerly U.S. Treasury (crisis team), Citadel (merger arbitrage), Merrill Lynch (financial institutions investment banking), Wachtell (M&A).

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Morgan Ricks @morganricks1.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
As with the first edition, the book continues to feature:
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Morgan Ricks @morganricks1.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The second edition includes:
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Morgan Ricks @morganricks1.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I'm pleased to announce the publication of the second edition of Enterprise Organizations: Law, Theory, and Practice, a law school casebook on business organizations. As with last year's first edition, I have aimed to make it modern, accessible, practical, and affordable ($85).
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Morgan Ricks @morganricks1.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
My new casebook is the bestseller in corporate law on Amazon -->
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Morgan Ricks @morganricks1.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
I published a new business organizations casebook.
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Morgan Ricks @morganricks1.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
"We spent the last 30 years coming to a new understanding as a country about what we need to do. And sometimes that means tariffs." -- Buttigieg
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Morgan Ricks @morganricks1.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
. @matt-levine.bsky.social unwittingly making the case for rate regulation in banking.
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Morgan Ricks @morganricks1.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
3/3:
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Morgan Ricks @morganricks1.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
2/3:
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Morgan Ricks @morganricks1.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Austrian business cycle theory (1/3):
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Morgan Ricks @morganricks1.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Interesting
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Morgan Ricks @morganricks1.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
.@matt-levine.bsky.social on Eurodollars. The most fundamental question in all of finance is -- and for hundreds of years has been -- "who gets to issue money [dollars in this case] and subject to what constraints."
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Morgan Ricks @morganricks1.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
OK, I'm already hooked.
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Morgan Ricks @morganricks1.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Just arrived, excited to read this. @mkonings.bsky.social
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Morgan Ricks @morganricks1.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
My grandfather's 100th birthday!
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Morgan Ricks @morganricks1.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Musk's apparent flouting of Exchange Act § 13(d) in 2022 without any legal repercussions tells you a lot about elite impunity in America. (clip from recent @matt-levine.bsky.social newsletter)
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Morgan Ricks @morganricks1.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
If we're going to be overhauling bank regulatory structure then may I humbly suggest:
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Morgan Ricks @morganricks1.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Great event here last month with Jonathan Kanter.
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Morgan Ricks @morganricks1.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
The case for imposing rate regulation on credit card networks / swipe fees is very strong.
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Morgan Ricks @morganricks1.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Actually it began in earnest in the Carter Administration, for what it's worth.
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Morgan Ricks @morganricks1.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
There's an important question about whether the combination of limited liability and concentrated ownership / high-powered incentives is good for society. It puts a lot of pressure on the guardrails. See e.g. the studies on effects of private equity ownership of nursing homes and hospitals.
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Morgan Ricks @morganricks1.bsky.social · 31/10/2023
As I never tire of saying,* banking law can't cohere, and financial stability policy can't succeed, without a functional definition of "deposit." Congress should enact one. * ok, sometimes I tire. From @matt_levine today:
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Morgan Ricks @morganricks1.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
I'm about to start writing the financial market infrastructure chapter for the second edition of Networks, Platforms, and Utilities: Law & Policy and today @matt-levine.bsky.social delivers some timely content:
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