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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

A very excellent download of the week!

Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

I'm on an airplane now! On my way to University of Illinois Law! See you soon @chrisodinet.bsky.social and @boblawless.bsky.social!

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Less than two weeks until the Financial Precarity in the United States conference, which dovetails with the publication of Debt's Grip: Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy, at @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social. Message me for details. Learn more here: www.law.uga.edu/financial-pr...

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

On Aug 15, @bji.bsky.social hosted a book event for Debt's Grip. Judge Erithe Smith led a discussion about the book with me and my co-authors, @boblawless.bsky.social and Debb Thorne. We talked about themes and presented some key data. Recording now available! www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bji...

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Debt's Grip

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

I'm off to the Chicago-Wharton-Harvard Insolvency & Restructuring Conference. Looking forward to geeking out about bankruptcy law soon!

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Official release date for Debt's Grip: Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy, from University of California Press!! In it, @boblawless.bsky.social, Deborah Thorne, and I draw on 11 years of court records and surveys from bankruptcy filers to describe what it means to live in financial precarity in the US.

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

UGA School of Law is hiring professors! Open rank search, 4-5 positions. Priorities: torts, contracts, property, environmental, bankruptcy, secured transactions. Other: international, banking, business, administrative, employment. Teaching in more than one listed discipline especially helpful. (1/2)

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

In two months, on August 5, my new co-authored book, Debt's Grip: Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy, published by University of California Press, will be out! (Co-authored with @boblawless.bsky.social and Deborah Thorne, University of Idaho.) More about the book here: www.ucpress.edu/books/debts-...

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Debt's Grip by Pamela Foohey, Robert Lawless, Deborah Thorne - Paper

Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Law Professors! Attending AALS 2026? Are you publishing (in 2025/2026) a book that is based on data you collected via a social science empirical technique? Think about submitting to this call for proposals for the book panel organized by Law and the Social Sciences Section. Email me if you have Qs.

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

I'm SO EXCITED to become part of Minnesota Law (in a year)! And I'm grateful to have one more year at UGA Law to finish some really great empirical research about debt collection and enjoy the company of my excellent colleagues there. MN is where I started my career (post-clerking); I'm coming back!

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Great to be part of this colloquium and to have the chance to engage with @trangmae.bsky.social's work!

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

The ACA was momentous! We need to continue to fight for change!

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Bob Lawless sums up the quote by Lawrence A. Friedman in Bloomberg Law's reporting on Tara Twomey's (almost certainly illegal) firing as the executive director of the U.S. Trustee Program aptly -- appalling. Read the post for more about Twomey's exceptional record.

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Bob Lawless @boblawless.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

The Trump Administration has fired another effective and dedicated public servant.

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Bob Lawless @boblawless.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Wait, I can simply switch between my personal account and the Credit Slips account. I don't need to logout and login? This is already better than the Bad Place. And, yes, for those of you in the field, we now have a blog account as well. Stay tuned.

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Credit Slips, the blog, is now on Bluesky! This is the account run by the Slipsters. @creditslipsblog.bsky.social

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Adam Levitin explains how the CFPB's acting director is already breaking the law. Russ Vought Breaks the Law on His First Day as CFPB Director www.creditslips.org/creditslips/...

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

After a long hiatus, finally posted again on Credit Slips. About my essay recently published in American Bankruptcy Law Journal, in conjunction with its symposium at National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges 2024 meeting. Non-Bankruptcy Law in Bankruptcy Courts, www.creditslips.org/creditslips/...

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Non-Bankruptcy Law in Bankruptcy Courts - Credit Slips

This past year's American Bankruptcy Law Journal symposium at the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges' Annual Meeting addressed the role of bankruptcy law in the larger U.S. legal system. The ABL...

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

The #CFPB is a fantastic agency and it needs to be here to stay. Great piece by @riquier.bsky.social of @usatoday.com on the CFPB's effectiveness and how it has endured since its creation. (Plus I'm quoted and my paper about the CFPB complaint database is linked!) www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

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Billions of dollars for millions of Americans: why 'delete the CFPB' might not fly

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been a political punching bag for years, but on the eve of a new Trump administration, it might survive.

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Prof Caroline Mala Corbin @carolinemalacorbin.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

**NOW AVAILABLE** Regulating LGBTQ Speech in the Classroom Under existing law, teachers teaching is govt speech unprotected by free speech This rule mistakenly assumes that the Free Speech Clause protects only speakers and not audiences-- in this case students #LGBTQ #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment

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Regulating LGBTQ Speech in the Classroom

Public school teachers across the country have found their speech relating to LGBTQ students and issues more regulated than ever. In left-leaning states, some r

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Happy Caturday. Bodhi is that cat -- the one who removes the ornaments from the tree and looks very pleased about it. 😼🎄

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act reintroduced! (nadler.house.gov/news/documen...) Here's the original one-pager, www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do..., and the law prof letter in support, www.creditslips.org/files/cbra-l....

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

I spoke about older folks' increasing use of bankruptcy at GA state bar's bk conference yesterday. Why they file is one chapter in my forthcoming book with Robert Lawless and Deborah Thorne, Debt's Grip: Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy (University of California Press, this summer!). Great conference!

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Hi new followers! I'm a prof at UGA Law. Go Dawgs! My research focuses on bankruptcy, consumer and business, often using empirical techniques, including talking to people! I write in the areas of bankruptcy, consumer finance, banking, commercial, and a bit of corporate law. Happy to have you along!

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Love this list! Thank you for including me!! ❤️

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Last piece of bankruptcy legislation introduced in time for me to note it bankruptcy class -- Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2024. Reintroduced by Senators Ben Ray Luján, Sheldon Whitehouse, Richard Blumenthal, Elizabeth Warren, Peter Welch, and Tammy Baldwin. ladailypost.com/u-s-sen-ben-...

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U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján, Colleagues Reintroduce Bill To Offer Relief To Americans Facing Medical Bankruptcy

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Final day of bankruptcy class at UGA Law today! Great semester with a fantastic group of students! Wonderful way to kick off my time at UGA Law.

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Day 3 (for me) of the #bookchallenge. Challenge = choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order (and, for me, it may take more than 20 consecutive days). No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

At the end of this panel, Charles Beckham and I asked, where the Purdue Pharma decision lead courts and Congress? Much of what I discussed is in forthcoming article with Jonathan Lipson, The End(s) of Exceptionalism: Purdue Pharma and the Problem of Social Debt, papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... (1/4)

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The End(s) of Bankruptcy Exceptionalism: Purdue Pharma and the Problem of Social Debt

<span>The Supreme Court’s recent 5-4 decision in the controversial chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization of opioid-maker Purdue Pharma ends the use of nonconsens

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Nice write-up about the year-over-year rise in consumer bankruptcy filings by Kate Gibson in CBS News. Consumer filings still haven't reached pre-pandemic levels. Story focuses, in part, on when it makes sense for people to file and notes how long many people wait. www.cbsnews.com/news/bankrup...

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Personal bankruptcies are on the rise. When does it make sense to file?

Americans struggling to stay financially afloat should consider debt relief before tapping into retirement accounts, experts say.

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Sarah Quinn @sarahquinnezz.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The University of Georgia School of Law's Directory Starter Pack is live! Follow for updates from our active community of faculty, staff, librarians, and more: go.bsky.app/1BZ8Gr #LawSchool #UniversityofGeorgiaSchoolofLaw #internationallaw #DeanRuskInternationalLawCenter

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Getting ready for the 43rd Annual Jay L. Westbrook Bankruptcy Conference! Presenting w/Charles Beckham about: Taking Stock After Purdue Pharma. Topics: third-party releases, consent, voting, FCRs, Congressional action. The conference created a graphic for the session! utcle.org/conferences/...

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Shuyi Oei @shuyioei.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Half baked attempt at a tax professor starter pack. Tons of ppl missing but I can fix it later when I have willpower go.bsky.app/U5hFSU2

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Bidding procedures and sales are today's topic in my bankruptcy class! Spirit Airlines delivered a prenegotiated plan yesterday (yesterday's class topic) and InfoWars / The Onion delivers a sale fight for today. Great "bankruptcy in the news" ending to the semester. abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...

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Company affiliated with Alex Jones seeks to disqualify The Onion's auction bid on Infowars

A federal bankruptcy judge in Texas is being asked to disqualify a winning bid made by the satirical news outlet The Onion to buy conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Day 2 (for me) of the #bookchallenge. Challenge = choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order (and, for me, it may take more than 20 consecutive days). No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Jonathan Lipson and I have a new article, forthcoming in Cardozo Law Review, discussing the Supreme Court's recent decision in Purdue Pharma. The End(s) of Bankruptcy Exceptionalism: Purdue Pharma and the Problem of Social Debt. Here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... (1/2)

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The End(s) of Bankruptcy Exceptionalism: Purdue Pharma and the Problem of Social Debt

<span>The Supreme Court’s recent 5-4 decision in the controversial chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization of opioid-maker Purdue Pharma ends the use of nonconsens

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Daniel Schwarcz @danielschwarcz.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

The billions spent on auto/home insurance ads reveal market dysfunction: People can't compare products, rarely switch, & often get only 1-2 quotes. States respond w/ antiquated rate regs, causing shortages & distorted risk signals. ACA-style insurance exchanges offer a pro-market alternative. 1/8

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