@kulawschool prof of Alternative Dispute Resolution (int’l and US arbitration, mediation, settlement negotiation), Contracts, Commercial Law & Bankruptcy.
Lawrence, Kansas
Joined June 2013
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"The West’s precious, almost unique, achievement has been the limitation of state power. Since Magna Carta in 1215, the West gradually placed constraints on rulers — through rights for citizens, independent courts, a sovereign church and the sanctity of private property." 1/
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Stephen Ware retweeted
I am honored and thrilled to see this review of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘮 𝘖𝘭𝘥 𝘋𝘢𝘺𝘴 in @TheEconomist, which calls the book a "rip-roaring rebuttal of the idea that progress is a myth" and a "splendid corrective" to rose-colored views of the past.
Rest in peace, Gail Agrawal.
A terrific dean of @kulawschool, and its first woman dean. Much of what's good at #KULaw traces back to Gail.
She and I just shared our fondness for Lisbon a few weeks ago, so the suddenness really hits hard.
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RIP Richard Posner.
I’m grateful to him for teaching my Jurisprudence course and for providing about a hundred different things that helped me as an early career scholar.
We mourn the loss of Senior Lecturer Richard Allen Posner, a longtime #UChicagoLaw scholar, former federal appellate judge, and pioneer in the field of law and economics, who died on November 10.
Read more about his legacy: buff.ly/e3c3WdL
ALT In loving memory of Richard Posner 1939-2026
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Spotted today in midtown Kansas City. Unfortunately, on some level, you do kind of gotta hand it to this guy
My version of this was the great female dancer from my parents’ generation: Freddis Stair.
I had never heard of anyone else named Freddis, so it seemed strange.
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Good summary of the Supreme Court’s upcoming case addressing #arbitration agreements in #bankruptcy, particularly individual debtors alleging violations of the automatic stay. Link below.
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Also I recommend Lawless, Reframing Arbitration & Bankruptcy, 96 Am. Bankr. L.J. 701 (2022), though I disagree with some of it.
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1. one creditor racing ahead of rivals to collect from the debtor's limited resources,
2. protecting debtors (especially human debtors) from creditors, and
3. preserving the authority of a court to enforce its own order/injunction.
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In the Goldman case heading to SCT, individual debtors alleged a creditor's violations of the Bankruptcy Code's automatic stay. Such violations can raise bankruptcy law concerns about:
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As the only lawprof in the US who regularly teaches & writes on both bankruptcy & arbitration, I hope & expect SCOTUS will write a lawyerly decision carefully attending to both statutes—the Federal Arbitration Act and the US Bankruptcty Code
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This could be a sweeping decision on consumer arbitration & class actions.
But….
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scotusblog.com/2026/11/supre…
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Stephen Ware retweeted
Capitalism involves far more cooperation than competition—think of the number of mutually beneficial transactions you’ve had today compared to the number of competitions you’ve been in today.
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Capitalism is the system where businesses are made to compete with each other for the ability to cooperatively transact with you.
Stephen Ware retweeted
This shouldn't be unexpected in a well-functioning world, but it seems noteworthy that not only were the mid-term elections held, but they were administered without major incident, and the lopsided results are apparently not being questioned by those on the losing side of it.
Stephen Ware retweeted
After Seeing Election Results, Trump Announces Retaliatory Tariffs On America buff.ly/4wppxgt
