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Aurelius Seeks a Do-Over; Puerto Rico and the Appointments Clause Litigation

01/08/18

The lives of Puerto Rico residents remain profoundly disrupted by the aftermath of Hurricane Maria measured by metrics such as electricity, clean water, health care access, with death tolls mounting. This week, though, in a federal court hearing on January 10, 2018, Puerto Rico has the extra burden of confronting Hurricane Aurelius.

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Is Poland on its Way to Being Expelled From the EU?

12/30/17

Poland has been thumbing its nose at key European Union norms for some time now (refusal to comply with environmental commitments, unwillingness to take refugees, and so on).

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Battle of the Bonds: PDVSA Versus Venezuela

12/22/17

Mitu Gulati and Mark Weidemaier

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Tax "Reform"

12/21/17

Key takeaways for Slips readers from a Moody's report, dated today:

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Comparative Insolvency Conferences of Note

12/21/17

I thought Credit Slips readers might be interested in using some holiday down-time to catch up on a couple of recent comparative insolvency conferences with particularly cutting-edge presentations, some of which are or will be available for viewing online (and many of the papers are available on SSRN or elsewhere).

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Puerto Rico: Unexpectedly Hilarious Gifts From YouTube

12/20/17

HT: Joseph Blocher & Rich Schmalbeck

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Call for Commercial Law Topics (and Jargon!)

12/16/17

For the spring semester, I am offering advanced commercial law and contracts seminar for UNC students, and have gathered resources to inspire students on paper topic selection as well as to guide what we otherwise will cover. But given the breadth of what might fit under the umbrella of the seminar's title, the students and I would greatly benefit from learning what Credit Slips readers see as the pressing issues in need of more examination in the Uniform Commercial Code, the payments world, and beyond.

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About That Mysterious Crystallex Settlement

12/15/17

We have covered Crystallex’s lawsuit against Venezuela a bunch here on Credit Slips (for example, here, here, here

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