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Mr. Maduro Writes an Exam Question on Veil Piercing

11/23/17

It is that time of the year; where one of the excuses I use to escape Thanksgiving dinners that have degenerated into to food fights over our current president is: "I have to go write my exam questions".

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Old Wine in New Bottles: Geopolitics and Venezuela's Debt

11/22/17
Mark Weidemaier & Mitu Gulati
 
Robin Wigglesworth and John Paul Rathbone have an insightful piece in the Financial Times on how China, Russia, and the US are jockeying for position in Venezuela, which needs debt relief. The other governments are in a position to either facilitate or impede this, with conditions.
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CFPB Directorship Succession: What the Dodd-Frank Act's Legislative History Tells Us

11/20/17

With the announcement by CFPB Richard Cordray that he will be leaving the agency by the end of the month, the question arises who will succeed Cordray as Director.

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Why Didn't Puerto Rico Use its "Local Law" Advantage to Reduce its Debt?

11/18/17

Good academic workshops are hard to run. I know, because this is a task that I have failed at, and continue to fail at, repeatedly.

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Venezuela's Debt: Is the Game Afoot?

11/17/17

Mitu Gulati & Mark Weidemaier

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Whitford on Law School Financial Aid

11/16/17

WhitfordAlthough technically

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Confusion in Venezuela; Alter Egos in Delaware

11/12/17

Confusion reigns. Venezuela might plan to default, but maybe it's just pretending so it can buy bonds back on the cheap.

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Lularoe, Other Multi-Level Marketing Companies, and Bankruptcy Filings

11/11/17

Several days ago, Stephanie McNeal at BuzzFeed News published a short piece on Lularoe's intersection with consumer bankruptcy filings. I've blogged about multi-level marketing (MLM) companies' potential role in bankruptcy filings a couple times.

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Puerto Rico, its Control Board and the "Two-Step Plan" Story

11/11/17

It is rare that the ideas in academic articles fundamentally change the world.

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