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Stephen Ware

@profstephenware.bsky.social

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University of Kansas Law professor: Alternative Dispute Resolution (arbitration, mediation, settlement negotiation) Contracts Commercial Debt Bankruptcy Insolvency

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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 15d

Timeline cleanse

Stephen Ware @profstephenware.bsky.social · 20d

Private plaintiffs a bigger % of #consumer enforcement in US than EU (entrepreneurial lawyers are the American Way!) but I haven't seen any reliable apples to apples data comparing govt enforcement of consumer rights in US v EU. I wonder if substantive law differences loom larger than procedural

Stephen Ware @profstephenware.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks for using the word "insight" to describe something I said!

It's elaborated here bsky.app/profile/prof...

and here

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Stephen Ware @profstephenware.bsky.social · 20d

Energized for a new semester of teaching the resurgent subject of #bankruptcy and coaching the University of Kansas School of Law bankruptcy moot court team in the Shapero and #Duberstein competitions.

Nice synergy with my writing on #mediation and#arbitration in #insolvency cases.

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 21d

Holy forking shirtballs

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 21d

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOLY SHIT

Stephen Ware @profstephenware.bsky.social · Jan 9

Yes, the world is largely governed by strength but much US strength comes from embodying, albeit imperfectly, freedom, democracy & prosperity all of which attract allies who make the whole greater than the sum of the parts

Stephen Ware @profstephenware.bsky.social · Jan 6

If you’ll be in New Orleans for #AALS2026 come join Thursday’s discussion of consumers’ and workers’ adhesive #arbitration agreements with Amy Schmitz Richard Frankel Maria Glover Ron Aronovsky, and me.

#labor #employment #consumer #contracts #ADR

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · Jan 4

Okay, I laughed: “Maduro Requests Lindsay Halligan to Prosecute Him” [Andy Borowitz]

Stephen Ware @profstephenware.bsky.social · Jan 3

Most interesting of the 50 posts I’ve read on this website this morning:

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Jan 3

Remember that there is a legitimately elected president of Venezuela: Edmundo Gonzalez. He won the election in 2024.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Jan 3

Remember that there is a legitimately elected president of Venezuela: Edmundo Gonzalez. He won the election in 2024.

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Chris Jones @cjonesny.com · Dec 31

Not bad, actually - except for the war bit.

A horizontal stacked bar chart titled "What Americans in a 1998 poll expected to happen by the year 2025...". Each bar is divided into two colored sections representing the percentage of respondents who believed an event "Will have happened" (teal) or "Won't have happened" (orange) by 2025. The predictions, sorted by the percentage who thought it will happen, are as follows:

The emergence of a deadly new disease: Will have happened 75%, Won't have happened 21%. Gay marriages will be commonplace: Will have happened 74%, Won't have happened 22%. Country will have elected a black president: Will have happened 69%, Won't have happened 29%. Physician assisted suicide will be commonplace: Will have happened 68%, Won't have happened 31%. An environmental catastrophe will have occurred: Will have happened 67%, Won't have happened 31%. Country will have elected a woman president: Will have happened 66%, Won't have happened 32%. Illicit drug use, such as marijuana and cocaine, will be commonplace: Will have happened 64%, Won't have happened 34%. People will routinely live to be 100 years old: Will have happened 61%, Won't have happened 37%. AIDS will be cured: Will have happened 60%, Won't have happened 38%. Cancer will be cured: Will have happened 59%, Won't have happened 40%. Most stores will be replaced by shopping on the Internet: Will have happened 56%, Won't have happened 43%. Most people will do their jobs from home: Will have happened 52%, Won't have happened 47%. United States will be involved in a full scale war: Will have happened 51%, Won't have happened 46%.

Source information at the bottom reads: Source: USA Today/Gallup poll of 1,055 adults, conducted September 30-October 1, 1998 using live telephone interviews. Graphic: Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN.

Stephen Ware @profstephenware.bsky.social · Dec 29

Friendly suggestion for the future is to acknowledge correlation

Stephen Ware @profstephenware.bsky.social · Dec 23

Today may be setting the new single-day record for most spam emails and texts

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Jeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · Dec 23

I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · Dec 19

Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.

Rockets owners expand talks to buy, move Sun

Stephen Ware @profstephenware.bsky.social · Dec 17

Settling litigation:

Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social · Dec 17

“If our opponent is to be made to comply with our will, we must place him in a situation which is more oppressive to him than the sacrifice which we demand”

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · Dec 17

my negotiation strategy with russia is kill more russians

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Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social · Dec 17

“If our opponent is to be made to comply with our will, we must place him in a situation which is more oppressive to him than the sacrifice which we demand”

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · Dec 17

my negotiation strategy with russia is kill more russians

Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · Dec 16

What are you even talking about! I am saying it is a delusional fantasy to suggest Russia is going to invade European countries like Poland, Germany or indeed the UK, which is the insane drivel currently being promoted in support of a disastrous arms race.

Stephen Ware @profstephenware.bsky.social · Dec 15

From “Child Labor in the United States” by Robert Whaples

Stephen Ware @profstephenware.bsky.social · Dec 15

Meathead and Spinal Tap

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · Dec 8

Nope. Doomer nostalgia about a fake past in which "all families were single earners & they all owned homes!" is the reactionary sentiment. Telling the truth is always better for the left.

Stephen Ware @profstephenware.bsky.social · Dec 4

commodifying excess capacity is good

thedailyeconomy.org/article/what...

What Uber and AirBnB Really Sell: Sharing with Transaction Costs Slashed | The Daily Economy

Platforms make on-demand access a real alternative to ownership, by reducing the three core transaction costs of sharing with strangers.

thedailyeconomy.org

Stephen Ware @profstephenware.bsky.social · Dec 3

Good idea! I signed. I hope in the next few years for a program on judicial selection and retention.

Stephen Ware @profstephenware.bsky.social · Dec 3

Viscerally negative and personal reactions to this on Bluesky suggest some folks’ distaste for profit hungry tech bros may distract from assessing prediction markets’ value at making predictions that help a wide variety of people pursuing a wide variety of goals

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · Dec 3

The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · Dec 3

The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."

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rudy.ca @rudydotca.bsky.social · Dec 1

who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there

Stephen Ware @profstephenware.bsky.social · Nov 30

Great location for 1L study groups:

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Stephen Ware @profstephenware.bsky.social · Nov 28

Thanks, and not sure which way this cuts, but picture 2 nerdy, white high school boys in an audience otherwise consisting of middle-aged Black people in their Sunday best

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