Sir, it's time. We've drafted a New York Times op-ed for your review and, if agreeable, signature.

Margot Robbie preparing her depreciation explainer.

Enough space politics, its time to consider why the country of Genovia from the Princess Diaries is almost monolingually English speaking and what its relationship is to the EU, particularly given it is technically an absolute monarchy

The Justice Department has lost thousands of experienced attorneys since the start of the Trump administration and has backfilled a fraction of the open jobs, with the process snarled by a lack of qualified candidates, bureaucratic delays and hiring freezes.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Sir, this is not a Wendy’s.

Sir, this is not a Wendy’s.

Just imagining the media on Earth 2 on a day when President Harris's aides are fighting to withhold food stamps and raise healthcare prices for tens of millions of Americans while she hosts a former affiliate of al-Qaeda and ISIS in the Oval Office

A few years ago there was a terrible Gen Z tweet everyone dunked on about how people should get their car insurance payments back if they don’t use it. Anyway it’s fun to discover this is now the stated position of the GOP

"Federal law enforcement staff working at the camp have been waiting on Ms. Maxwell hand and foot," says the letter signed by House Judiciary committee ranking member

www.cbsnews.com/news/ghislai...

Any DSCC emails are henceforth being flagged as spam.

What happens when the lines between debt and equity blur?

Narine Lalafaryan, assistant professor of corporate law at the University of Cambridge, joins @busscholarship.bsky.social to discuss her paper “Chameleon Capital.” 1/2

Thank you, belatedly, @andrewkjennings.com for your great interview. Your questions prompted me to think more about this challenging topic. Friends, have a listen and share your comments.

Does giving extra votes to loyal shareholders promote long-term value, or corporate entrenchment?

Maria Lucia Passador, assistant professor of law at Bocconi University, joins the Business Scholarship Podcast to discuss her trilogy of articles on tenure (i.e., loyalty) voting. 1/2

How does the closet affect corporate governance?

@darrenrosenblum.bsky.social (St. John's University School of Law) joins @busscholarship.bsky.social to discuss their article "Queers, Closets, and Corporate Governance." 1/2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=QATr...

How often do veil-piercing factors occur in everyday business? What might their prevalence mean for the "exceptionalness" of the PCV remedy?

My new paper, "Everyday Veil Piercing," provides the first prevalence estimates of piercing factors in U.S. small businesses. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

The Weekend

A fall afternoon,
reading pixels on the back deck
The coffee is strong,
but could be stronger
"In The End" whispers down the street
It must be louder there
A millennial is building skeletons
Or planting gravestones
Or fixing a car
They used to play Springsteen
Soon it will be The Weeknd