Chris Hampson
@chrishampsonlaw.bsky.social
Law Professor at the University of Florida (Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Jubilee). Husband, father, cat person, puns.
@tonycasey.bsky.social and Thilo Kuntz have gathered a great group of int'l scholars to write about insolvency and ESG -- here's my little contribution. I map out start-up considerations for social enterprises from the vantage point of a bankruptcy attorney. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Distress-Proofing Social Enterprises
Bankruptcy scholars disagree about whether financial distress means the end of social enterprise. In United States bankruptcy courts, the filing of a bank
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November 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
@tonycasey.bsky.social and Thilo Kuntz have gathered a great group of int'l scholars to write about insolvency and ESG -- here's my little contribution. I map out start-up considerations for social enterprises from the vantage point of a bankruptcy attorney. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Here's a new version of my Essay on the Ten Commandments in public schools, now with more constructive solutions (and all the same criticisms). Wise friends kept suggesting that I propose solutions too, and they were right! Happy to take feedback. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The Ten Commandments, Stripped of Slavery, Exodus & Jubilee
The Ten Commandments are back in federal court, after Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas passed statutes requiring public school districts to post the ancient text
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October 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Here's a new version of my Essay on the Ten Commandments in public schools, now with more constructive solutions (and all the same criticisms). Wise friends kept suggesting that I propose solutions too, and they were right! Happy to take feedback. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Defamation debtors keep filing for bankruptcy. The latest is Ammon Bundy of Idaho. More from me at: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/oblb/blog-po...
The Defamation-to-Bankruptcy Pipeline in the United States
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September 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Defamation debtors keep filing for bankruptcy. The latest is Ammon Bundy of Idaho. More from me at: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/oblb/blog-po...
The palantir in LOTR once could be used to see across time and space, but Sauron corrupted them so that they only show the dark tower. The original doom scrolling?! “Perilous to us all are the devices of an art deeper than we possess ourselves.” (TTT, 1954)
September 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The palantir in LOTR once could be used to see across time and space, but Sauron corrupted them so that they only show the dark tower. The original doom scrolling?! “Perilous to us all are the devices of an art deeper than we possess ourselves.” (TTT, 1954)
The Eleventh Circuit denied rehearing en banc in 2 Monkey Trading, leaving untouched a circuit opinion that holds that corporate debtors are subject to discharge exceptions after a cramdown plan in subchapter V [1/2]
September 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The Eleventh Circuit denied rehearing en banc in 2 Monkey Trading, leaving untouched a circuit opinion that holds that corporate debtors are subject to discharge exceptions after a cramdown plan in subchapter V [1/2]
🪶New draft from me, bringing my Jubilee work to bear on the question of the Ten Commandments in public schools. I'm concerned about promoting law without narrative ... morality without Exodus or Jubilee. Forthcoming in W&L Online. Comments welcome! papers.ssrn.com/abstract=543...
The Ten Commandments, Stripped of Slavery, Exodus & Jubilee
The Ten Commandments are back in federal court, after Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas passed statutes requiring public school districts to post the ancient text
papers.ssrn.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
🪶New draft from me, bringing my Jubilee work to bear on the question of the Ten Commandments in public schools. I'm concerned about promoting law without narrative ... morality without Exodus or Jubilee. Forthcoming in W&L Online. Comments welcome! papers.ssrn.com/abstract=543...
A nice reminder from @VolunteerTwit on this Labor Day (and thank you for the shout-out to @elisebmaizel.bsky.social and my essay!)
www.businesslawprofessors.com/2025/09/laws...
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Law's Labor Loved: A Labor Day Valentine
As the erstwhile "Monday blogger" for the BLPB, I have written Labor Day posts over the years on a variety of Labor Day topics--from the history
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September 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
A nice reminder from @VolunteerTwit on this Labor Day (and thank you for the shout-out to @elisebmaizel.bsky.social and my essay!)
www.businesslawprofessors.com/2025/09/laws...
www.businesslawprofessors.com/2025/09/laws...
When a senior law professor asks to see what you’re working on
September 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
When a senior law professor asks to see what you’re working on
I formatted my CV so that all hotlinks are in Lincoln Green, my favorite color. And my son says, “Because Link in Green, right?” and boy oh boy has the student become the master.
August 31, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I formatted my CV so that all hotlinks are in Lincoln Green, my favorite color. And my son says, “Because Link in Green, right?” and boy oh boy has the student become the master.
Fascinating study here.
I studied the entire 10-year sermon archive of one of America's fastest-growing megachurches to see how a congregation hears about economic inequality. Every passage preached on that appeared to question inequality, criticize the rich, or venerate the poor was interpreted against the plain reading.
August 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Fascinating study here.
I’m quoted in this piece about the individual bankruptcy of Buccaneers player Shilo Sanders.
Bankruptcy case still looms large for Buccaneers rookie safety Shilo Sanders
Deion Sanders' middle son Shilo tries to make NFL roster as bankruptcy case remains active with creditor seeking more than $11 million.
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August 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I’m quoted in this piece about the individual bankruptcy of Buccaneers player Shilo Sanders.
The best movies are bankruptcy movies.
August 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The best movies are bankruptcy movies.
I'm delighted to share that the faculty at UF Law have decided to promote me to Associate Professor. It's a great job with a wonderful group of people (that includes our phenomenal students), and I'm looking forward to the coming school year!
August 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I'm delighted to share that the faculty at UF Law have decided to promote me to Associate Professor. It's a great job with a wonderful group of people (that includes our phenomenal students), and I'm looking forward to the coming school year!
I'm no expert, but I appreciated this analysis: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...
Opinion | Geometry Solves Gerrymandering
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August 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I'm no expert, but I appreciated this analysis: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...
@elisebmaizel.bsky.social and I had the great fortune to work with @califlrev.bsky.social on this piece.
Big law firms have been forced to make a choice: appease the Trump administration or fight back. In a new CLR Online piece, Christopher D. Hampson & Elise Bernlohr Maizel consider the choice that the majority of firms have made to stay silent. californialawreview.org/online/trump-biglaw
August 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
@elisebmaizel.bsky.social and I had the great fortune to work with @califlrev.bsky.social on this piece.
This was fun! Mac Verstandig and I talk with U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth Gunn about some of the longest contempt cases in U.S. history, featuring sunken treasure and foreign self-settled trusts.
Bad Boys of Bankruptcy: S2E8: The Pirates of the Penitentiary
Podcast Episode · To the Extent That... · 08/05/2025 · 37m
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August 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This was fun! Mac Verstandig and I talk with U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth Gunn about some of the longest contempt cases in U.S. history, featuring sunken treasure and foreign self-settled trusts.
🚨🪶⚖️ @elisebmaizel.bsky.social and I just came out with a new essay on Trump's assault on Big Law. Available in the California Law Review Online here: www.californialawreview.org/online/trump... [1/5]
Ethics & Independence In Trump’s War on Big Law — California Law Review
In his second term, President Donald Trump has launched an unprecedented assault on the nation’s largest law firms. Through a series of executive orders and highly unusual EEOC (Equal Employment Oppor...
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August 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🚨🪶⚖️ @elisebmaizel.bsky.social and I just came out with a new essay on Trump's assault on Big Law. Available in the California Law Review Online here: www.californialawreview.org/online/trump... [1/5]
Professor Robertson at FIU just referred to me (alongside others) as a "first-responder scholar" for my little essay on anti-CRT laws in Florida😊 Great piece on cues and inclusivity: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Inclusion Overcomes Intimidation: Toward Identity Safety
Download Citation | Inclusion Overcomes Intimidation: Toward Identity Safety | In Florida, an Anit-Woke statute encourages college and university students to secretly record faculty and other students...
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July 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Professor Robertson at FIU just referred to me (alongside others) as a "first-responder scholar" for my little essay on anti-CRT laws in Florida😊 Great piece on cues and inclusivity: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Judge Fagone (Bankr. D. Me.) and Eric Brunstad Jr. spoke on Appellate Trends at the ABI Conference at Bretton Woods last week. I got to sit amidst the stars and say a few words about discharge exceptions and solvent debtors. High-octane stuff for 8am!
July 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Judge Fagone (Bankr. D. Me.) and Eric Brunstad Jr. spoke on Appellate Trends at the ABI Conference at Bretton Woods last week. I got to sit amidst the stars and say a few words about discharge exceptions and solvent debtors. High-octane stuff for 8am!
I took Fed Courts from Richard Fallon and was an RA and TA for his undergrad Con Law class. He was impeccably thoughtful about scholarship and teaching, and I learned a ton. He will be fondly remembered and deeply missed.
July 16, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I took Fed Courts from Richard Fallon and was an RA and TA for his undergrad Con Law class. He was impeccably thoughtful about scholarship and teaching, and I learned a ton. He will be fondly remembered and deeply missed.
Excellent student Note in the @HarvLRev, building on bans on debtors' prisons and on punishment for poverty in 14A, to draw key 4A implications. Ability-to-pay should be assessed before warrant issues. harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
(Attenuating) the Taint of Poverty: How Fourteenth Amendment Jurisprudence and the Attenuated Doctrine Lead to Lesser Fourth Amendment Rights for the Poor - Harvard Law Review
Then consequently, those must be bad Laws, which authorize the Imprisoning [of] any Man for Debt, who does honestly give up to his Creditors...
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July 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Excellent student Note in the @HarvLRev, building on bans on debtors' prisons and on punishment for poverty in 14A, to draw key 4A implications. Ability-to-pay should be assessed before warrant issues. harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
Key analysis by Cato. Trump set a goal of 3000 arrests/day and told ICE to seize people wherever (courthouses, schools, churches). So ICE can't focus on violent offenders and is picking up peaceful immigrants to meet its quota. [1/2] www.cato.org/blog/65-peop...
65 Percent of People Taken by ICE Had No Convictions, 93 Percent No Violent Convictions
ICE’s deportation agenda is not what is being advertised to the American public. ICE is not interested in prioritizing public safety, yet it constantly pretends that anyone who objects to its tactics ...
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June 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Key analysis by Cato. Trump set a goal of 3000 arrests/day and told ICE to seize people wherever (courthouses, schools, churches). So ICE can't focus on violent offenders and is picking up peaceful immigrants to meet its quota. [1/2] www.cato.org/blog/65-peop...
Hot off the presses, Susman Godfrey wins. The law firms win four-for-four in the D.D.C. against the Trump administration.
June 28, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Hot off the presses, Susman Godfrey wins. The law firms win four-for-four in the D.D.C. against the Trump administration.
On this Juneteenth, I thought I'd share this sermon I gave at Hope Church (RI) as part of their Jubilee celebration. I don't preach very often, but when I do, I try to work in some bankruptcy law!
Having a fresh start with Jesus | "Once in a Lifetime" Message -- 5.25.25
YouTube video by Hope Church
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June 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
On this Juneteenth, I thought I'd share this sermon I gave at Hope Church (RI) as part of their Jubilee celebration. I don't preach very often, but when I do, I try to work in some bankruptcy law!