Stephen Ware
@profstephenware.bsky.social
University of Kansas Law professor: Alternative Dispute Resolution (arbitration, mediation, settlement negotiation) Contracts Commercial Debt Bankruptcy Insolvency
Dad, travel, greenery, Catan
You can call me Steve
Dad, travel, greenery, Catan
You can call me Steve
“Anybody can sue anybody” — good to be reminded of its importance
Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
“Anybody can sue anybody” — good to be reminded of its importance
Running with this analogy, remember when we successfully distracted him for a day by getting him fixated on shower heads?
Other bathroom fixtures will likely work too
Other bathroom fixtures will likely work too
Trump is like a toddler: time he spends asleep is to be prized, not resented. Every minute he sleeps is a minute he is not tantruming or breaking things or smearing his own shit on things.
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Running with this analogy, remember when we successfully distracted him for a day by getting him fixated on shower heads?
Other bathroom fixtures will likely work too
Other bathroom fixtures will likely work too
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yeah I actually think the development of a staggering array of new medical procedures and treatments that are vastly more effective than what was available even a decade or two ago is a significant component of material prosperity that greatly improves quality of life, not just a joke
November 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
yeah I actually think the development of a staggering array of new medical procedures and treatments that are vastly more effective than what was available even a decade or two ago is a significant component of material prosperity that greatly improves quality of life, not just a joke
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What drives me absolutely insane about this debate is how claims like “there has been a generational stagnation of purchasing power” have taken on the tenor of religious faith among progressives, and seemingly cannot be disproven with any evidence, no matter how overwhelming. It simply isn’t true!
November 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
What drives me absolutely insane about this debate is how claims like “there has been a generational stagnation of purchasing power” have taken on the tenor of religious faith among progressives, and seemingly cannot be disproven with any evidence, no matter how overwhelming. It simply isn’t true!
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Housing in metro areas is a real problem. But Will has a point about "affordability," which is really about "affording what you *want*," not what you might need.
Health care and housing? Yes, problems. The rest, not so much.
Health care and housing? Yes, problems. The rest, not so much.
November 9, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Housing in metro areas is a real problem. But Will has a point about "affordability," which is really about "affording what you *want*," not what you might need.
Health care and housing? Yes, problems. The rest, not so much.
Health care and housing? Yes, problems. The rest, not so much.
Newly published article on #contracts #consent
adhesive #arbitration agreements, incl #comparative discussion of US v EU, UK, Japan
contracting away #7thAm & #dueprocess
in
"jury waiver"
forum selection
consent-to-jurisdiction
#SecuredTransactions
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
adhesive #arbitration agreements, incl #comparative discussion of US v EU, UK, Japan
contracting away #7thAm & #dueprocess
in
"jury waiver"
forum selection
consent-to-jurisdiction
#SecuredTransactions
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Contracting Away Constitutional Rights in the United States: Adhesive Consent (Blanket Assent) to Arbitration and other Agreements
<p><span>The United States is peculiar in its widespread enforcement of consumers' and workers' adhesive arbitration agreements. Comparative law discussio
papers.ssrn.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Newly published article on #contracts #consent
adhesive #arbitration agreements, incl #comparative discussion of US v EU, UK, Japan
contracting away #7thAm & #dueprocess
in
"jury waiver"
forum selection
consent-to-jurisdiction
#SecuredTransactions
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
adhesive #arbitration agreements, incl #comparative discussion of US v EU, UK, Japan
contracting away #7thAm & #dueprocess
in
"jury waiver"
forum selection
consent-to-jurisdiction
#SecuredTransactions
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
What reduces deaths from climate change? Economic growth, much driven by tech—including mobile phones, crop breeding, vaccines, and yes, AI.
By Bill Gates  link in comment
By Bill Gates  link in comment
October 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
What reduces deaths from climate change? Economic growth, much driven by tech—including mobile phones, crop breeding, vaccines, and yes, AI.
By Bill Gates  link in comment
By Bill Gates  link in comment
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National Guard in DC:
October 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
National Guard in DC:
European universities starting their fall semesters now makes me wonder how they can start nearly 2 months after US universities yet manage to finish in spring only a week or two after US schools
October 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
European universities starting their fall semesters now makes me wonder how they can start nearly 2 months after US universities yet manage to finish in spring only a week or two after US schools
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The AI boom has exposed America’s electricity crisis. Regulators can’t keep up, but entrepreneurs can. New Hampshire just passed a bill freeing off-grid providers to deliver power without the usual bureaucratic roadblocks.
Competition and innovation—not monopoly utilities—are the way forward.
Competition and innovation—not monopoly utilities—are the way forward.
www.wsj.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The AI boom has exposed America’s electricity crisis. Regulators can’t keep up, but entrepreneurs can. New Hampshire just passed a bill freeing off-grid providers to deliver power without the usual bureaucratic roadblocks.
Competition and innovation—not monopoly utilities—are the way forward.
Competition and innovation—not monopoly utilities—are the way forward.
(European food + American music) > (American food + European music)
October 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
(European food + American music) > (American food + European music)
Red Sox are in the Bronx on an October night—good to know with all the craziness in the world that some things continue as they should
October 3, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Red Sox are in the Bronx on an October night—good to know with all the craziness in the world that some things continue as they should
Inflation and immigration
The way to stay sane is to remember that Joe Biden lost because of inflation, which drove down real incomes. Clinton lost because it's hard to win 3 consecutive terms, the economy was good/not great, and her support was misaligned with the Electoral College.
September 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Inflation and immigration
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A few years ago, my team looked at household sizes around the world.
The household size experienced by the average person ranged from 2.7 people (in Germany) to 13.8 people (in Gambia).
www.pewresearch.org/religion/201...
The household size experienced by the average person ranged from 2.7 people (in Germany) to 13.8 people (in Gambia).
www.pewresearch.org/religion/201...
September 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
A few years ago, my team looked at household sizes around the world.
The household size experienced by the average person ranged from 2.7 people (in Germany) to 13.8 people (in Gambia).
www.pewresearch.org/religion/201...
The household size experienced by the average person ranged from 2.7 people (in Germany) to 13.8 people (in Gambia).
www.pewresearch.org/religion/201...
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"Roughly three-quarters (73%) of H-1B workers whose applications were approved in fiscal 2023 were born in India. A majority of approvals every year since 2010 have gone to workers born in India." www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
September 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
"Roughly three-quarters (73%) of H-1B workers whose applications were approved in fiscal 2023 were born in India. A majority of approvals every year since 2010 have gone to workers born in India." www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
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Trump's abuses lend additional weight to the great economist Ronald Coase's classic 1959 argument for abolishing the FCC. We don't need a govt agency that licenses broadcasters, and such an agency is inherently dangerous to liberty: reason.com/volokh/2025/...
Abolish the FCC
FCC The Trump Administration Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) recent efforts to intimidate broadcasters into taking anti-Trump comedians off the air…
reason.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Trump's abuses lend additional weight to the great economist Ronald Coase's classic 1959 argument for abolishing the FCC. We don't need a govt agency that licenses broadcasters, and such an agency is inherently dangerous to liberty: reason.com/volokh/2025/...
Listening to Democratic Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro interviewed on a podcast and thinking he sounded more conservative than I would have guessed.
Then I realized it was Ben Shapiro being interviewed.
Then I realized it was Ben Shapiro being interviewed.
September 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Listening to Democratic Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro interviewed on a podcast and thinking he sounded more conservative than I would have guessed.
Then I realized it was Ben Shapiro being interviewed.
Then I realized it was Ben Shapiro being interviewed.
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A university distinguished professor of law at the University of Kansas says President Donald Trump's use of tariffs is destroying international trade law and will result in harm to the U.S. economy and global standing.
via @kansasreflector.com
via @kansasreflector.com
University of Kansas professor says Trump’s tariffs are xenophobic, unlawful and harmful to U.S.
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas law professor says President Donald Trump’s tariffs against more than 100 countries violate international trade law and harm the United States by undercutting its…
www.newsfromthestates.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A university distinguished professor of law at the University of Kansas says President Donald Trump's use of tariffs is destroying international trade law and will result in harm to the U.S. economy and global standing.
via @kansasreflector.com
via @kansasreflector.com
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I've repeated this quote before, but Stanley Rosen is reputed to have once said in a grad seminar at BU: "You liberal grad students think postmodernism is cute, but just wait until the right gets a hold of it."
March 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I've repeated this quote before, but Stanley Rosen is reputed to have once said in a grad seminar at BU: "You liberal grad students think postmodernism is cute, but just wait until the right gets a hold of it."
Interesting corporate #arbitration post,
including a Delaware law that makes me wonder about FAA preemption
including a Delaware law that makes me wonder about FAA preemption
September 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Interesting corporate #arbitration post,
including a Delaware law that makes me wonder about FAA preemption
including a Delaware law that makes me wonder about FAA preemption
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This is one of the rare times I’ll disagree. They definitely imagined Trump. Half the Federalist Papers are about Trump.
August 26, 2025 at 2:57 AM
This is one of the rare times I’ll disagree. They definitely imagined Trump. Half the Federalist Papers are about Trump.
Woke up early today and took my coffee out to the deck for something I have not felt in months – – a morning chill
August 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Woke up early today and took my coffee out to the deck for something I have not felt in months – – a morning chill