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Chris Hampson @chrishampsonlaw.bsky.social · 11d

I wrote about In re Bundy and other cases around the world for the Oxford Business Law Blog, drawing on my research on the "defamation-to-bankruptcy pipeline" in the Journal of Free Speech Law. www.journaloffreespeechlaw.org/hampson.pdf

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Chris Hampson @chrishampsonlaw.bsky.social · 11d

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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Chris Hampson @chrishampsonlaw.bsky.social · 13d

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)

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Chris Hampson @chrishampsonlaw.bsky.social · Sep 10

See Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth 109 (Alfred A. Knopf 50th Anniversary ed. 2011) (“Words and numbers are of equal value, for, in the cloak of knowledge, one is warp and the other woof. It is no more important to count the sands than it is to name the stars.”).

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Chris Hampson @chrishampsonlaw.bsky.social · Sep 10

Ralph Brubaker, Brook Gotberg and I don't agree on everything, but we all agree that the Fourth Circuit, Fifth Circuit, and Eleventh Circuit got it wrong, and the overwhelming majority of the bankruptcy courts got it right. Brief here [fin] www.linkedin.com/posts/chrish...

Amicus Brief of Professors Brubaker, Gotberg, and Hampson | Chris Hampson

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 su...

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Chris Hampson @chrishampsonlaw.bsky.social · Sep 10

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]

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Chris Hampson @chrishampsonlaw.bsky.social · Sep 3

Yes. You can’t eat the whole Cherries Jubilee, you have to share it.

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Chris Hampson @chrishampsonlaw.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thanks! And if you want more on the Jubilee (maybe when Bluey the Movie comes out), I have a longer piece here papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

The Spirit of Jubilee

<p><span>The Jubilee texts of the Hebrew Bible call for debts to be forgiven and enslaved persons freed every seven years and for farmland to be restored to fam

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Chris Hampson @chrishampsonlaw.bsky.social · Sep 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

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Chris Hampson @chrishampsonlaw.bsky.social · Sep 1

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...

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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Chris Hampson @chrishampsonlaw.bsky.social · Sep 1

Mm, it’s good.

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Chris Hampson @chrishampsonlaw.bsky.social · Sep 1

When a senior law professor asks to see what you’re working on

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Chris Hampson @chrishampsonlaw.bsky.social · Aug 31

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.

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Chris Hampson @chrishampsonlaw.bsky.social · Aug 26

Fascinating study here.

Dawson Vosburg @dawsonvosburg.bsky.social · Aug 26

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.

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Chris Hampson @chrishampsonlaw.bsky.social · Aug 21

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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Chris Hampson @chrishampsonlaw.bsky.social · Aug 19

The best movies are bankruptcy movies.

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Chris Hampson @chrishampsonlaw.bsky.social · Aug 17

Amazing! Looks like a great piece 😊

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Chris Hampson @chrishampsonlaw.bsky.social · Aug 16

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!

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Chris Hampson @chrishampsonlaw.bsky.social · Aug 13

I'm no expert, but I appreciated this analysis: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...

Opinion | Geometry Solves Gerrymandering

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Chris Hampson @chrishampsonlaw.bsky.social · Aug 11

@elisebmaizel.bsky.social and I had the great fortune to work with @califlrev.bsky.social on this piece.

California Law Review @califlrev.bsky.social · Aug 11

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

A person holds a piece of paper out. Legal symbols, including scales, a pen, a book, a briefcase, and a podium, are in the background.

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Chris Hampson @chrishampsonlaw.bsky.social · Aug 7

Parten is a historian to watch!

www.theguardian.com/news/2025/au...

A new reading of Sherman’s march shows how enslaved people sought to free themselves

A recent book focuses on the experience of those who used the event as an emancipatory movement

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Chris Hampson @chrishampsonlaw.bsky.social · Aug 6

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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Chris Hampson @chrishampsonlaw.bsky.social · Aug 4

Many thanks to the great editors at CLR Online and the reviewers who gave us great feedback on a quick turnaround. [fin]

Chris Hampson @chrishampsonlaw.bsky.social · Aug 4

We conclude: "With litigation pending and the deals in doubt, the call for courage is not over. ... [W]ith each new set of choices, it is no less vital for the legal profession to meet the moment with clarity and conviction." [4/5]

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Chris Hampson @chrishampsonlaw.bsky.social · Aug 4

We also point out that the gravest threat isn't the direct attack on law firms that Donald Trump doesn't like or the commitment to adjust pro bono programs, but a deep undermining of the independence of the private bar. [3/5]

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