Cathy Hwang

Jotwell Contracts:
Cathy Hwang, What M&A Contracts Reveal about Corporate Stakeholder Commitments, JOTWELL (April 21, 2026) (reviewing Caley Petrucci, Corporate Goodwill, 67 B. C. L. Rev. 585 (2026)), contracts.jotwell.com/what-ma-cont....

DHS orders thousands of furloughed employees back to work despite ongoing shutdown The Department of Homeland Security has ordered thousands of furloughed employees back to work, even as the agency technically remains shut down and unfunded by Congress.

The most recent incremental contribution to the seizure of the power of the purse is the payment of DHS employees despite no budget law allowing such spending of the public money: www.cbsnews.com/news/dhs-shu...

Jack Beermann

Jotwell Adlaw:
Jack Beermann, Ultra Vires Review in Administrative Law for Dummies, JOTWELL (April 20, 2026) (reviewing Richard W. Murphy, Ultra Vires Review of Federal Agency Action Made Simple(r), 2025 Utah L. Rev. 1201 (2025)), adlaw.jotwell.com/ultra-vires-....

"Triumph of Stupidity"

This is just to say
I have let in
the duck
that was on the doorstep

and which
you were probably
hoping
would stay out

Forgive me
he was persuasive
so scary
and so loud.

Beatings and pepper bombs: Conditions worsen at Alligator Alcatraz, detainees say Recorded calls, interviews and written complaints describe a facility plagued by food shortages, murky water, mold and medical-care lapses.

There a concentration camp an hour away.

Beatings and pepper bombs: Conditions worsen at Alligator Alcatraz, detainees say
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.

We have an apparent cure for most people with pancreatic cancer—a profoundly swift, deadly cancer—and the position of the U.S. government is that it should be banned. This is real fall-of-empire stuff.

Starmer was left in dark about Mandelson’s vetting by two other top civil servants Exclusive: Officials have spent weeks debating whether or not to release highly sensitive information about the affair

Further evidence that "Yes Minister" remains one of the best works of political science relating to the UK government, and probably all democratic governments.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Trump’s ‘Triumphal Arch’ Draws Backlash, Even From an Expert Who Proposed It

People are saying that if Trump's "Trumphial Arch" actually gets built then Democrats should plan to demolish it as soon as they can. I'm not sure I agree: rather than spend the money we should just rename it as the Monument to Stupidity.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/u...

Michael Z. Green

Jotwell Worklaw:
Michael Z. Green, Drilling Down on Anti-DEI Case Results, JOTWELL (April 17, 2026) (reviewing Michael Selmi, DEI and the Private Workplace, available at SSRN (September 11, 2025)), worklaw.jotwell.com/drilling-dow....

Ugh. And I really liked the guy.

So the media is a bunch of villainous Jews and Trump is Jesus. I fully expect the NYT to sanewash this antisemitic lunacy. So far, they’re ignoring it.

A legacy in art and law: Professor Stephen Urice retires from the School of Law A distinguished scholar and former archaeologist, Professor Stephen Urice retires this semester, leaving an indelible mark on Miami Law through his pioneering work in cultural heritage and art law.

My long-time colleague Stephen Urice has announced he's retiring. He is a major national figure in art law and related subjects. A big loss for us, but he's certainly earned it.

news.miami.edu/law/stories/...

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

AMOC in crisis: "A collapse would shift the tropical rainfall belt on which many millions of people rely to grow their food, plunge western Europe into extreme cold winters and summer droughts, and add 50-100cm to already rising sea levels around the Atlantic."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Allison Anna Tait

Jotwell T&E:
Allison Anna Tait, Less Freedom and More Equality, JOTWELL (April 16, 2026) (reviewing Carla Spivack & Deborah Gordon, Donative Freedom, Disrupted, 91 Brook. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming, 2026), available at SSRN (Feb. 5, 2025)), trustest.jotwell.com/less-freedom....

Jotwell rare double review of Elizabeth Chamblee Burch, The Pain Brokers: How Con Men, Call Centers, and Rogue Doctors Fuel America's Lawsuit Factory (2026). 1/2

I'd write a reply, but it would take a thread made of hundreds of Bluesky posts.

Diane Ring

Jotwell Tax:
Diane Ring, Showdown or Balancing Act: Reconciling Our Commitments to the Tax System and the Legal System, JOTWELL (April 14, 2026) (reviewing Siddesh Rao, Client-Attorney Privilege: The Last Barrier to Tax Transparency, 18 World Tax J. 1 (2026)), tax.jotwell.com/showdown-or-....

Opting out of biometrics at SFO This is the story of how I got my congressperson to convince SFO (San Francisco International Airport) to change their illegal mandatory biometrics collection which was happening in 2021-2024. I wrot...

Published a blog post about how I got my congressperson to convince SFO to change their illegal mandatory biometrics collection

blog.yomna.net/opting-out-o...

I gather it might be several weeks before the Hungarian election is officially certified, and the Parliament can meet to elect a new Prime Minister. Plenty of time for mischief if the outgoing crew is so minded.

I am very proud and excited to share that a special issue of the Canadian Journal of Law and Technology featuring We Robot 2025 conference papers is now published and fully open access, with thanks to funding support from @windsorlaw.bsky.social: digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/cjlt/vol23/i...

Tal Zarsky

Jotwell TechLaw:
Tal Zarsky, Hailing a Fleeting Moment – On Regulating Autonomous Taxi Fleets, JOTWELL (Apr 13, 2026) (re: Bryant Walker Smith & Matthew T. Wansley, Regulating Robotaxis, 99 So. Cal. L. Rev. __(forthcoming 2026), available at SSRN (Oct. 12, 2025)), cyber.jotwell.com/hailing-a-fl....

That was a good estimate.

Yikes?

Jedidiah Kroncke

Jotwell Legal Hist:
Jedidiah Kroncke, The Forgotten Violence and Perpetual Tensions of American Labor History, JOTWELL (Apr 10, 2026) (re: María E. Montoya, A Workplace of Their Own: Rockefeller, Roche, and Labor's Battle Over Industrial Democracy (2026)), legalhist.jotwell.com/the-forgotte....

I hear mathematicians screaming.

Andrea Boyack

Jotwell Property:
Andrea Boyack, Fairer Housing in the Face of Frequent Floods, JOTWELL (April 9, 2026) (reviewing Jade A. Craig, Struggle Against the Water: Connecting Fair Housing Law and Climate Justice, 24 Nev. L.J. 737 (2024)), property.jotwell.com/fairer-housi....

I'll be virtual. Immunocompromise, alas.

Are you clean sheeting or working in shadow of equal sufferage clause? papers.ssrn.com/abstract=379...

Looking forward to this! Have very much enjoyed past editions.