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20 Dec 2013, 8:34 pm by Buce
 And perhaps most important, it means turning attention to the unparalleled  "debt website" run by Bob Lawless and his cronies at Credit Slips--leading me in particular to Bob's superb map (and commentary)   on the geography of Chapter 13.With a moment's reflection, nonspecialists will probably recall the point of Chapter 13 as distinct from "ordinary" bankruptcy. [read post]
10 Dec 2013, 2:48 pm by Lauren Willis
The last time I attended, the keynote from Dick Thaler addressed SMART disclosure, Tess Wilkinson-Ryan presented empirical evidence showing that borrowers are less likely to feel obligated to repay debts when those debts have been sold to third parties than when held by the original creditor, Linda Salisbury presented empirical work on the effectiveness of CARD Act minimum payment warnings, and Credit Slips' own Bob Lawless presented evidence of discrimination in advice given to… [read post]
19 May 2013, 4:42 pm by Michael Heise
Bob Lawless (Ill.) asked me to post the following Call for Papers for the 2013 MLEA, and I am delighted to do so. [read post]
20 Dec 2012, 4:39 am by Katie Porter
Immigration issues continue to be a major political football, and the work of Jean Braucher, Bob Lawless, and Dov Cohen on race in bankruptcy garnered front-page NY Times attention this year. [read post]
12 Aug 2012, 10:12 pm by Michael Heise
Bob Lawless (Ill.) and Paul Stancil (Ill.) were kind enough to pass along the following quote: "There has been a tendency on the one hand to deify and on the other to decry the results of tabulations of court business. [read post]
7 Aug 2012, 2:47 pm by Sam Glover
Bob Lawless at Credit Slips has converted the Bankruptcy Code and Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure to ePub and Kindle formats and released them for free at the CALI eLangdell Bookstore (where you can also get a bunch of other public-domain law in digital formats). [read post]
10 Jul 2012, 5:45 am by Melissa Jacoby
(The corresponding concept of "vanishing trials" has been examined in bankruptcy by Credit Slips' own Bob Lawless as well as others). [read post]
3 Apr 2012, 12:58 pm by Jeff Sovern
  The articles have in turn drawn attention from Joe Nocera of The New York Times ("Why People Hate the Banks"), and a couple of my favorite bloggers, Ed Mierzwinski ("Banks Still Run Amok"), and Bob Lawless at Credit Slips ("One Answer to Why People Hate Banks"). [read post]
6 Feb 2012, 2:27 am by Katie Porter
As Bob Lawless and others have shown, levels of consumer debt are strongly correlated with bankruptcy filings. [read post]
25 Jan 2012, 8:44 am by Michael Heise
.), &  Bob Lawless (Ill.), Race, Attorney Influence, and Bankruptcy Chapter Choice. [read post]
23 Jan 2012, 6:12 am by Brian Wolfman
UPDATE: Bob Lawless contacted me and provided the SSRN link to the study. [read post]
22 Jan 2012, 6:52 am
An important new study, entitled "Race, Attorney Influence, and Bankruptcy Chapter Choice," undertaken by University of Illinois Law Profession Bob Lawless, along with colleagues Jean Braucher, of University of Arizona and Dov Cohen, also a professor at Illinois (in psychology and law), outlines some serious potential problems in the bankruptcy process, in the United States. [read post]
22 Jan 2012, 6:52 am
An important new study, entitled "Race, Attorney Influence, and Bankruptcy Chapter Choice," undertaken by University of Illinois Law Profession Bob Lawless, along with colleagues Jean Braucher, of University of Arizona and Dov Cohen, also a professor at Illinois (in psychology and law), outlines some serious potential problems in the bankruptcy process, in the United States. [read post]
21 Jan 2012, 6:48 pm by Jean Braucher
Bob, Dov and I of course encourage examination of our methodology, which is why we chose to place the article in a peer-reviewed journal. [read post]
21 Jan 2012, 6:29 am by Adam Levitin
A new study by Credit Slips own Jean Braucher and Bob Lawless (with Dov Cohen) on race and bankruptcy filings received very prominent and well-deserved page A1 coverage in the New York Times. [read post]
9 Jan 2012, 11:12 am by Katie Porter
I edited the volume, and chapter contributors are many Credit Slips regulars or guest bloggers--Jacob Hacker, Bob Lawless, Kevin Leicht, Angela Littwin, Deborah Thorne, and Elizabeth Warren--along with other top scholars. [read post]
2 Dec 2011, 6:59 am by Cathy Moran, Esq.
Downloadable Code & Rules The bankruptcy code and the bankruptcy rules of procedure can be downloaded for free in Kindle and e-pub formats thanks to Professor Bob Lawless of Credit Slips. [read post]
18 Nov 2011, 7:08 pm by Adam Levitin
ALI is a private law reform organization whose membership is made up of fancy law professors (like our own Bob Lawless), judges, and lawyers. [read post]