Melissa B. Jacoby

A reasonable plea for accuracy in counting corporate bankruptcies from @boblawless.bsky.social

www.creditslips.org/creditslips/...

My contribution to this fantastic @brooklynlawschool.bsky.social symposium is here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers..... It's both too long (for the symposium) and too short (much more to say), but I think just the beginning.

New book alert!

Is the US Bankruptcy System Morally Bankrupt? - ProMarket Anat R. Admati reviews Unjust Debts: How Our Bankruptcy System Makes America More Unequal (2024) by Melissa B. Jacoby.

NEW: Anat R. Admati reviews "Unjust Debts: How Our Bankruptcy System Makes America More Unequal" (2024) by Melissa B. Jacoby.

www.promarket.org/2025/07/23/o...

Bankruptcy Law: Overview and Legislative Reforms WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust will hold a hearing on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. ET.

Join in livestream - tomorrow, July 15, 2025 at 10am Eastern
judiciary.house.gov/committee-ac...

Making Americans Bankrupt Again? How U.S. bankruptcy law deepens inequality—Melissa Jacoby’s Unjust Debts exposes a system that punishes the vulnerable and protects the powerful.

Prof. Melissa B. Jacoby argues that the U.S. bankruptcy system doesn’t just reflect inequality—it reinforces it. In Unjust Debts, she shows how bankruptcy law privileges corporations over people. politicsrights.com/making-ameri...
#bankruptcy @mbjacoby.bsky.social‬ #politicsandrightsreview

I've Spent The Last 20 Years Trying To Become A Mom. Today I Have Big News To Share. "Parenthood wasn’t just something I wanted — it became the definition of who I thought I was supposed to be."

An essay by my friend Stephanie Schantz that offers food for thought for everyone:
www.huffpost.com/entry/infert...

Debtor-creditor relationships are everywhere, including and especially in health care.

Glad to see new journalistic coverage of these medical credit products and their implications in the @prospect.org
@mirya.bsky.social

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Sharing Risk by Patricia McCoy - Hardcover Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

A new book: Sharing Risk, by Professor Pat McCoy, came out yesterday. I'll be reading it for sure.
www.ucpress.edu/books/sharin...

More on the bankrupt 23andMe, this time in the British Medical Journal

Were I in the DC area you would find me here. Book events at public libraries are a special thing. And opportunity to hear from a journalist with extensive experience reporting on student loans.

unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc: 538. Bankruptcy, Inequality, and the Quest for Fairness feat. Melissa B. Jacoby What are the broader implications of specialized bankruptcy courts on the U.S. legal system? How are bankruptcies being used and misused by debtors and creditors today?Melissa B. Jacoby is a profes...

As bankruptcy filings rise, here's a conversation with Greg LaBlanc(recorded in April, released today, May 9). @thenewpress.bsky.social
podfollow.com/unsiloed-wit...

Melissa Jacoby, Unjust Debts

Unjust Debts heading back to a bookstore on May 9 - Scuppernong Books, Greensboro, NC, in conversation with a former NC Supreme Court justice. Details below. scuppernongbooks.com/event/2025-0...

How 23andMe's bankruptcy led to a run on the gene bank : Planet Money Reporter Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi's Aunt Vovi signed up for 23andMe back in 2017, hoping to learn more about the genetic makeup of her ancestors. Vovi was one of over 15 million 23andMe customers who…

When 23andMe filed for bankruptcy in March, the fate of its vast genetic database became unclear.

In today’s episode, we look at what might happen to the genetic data of 15 million 23andMe customers as the bankruptcy process unfolds.

23andMe bankruptcy currently has more active oversight than the federal government in the last 3 months. If members of Congress want to protect Americans' data privacy, they could hold DOGE accountable for its risky business.

Smallest Businesses Are Biggest Losers in Global Tariff War Uncertainty about President Trump’s tariffs is leading many small businesses to interrupt or halt production because they can’t absorb price hikes and lack leverage to negotiate.

Whether intentional or mere indifference, effect is the same...

www.wsj.com/economy/trad...

Why Johnson & Johnson is in bankruptcy court over its talc powder - Marketplace A federal bankruptcy judge has rejected Johnson & Johnson’s latest attempt to settle lawsuits that allege its talc baby powder caused cancer.

Johnson & Johnson tried 3 times to resolve talc suits in bankruptcy court. It didn’t work.

We get into it.👇

Inflicting too many outrages, in too many illegal ways, to fit on a sign was the strategy...and I'm on my way to a march in NC.

Having reread, want to emphasize that decision below is important read on lawyers' professional responsibility (and role of claims agent businesses) when firms represent large numbers of claimants.

Prof. Jacoby on X: "Link to court decision dismissing J&J talc bankruptcy #3 (aka Red River Talc) https://t.co/pjxscmjAGR" / X Link to court decision dismissing J&J talc bankruptcy #3 (aka Red River Talc) https://t.co/pjxscmjAGR

short thread on decision at other place ... x.com/melissabjaco...

Bankruptcy court in Texas says J&J's third bankruptcy to cap liability for talc harm must be dismissed. Here is decision: document.epiq11.com/document/get...

new bankruptcy/sovereign immunity decision from #SCOTUS
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Recirculating now that 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy...

Who's Afraid of Bankruptcy - Harvard Law Review Introduction Who’s afraid of a bankruptcy filing? Perhaps we all should be given the increasingly outsized role that bankruptcy law plays in our market...

Thanks to the Harvard Law Review for publishing a review of my book Unjust Debts, particularly by such a thoughtful scholar, Berkeley Law Professor Abbye Atkinson.

harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
@thenewpress.bsky.social

Save the date: friends and fans of Juliet Moringiello - please join virtually an event on March 20, 2025 1pm ET. Details at @creditslipsblog.bsky.social

www.creditslips.org/creditslips/...

In memory of Professor Juliet Moringiello.
www.creditslips.org/creditslips/...

screen shot of New England Journal of Medicine twitter post including quote from article at link

Link now includes an interview with Prof. Sara Gerke...
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

We speak today on behalf of the legal profession and its members who seek to live by the oath each took upon admission to the bar. We reject efforts to undermine the courts and the profession. We will not stay silent in the face of efforts to remake the legal profession into something that rewards those who agree with the government and punishes those who do not. Words and actions matter. And the intimidating words and actions we have heard must end. They are designed to cow our country’s judges, our country’s courts and our legal profession. These efforts cannot be sanctioned or normalized. There are clear choices facing our profession. We can choose to remain silent and allow these acts to continue or we can stand for the rule of law and the values we hold dear. We call upon the entire profession, including lawyers who serve in elected positions, to speak out against intimidation. We acknowledge that there are risks to standing up and addressing these important issues. But if the ABA and lawyers do not speak, who will speak for the organized bar? Who will speak for the judiciary? Who will protect our system of justice? If we don’t speak now, when will we speak? The American Bar Association has chosen to stand and speak. Now is the time for all of us to speak with one voice. We invite you to stand with us.

The ABA rejects efforts to undermine the courts and the legal profession. Read full message: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

Speaking of debt and health... if you are in New Haven tomorrow, please join in for a health-focused Unjust Debts event. law.yale.edu/yls-today/ya...

Screen shot of twitter post from Petrie-Flom Center announcing article

New in the New England Journal of Medicine ...
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

(screenshot from the other place)