Chris Hampson

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

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 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)

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.”).

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...

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...

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]

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

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....

🪶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...

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

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...

Mm, it’s good.

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

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

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.

Fascinating study here.

I’m quoted in this piece about the individual bankruptcy of Buccaneers player Shilo Sanders.

The best movies are bankruptcy movies.

Amazing! Looks like a great piece 😊

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!

Opinion | Geometry Solves Gerrymandering

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

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

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

Parten is a historian to watch!

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

Bad Boys of Bankruptcy: S2E8: The Pirates of the Penitentiary Podcast Episode · To the Extent That... · 08/05/2025 · 37m

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.

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

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]

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]

We chronicle what's happened (as best as we can from public information) and push back on some easy narratives of courage and complicity. We underscore that a significant chunk of the legal profession has remained silent in the face of unprecedented attacks. [2/5]

Ethics & Independence In Trump’s War on Big Law — California Law Review In his second term, President Donald Trump has launched an unprecedented assault on the nation’s largest law firms. Through a series of executive orders and highly unusual EEOC (Equal Employment Oppor...

🚨🪶⚖️ @elisebmaizel.bsky.social and I just came out with a new essay on Trump's assault on Big Law. Available in the California Law Review Online here: www.californialawreview.org/online/trump... [1/5]

You can read my essay here if you are curious about where Florida is and where the nation might go: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....

Inclusion Overcomes Intimidation: Toward Identity Safety Download Citation | Inclusion Overcomes Intimidation: Toward Identity Safety | In Florida, an Anit-Woke statute encourages college and university students to secretly record faculty and other students...

Professor Robertson at FIU just referred to me (alongside others) as a "first-responder scholar" for my little essay on anti-CRT laws in Florida😊 Great piece on cues and inclusivity: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Judge Fagone (Bankr. D. Me.) and Eric Brunstad Jr. spoke on Appellate Trends at the ABI Conference at Bretton Woods last week. I got to sit amidst the stars and say a few words about discharge exceptions and solvent debtors. High-octane stuff for 8am!