About Douglas Sasso (’26) 
July 3, 2024
Douglas Sasso (LAW ’26) recaps the Supreme Court’s Harrington v. Purdue Pharma, L.P., discusses the Bankruptcy Code and the case’s impact to victims of the opioid crisis.
July 1, 2024
Though interest rates may have peaked, #FaegreDrinker’s Joseph N. Argentina Jr. (LAW ’09) and Andrew C. Kassner continue to expect a large volume of distressed real estate debtors to utilize the bankruptcy system over the next several years. Two recent decisions demonstrate the state of distressed real estate bankruptcies. Both pit the rights of real estate lenders against the proceeds of collateral other than the real estate itself.
June 17, 2024
Douglas Sasso (LAW ’26) shares a spotlight on a Spring 2024 Current Topics in Business Law course which covered the influence railroads had on the development of the American legal system. Focusing on the Penn Central bankruptcy, the course offered students a chance to study what was once the largest merger and bankruptcy in history and its affect on legal, regulatory, and economic systems.
June 10, 2024
This is the second of two lists of “do’s and “don’ts” for those newly entering a legal practice environment—or those who employ them. Part 1 covered some tips about the work. As we view COVID through the rear-view mirror, we are reminded that law is usually practiced with other people, and so you need to be mindful of various social issues that may crop up.
June 7, 2024
Alvarez & Marsal partners, Ray Dombrowski (LAW ’79, LLM ’82) and Erin McKeighan discussed restructuring and turnaround work at Temple Law, highlighting the firm’s global leadership and emphasis on trust in revitalizing distressed businesses.
May 29, 2024
For the last several years, at the end of the school year, the faculty editors of The Temple 10-Q have offered tips for those starting new jobs (here and here), chiefly for rising 3Ls taking summer jobs but, we believe, good for anyone embarking on a new career as a lawyer. Times have changed—we’ve lived (barely) through COVID—but the need for sage advice has not. Thus, we present an updated version of our random advice for those who are about to be employed, in two parts. This week, we talk about the work; next week, we will talk about socializing.
May 28, 2024
Victor Ficarra, a third-year law student at Temple Law, examines the road to Johnson v. NCAA and how the 3rd Circuit may rule on this appeal. He explores how the NCAA has fared in recent federal court cases and what other decisions may implicate the 3rd Circuit’s decision
May 21, 2024
Richard Winchester delivered this year’s Beck Lecture titled “A Simple Tax Case Complicated by Race” where he highlighted why Judges, including those deciding tax cases, must be sensitive to any implicit racial biases that might cloud their thinking.
May 9, 2024
Jasnoor Hundal, a third-year law student at Temple Law, examines the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy and its pending Supreme Court appeal, exploring the discrepancies among circuit courts and the absence of clear statutory guidance concerning nonconsensual third-party releases.
May 1, 2024
Professor Steven Dean of BU Law discusses the evolution of international taxation regimes as a tool of racial capitalism.