Professor Jonathan Lipson and Interim Dean Rachel Rebouché hosted a workshop for contributions to Contract in Crisis, an upcoming special issue of Duke University’s LAW AND CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS. Workshop topics included doctrinal solutions to addressing the concurrence of COVID-19 and income inequality, as well as the benefits of using private ordering solutions in times of public crisis in lieu of public regulation.
Abygaelle Loubeau talks with former Philadelphia City Solicitor and current Managing Partner of Ballard Spahr’s Philadelphia office about his successes and challenges in shifting from public service to private practice. Interviewer: Abygaelle Loubeau (LAW ’23) Guest: Marcel Pratt (LAW ’09), Managing Partner of Ballard Spahr’s Philadelphia Office, former City Solicitor for the City of Philadelphia
Mitch Morgan turned his humble beginnings, working while attending Temple for undergraduate and law school, to one of the largest real estate empires in the country. In this episode of the 10-Q&A, he talks with Temple Law’s Jon Broder about his early years, founding Morgan Properties, and why Temple is one of the best parts
: Elizabeth Lange discusses the Biden Administration signaling potential for enhanced ESG disclosures, and how increased and broadened disclosures could affect the way companies do business with the federal government in the future.
On the tenth anniversary of Temple’s Introduction to Transactional Skills (ITS) program, Stephanie McCormick talks with the creator and current leader of this program to learn about successes, challenges, and why the program is just getting started. Interviewer: Stephanie McCormick (LAW ’23) Guests: Andrea MonroeProfessor of Law Eleanor MyersAssociate Professor of Law Emerita
Temple Law’s Center for Compliance and Ethics’ Michael Donnella discusses the role ethics should play in business practice and how this understanding has shifted overtime.
In the first episode of Fall 2021, Abygaelle Loubeau chats with Greg Seltzer (LAW ’03) about venture capital financing transactions and his nonprofit, Philly Music Fest. Interviewer: Abygaelle Loubeau (LAW ’23) Guest: Gregory L. Seltzer, Partner at Ballard Spahr, Creator and Executive Producer of Philly Music Fest
: On May 21, 2021, the Third Circuit issued an opinion in the high-profile bankruptcy of The Weinstein Company, LLC (TWC) clarifying precisely what ingredients are needed to make a contract “executory” under § 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.
Professor Andrea Monroe explores the technical and cultural forces that have transformed substantive tax law for millions of taxpayers who struggle when filing their annual returns. Partnership tax offers a stark illustration of the fractures that have been caused by the normalization of complexity in tax law.
Zachery B. Roth discusses Connecticut’s bill legalizing retail and online sports betting, online casino gaming, and DFS, and how such a bill could upend and change the current gaming system in the state.