Andrew Crespo considers the power of plea strikes and defendant unions, Jed Kroncke kicks off a symposium on China, and Vincent Wong discusses the place of racial capitalism in China’s northwestern frontier. Plus, an interview with Amy Kapczynski, a new paper by Sanjukta Paul, a new issue of PRRAC on tenant power and social housing, events with Karen Tani on disability rights and Kathryn Sabbeth, Frederick Wherry, and Daniel Wilf-Townsend on the civil justice system, and a cool new job at the FTC!

Week in review: James Nelson, Liz Sepper, and Kate Redburn examine Groff v. DeJoy, while Tommaso Bardelli, Zach Gillespie, and Thuy Linh Tu explain the harms of an austerity-driven approach to criminal justice reform. Plus, Aziz Rana on Ntina Tzouvala’s recent book, Sandeep Vaheesan on non-competes, Saule Omarova on FedAccounts, Veena Dubal on variable pay, and upcoming events about Progressive Constitutional Political Economy, LPE and Legal Theory, and LPE and the Culture Wars.

César F. Rosado Marzán on whether wage boards can work in America, a sneak peek at the some of the most exciting forthcoming LPE and LPE-adjacent articles, and interviews with Duncan Kennedy and Jorts the Cat. Plus, the case against the new libertarian elitists, and a look at the distorting power of macroeconomic policy models.

Judah Schept on the carceral conjuncture in Central Appalachia, Nicholas Stump on rural resistance to fossil capital, and Christine Desan, Lev Menand, Raúl Carrillo, Rohan Grey, Dan Rohde, and Hilary Allen on the Silicon Valley Bank debacle. Plus, new articles by Sanjukta Paul and Marshall Steinbaum, more on SVB from Saule Omarova, and a hot new law and public health job at HLS.

Darryl Li on the weaponization of terrorism torts, Emily Prifogle and Jessica Shoemaker on racial disparities in rural America, and Christopher Ali on the erasure of rural communities by the FCC. Plus, we’re asking you (yes you) to tell us about the hottest new LPE law review articles. In exchange, as always, we’ve gathered the best LPE-content from around the web, including all the must-read pieces on SVB.

Ann Eisenberg kicks off a symposium on the LPE of Rural America, Ganesh Sitaraman, Morgan Ricks, and Christopher Serkin discuss regulation’s role in geographic inequality, and Elizabeth Sepper and James Nelson examine the political economy behind the rise of public yet religious hospitals. Plus, two (count’em two) new LPE-related fellowships, as well as new pieces by Hiba Hafiz, Premal Dharia, and Beatrice Adler-Bolton & Artie Vierkant.

Jonathan Harris on consumer law as work law, Alyssa Battistoni & Matthew Robinson on Reconsidering Reparations, an upcoming LPE Conference(!!), a call for submissions from the JLPE, and new pieces from Sandeep Vaheesan, Dan Rohde, and others.

Charmaine Chua, Desiree Fields, & David Stein denounce the University of California’s investment in Blackstone, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò kicks off a symposium on his recent book Reconsidering Reparations, and Daniel Aldana Cohen reflects on the book’s focus on historical time. Plus, the best new LPE-related conferences, events, post-docs, papers, and reading groups from around the web.

Reed Shaw, Matthew Bodie, and Alvin Velazquez wrap up our symposium on Worker Surveillance & Collective Resistance by looking at the different ways that surveillance is undermining employment and labor law protections, and what we might do to challenge these invasive technologies. Plus, LPE-related fellowships, CFPs, and new pieces by Daniel Walters, Amy Zanoni, and Sharon Block and Benjamin Sachs.

Ann Sarnak kicks off a symposium on workplace surveillance and collective resistance, Karen Levy looks at the layering of government, employer, and commercial surveillance in the trucking industry, and Sarrah Kassem examines employee monitoring in Amazon’s growing platform ecosystem. Plus, the best of LPE from around the web, including new pieces by Nate Holdren, Kate Jackson, Sandeep Vaheesan, and Lenore Palladino!

The scourge of algorithmic wage discrimination, racial capitalism in the civil courts, and some LPE highlights from around the web, including David Pozen, Tim Barker, and an on-going symposium at Notice & Comment.

Barry Maguire on the alienation objection to efficient markets, Evelyn Atkinson on Telegraph Torts, and eight friends of the blog on the FTC’s proposed rule to ban non-compete agreements. Plus, a new citywide LPE group in NYC, a junior scholars workshop in NYC, an LPE reading group in Toronto, two great upcoming events, and Matt Stoller on l’affaire Hovenkamp.

The week in review: a pair of posts by Amy Kapczynski about recent attempts to think beyond neoliberalism, Lina Khan defends the FTC’s proposal to ban noncompete agreements, and you have three days to submit a proposal to the emerging scholars LPE workshop. Plus, some great upcoming events!

Lauren van Schilfgaarde and Dana Powell conclude our symposium on A Nation Within. Plus, a hot new issue of the JLPE, Melinda Cooper on the family office, a CFP on money as a democratic medium, Karen Tani interviewed at Death Panel, and Luke Herrine on the relationship between antitrust and consumer protection.