Three months until launch! I can’t wait for the warm summer evenings in the Valley
Kish Parella
@catsncakes.bsky.social
Avid cake baker, novel reader and teacher of law. Loves new food, new cities and new friends. Sometimes law. Non-food identity here: https://law.wlu.edu/faculty/full-time-faculty/kish-parella Research here: http://bit.ly/2FBOZPH
New Paper!! “Corporate Governance as National Security Strategy” w/ Carla Reyes Read here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Today’s Tuesday Tips column features work by @catsncakes.bsky.social (Kish Parella), @lookheron.bsky.social (Luke Herrine) @gmakoff.bsky.social (Gregory Makoff) and others who are not on Bluesky but who are named here: www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/03/tues...
Thank you @SSRN for featuring my earlier work on cryptocurrency with @Prof_CarlaReyes. This research laid important groundwork for our current work on data supply chains as critical infrastructure: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Data Supply Chains
Data is a critical resource. Like oil, gold, or lithium, both companies and countries covet data. Ultimately, like oil, data’s flow can enrich those that posses
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SSRN@ssrn.bsky.social · 6mo agoCheck out the latest from the SSRN #blog which includes a selection of the latest research on #cryptocurreny submitted to SSRN in 2025. Read more: spkl.io/63324ASWYe #AcademicChatter #crypto
#Data Supply Chains This Article argues that data competition has created global “data supply chains”. Authors: Carla Reyes, Kish Parella Read More: spkl.io/63328AqXfs @catsncakes.bsky.social
Prof Carla Reyes & I have a new paper on Data Supply Chains! We explain the ways that companies acquire data: build, buy, scrape, surveil and generate. And oh - it’s a supply chain, which we can govern, manage and regulate AS a supply chain. Read it here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Call for Submissions!! W&L Law’s Blue Mountain Writing Retreat!! Pls see below
Join us for the first session of the 2026 IBT Seminar Series. Info below!
That beautiful gap in time between giving out your exam and grading your exams. I celebrated by baking: Pecan Cake with Burnt Honey Frosting.
New website!! www.kishparella.com Check it out to learn more about my research and the international business series that I organize!
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Call for Papers in IBT!! May 2026 Roundtable @wlulaw.bsky.social on International Contracting & Theory of the Firm. Send abstract to me by Aug 29! Details below ⬇️
1/ Delighted to serve as a Co-Chair for the @asilorg Research Forum! Call for Papers Open! Deadline for Abstracts is May 30! See you in beautiful #Cleveland on September 25-27 @CWRU_Law. Submit here: asil.org/midyear-meeting #ASILMYM2025
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I am so delighted to share that @wlulaw.bsky.social has named me to the James P. Morefield Professorship!! columns.wlu.edu/wl-law-annou...
W&L Law Announces Faculty Appointments and Promotions
Melanie Wilson, Dean and Roy J. Steinheimer, Jr., Professor of Law has announced the following appointments and promotions of five faculty members, effective July 1, 2025. Three W&L Law faculty…
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1/ Celebration! I taught business associations for the first time this semester and just finished my last class - to an enthusiastic standing ovation from my students.
What happens when I combine my love of baking and business law? A Shark Tank event with one of my homemade cakes as the grand prize. My students pitch their ideas later this week!
W&L Law prof Kish Parella @catsncakes.bsky.social is co-organizing the Berle XVII Symposium at Seattle University School of Law. The event title is “International Business Transactions in a Fragmented World: National Security, Geopolitics, and Corporate Governance.” columns.wlu.edu/kish-parella...
Looking forward to joining colleagues this weekend at #BerleXVII on “Int’l Business Transactions in a Fragmented World: National Security, Geopolitics, and Corporate Governance” Learn more about #bearleconference: law.seattleu.edu/centers-and-... @schulichlaw.bsky.social; @catsncakes.bsky.social
And I thought that the CSDDD had EU problems. www.hagerty.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
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I’m honored to contribute to @VaJIntlL Symposium tomorrow @UVALaw that examines #corporate action in foreign affairs. My remarks will draw upon my research examining “Corporate Foreign Policy” Read here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/...
Only a few more days to send us your abstracts! Hope that you can join us! Abstracts due January 31!
Kish Parella@catsncakes.bsky.social · 2y ago***Calling All Bus Profs**** CFP: Join us in London on May 19 to explore impact of national security on Int’l Bus (and vice versa) law.wlu.edu/centers/lewi... Big news today that Trump plans to nominate Rubio for Sec State: amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/11/... Join us! Deadline: Jan 31 Pls RT
And now with link! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Corporate Governance & International Law
Stakeholder activism by NGOs, consumers, employees and others can incentivize corporate managers to comply with international law on climate change, armed confl
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Kish Parella@catsncakes.bsky.social · 2y agoNew Article Alert! When are non-state actors better at enforcing international law against corporations compared to government actors? And when are they worse? Read below ⬇️
New Article Alert! When are non-state actors better at enforcing international law against corporations compared to government actors? And when are they worse? Read below ⬇️