Following up on Dan’s post, via Larry Solum comes the horrible, horrible news that Larry Ribstein passed away this morning. This has shocked and devastated our household and much of the legal academy. I’ve known Larry for many, many years. He was a supportive senior colleague at the beginning of my career (and remained one until the end). He was a prolific and interesting scholar with wide-ranging interests, from “uncorporations” to polygamy. He was also a good friend. He’ll be missed by many.
He was supportive of my early efforts too
Posted by: Lisa bernstein | December 24, 2011 at 04:10 PM
Thanks for this, Lisa. It seems to be a common theme across the remembrances, unsurprisingly. He was incredibly generous and full of energy.
Posted by: Kim Krawiec | December 25, 2011 at 01:15 PM
This is truly sad, a great loss for all of us.
Posted by: Larry Catá Backer | December 26, 2011 at 02:28 PM
This is a great loss. I only met him recently but I looked forward to many future engagements. It is a source of great sorrow that he is gone. This has been a tough year.
Posted by: Tamara Piety | December 28, 2011 at 12:09 PM