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Introduction to the Symposium on Rebuilding Expertise, by William Araiza

*This is the introductory post in a symposium on William Araiza’s Rebuilding Expertise: Creating Effective and Trustworthy Regulation in an Age of Doubt. All posts from this symposium can be found here. I’m honored that the N&C blog has agreed to host an online symposium on my book, Rebuilding Expertise: Creating Effective and Trustworthy Regulation in an Age of […]

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In Re Grand Jury, Quantifying Purpose, and the “Lawyer in the Room” Problem in Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege, by Elise Bernlohr Maizel

Introduction This year, the United States Supreme Court heard its first major case on the corporate attorney-client privilege in decades.  The issue before the Court was the appropriate test for whether a communication’s purpose was business or legal.  The latter is privileged, the former is not. In In re Grand Jury, an unnamed law firm challenged a grand jury […]

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Reply to the Dream Team: The Critically Constructive Pathways of Building Equality Machines, by Orly Lobel

*This is the final post in a symposium on Orly Lobel’s The Equality Machine: Harnessing Digital Technology for a Brighter, More Inclusive Future, selected by The Economist as a best book of 2022. All posts from this symposium can be found here. Further reviews can be found at Science, The Economist, and Kirkus. Lobel will be in NYC (NYU March 23 at […]

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Is Universal Vacatur Only an Illusion?, by Ronald M. Levin

In a recent post on this blog, Jonathan Adler has written an imaginative contribution to the currently lively controversy over the propriety of nationwide injunctions. Other prominent scholars have expressed interest in his argument for curtailing these injunctions. In this post, I will briefly explain why I agree with Adler’s policy position up to a […]

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The Major Questions Doctrine Reading List, by Beau J. Baumann

[Originally Published: November 7, 2022; Last Updated: March 18, 2023] Below, I have prepared Volume III of the major questions doctrine (“MQD”) reading list. The literature has continued to grow and develop at an almost exponential rate. We’re starting to flesh out the Pro-MQD literature, and some anti-MQD folks are reckoning with whether we ought […]

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Governing in an AI World

Widener Law Commonwealth’s Gedid Lecture features leaders in government law discussing groundbreaking issues. On April 11, 2023 at 4:30pm Professor Cary Coglianese will give the 2023 Gedid Lecture, “Administrative Governance in the ChatGPT Era . . . and Beyond.” This program is virtual and one CLE credit in PA is available. Please register via this […]

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In Praise of Inequality, by Colleen V. Chien

*This is the eleventh post in a symposium on Orly Lobel’s The Equality Machine: Harnessing Digital Technology for a Brighter, More Inclusive Future, selected by The Economist as a best book of 2022. All posts from this symposium can be found here. Further reviews can be found at Science, The Economist, and Kirkus. Equality is appealing, can be SMART, and as […]

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Naïve Realism, Cognitive Bias, and the Benefits and Risks of AI, by Harry Surden

*This is the tenth post in a symposium on Orly Lobel’s The Equality Machine: Harnessing Digital Technology for a Brighter, More Inclusive Future, selected by The Economist as a best book of 2022. All posts from this symposium can be found here. Further reviews can be found at Science, The Economist, and Kirkus. In the The Equality Machine, Orly Lobel […]

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On the Need For (and Difficulties of) Reaching A “Mature Position” About AI, by Oren Tamir & Tomer Kenneth

*This is the ninth post in a symposium on Orly Lobel’s The Equality Machine: Harnessing Digital Technology for a Brighter, More Inclusive Future, selected by The Economist as a best book of 2022. All posts from this symposium can be found here. Further reviews can be found at Science, The Economist, and Kirkus. How things change. In the not-too-remote past, […]

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ACUS Update: Consultant Proposals Requested for New Sourcebook on Public Participation in Agency Decision Making & Committee Season Commences

Consultants Wanted for New Sourcebook on Public Participation in Agency Decision Making The Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) is seeking proposals from parties interested in serving as consultants for a forthcoming project that will survey and comprehensively analyze legal requirements and policies related to public participation in agency decision making processes. The project […]

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Upcoming Blog Symposium: Rebuilding Expertise, by William Araiza

Next week, Notice & Comment will host an online symposium on William Araiza’s recent book, Rebuilding Expertise: Creating Effective and Trustworthy Regulation in an Age of Doubt. For anyone who lives in the New York City area or who may be visiting next week, next Tuesday evening, March 21, Brooklyn Law School will be hosting a […]

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The Machine in the Mirror, by Stephanie Bornstein

*This is the eighth post in a symposium on Orly Lobel’s The Equality Machine: Harnessing Digital Technology for a Brighter, More Inclusive Future, selected by The Economist as a best book of 2022. All posts from this symposium can be found here. Further reviews can be found at Science, The Economist, and Kirkus. There is something both wonderful and troubling […]

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Ad Law Reading Room: Andrea Katz & Noah Rosenblum, “Becoming the Administrator-in-Chief: Myers and the Progressive Presidency”

Welcome back to the Ad Law Reading Room, where we highlight recent scholarship in administrative law and related fields. Today’s entry is “Becoming the Administrator-in-Chief: Myers and the Progressive Presidency” by Professors Andrea Katz and Noah Rosenblum, which is forthcoming in the Columbia Law Review. Here is the abstract: In a series of recent cases, […]

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Public-Private AI Governance Partnerships, by Elena Chachko

*This is the seventh post in a symposium on Orly Lobel’s The Equality Machine: Harnessing Digital Technology for a Brighter, More Inclusive Future, selected by The Economist as a best book of 2022. All posts from this symposium can be found here. Further reviews can be found at Science, The Economist, and Kirkus. Orly Lobel’s The Equality Machine invites us to shift […]