At the Blog
On Monday, Ganesh Sitaraman explained how to apply public utility regulation to different parts of the AI tech stack.
On Tuesday, Zohra Ahmed and Brishen Rogers, co-chairs of the Association of Law and Political Economy, shared some exciting updates from the association, including an upcoming conference, a junior faculty forum, and new member-led initiatives.
And on Thursday, Marissa Jackson Sow, Allison Tait, Carla Spivack, Alina Ball, Juan Carlos Ibarra, and Carliss Chatman discussed how private law could help disadvantaged people and families build lasting, rooted communities.
In LPE Land
At On Labor, Sharon Block and Ben Sachs explain why the Harvard Graduate Students Union strike is protected under law. They also urge the University not to seek a decision on the issue from Trump’s NLRB, which might redraw the boundaries between protected and unprotected strikes in a way that would have profound implications far beyond Harvard University.
At ProMarket, Elettra Bietti argues that product liability and consumer protection are far superior to antitrust in the fight to counter social media companies’ extractive impulses.
In International Labor and Working-Class History, Susannah Glickman and Aaron Benanav released a special issue focused on AI and Labor.
In the Nation, Trevor Jackson reviews Arjun Jayadev and J.W. Mason recent book, Against Money.
The movement law lab has compiled a list of opportunities for lawyers to help guard against authoritarian midterm shenanigans.
On the latest episode of the Dig, Alyssa Battistoni discusses her recent book Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature. For more on the story, check out our symposium on the book.
