My paper with @vanloo.bsky.social and @lanemiles.bsky.social showing that more than 15% of US companies have potentially illegal interlocking board members is now published in the Columbia Law Review
columbialawreview.org/content/anti...
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Law professor at Boston University focused on digital technologies, consumers, markets, and regulation. Previously consulted at McKinsey after law school, made sandwiches in Paris during college, and sold newspaper subscriptions door-to-door in 5th grade.
My paper with @vanloo.bsky.social and @lanemiles.bsky.social showing that more than 15% of US companies have potentially illegal interlocking board members is now published in the Columbia Law Review
columbialawreview.org/content/anti...
Link to book: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
09.09.2025 15:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Glad to join @jessicasilbey.bsky.social and Woody Hartzog in discussing @rcalo.bsky.social's important new Law & Technology book. Insightful comments, great company, and lots of laughter.
09.09.2025 15:36 β π 9 π 3 π¬ 2 π 0Lane Miles, @vanloo.bsky.social, and I have a new blog post in the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
Overlapping Directors as a Competition Problem,
corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2025/08/29/o...
My newest empirical study, with Rory Van Loo and Lane Miles, finds that more than 10% of companies in the US share board members with a direct competitor, a per se violation of the antitrust laws
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Watch #BULawProf @vanloo.bsky.social testify before the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary today during the "Big Fixes for Big Tech" hearing. Prof. Van Loo will speak before the subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights.
β‘οΈ www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-ac...
Big week for Big Tech antitrust. TODAY, Senate hearing - w @kint.bsky.social, @vanloo.bsky.social, + more - on break 'em up: www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-ac...
Weds @ycombinator.com.web.brid.gy's Little Tech fest w/ @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu + US enforcers: www.linkedin.com/posts/luther...
Iβm looking forward to testifying tomorrow in the Senate! www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-ac...
31.03.2025 18:28 β π 13 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Volume 92.2 is now live, featuring pieces by @bdgesq.bsky.social & Aziz Huq; Jonathan Gould & @vanloo.bsky.social; Kathryn Judge & Lev Menand; @stomarova.bsky.social & Brian Richardson; Christina Parajon Skinner; Yesha Yadav & Joshua Younger; and David Zaring. lawreview.uchicago.edu
03.03.2025 14:46 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0Jonathan Gould and @vanloo.bsky.social discuss Congressβs capacity to confront future threats. Noting that the playing field is tilted against Congress taking action, they propose mechanisms that Congress should utilize to regulate the risk of major crises when it has the opportunity.
03.03.2025 14:46 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0#BULaw is proud to be tied at #5 for law schools with the highest number of Top 100 Legal Scholars of 2024, with #BULawProf @vanloo.bsky.social at #14, Scott Hirst at #20, and @hartzog.bsky.social at #48.
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24.01.2025 17:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Should be a fun conference tomorrow at Harvard on the state of consumer contract law:
24.01.2025 17:15 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0I interpret your post to mean that if the conference participants I call on give valuable feedback, I get some credit for improving your paper. Seems reasonable.
24.01.2025 12:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0True story. I finished well over 500 distinct books this year outside of work. Hereβs how.
1. Made regular trips to the public library to fill my backpack after a quick glance, sometimes with awesome librarian help.
2. Read a few each night to my 5-year-old daughter.
Happy new year!
A warm Bluesky welcome to Chinmayi Sharma (@chinmayisharma.bsky.social), who is doing interesting and valuable research on trustworthy AI and other tech law topics.
17.12.2024 14:56 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Yes, reducing unwanted marketing emails should be bipartisan--like stopping robocalls.
13.12.2024 12:04 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It would be nice on the policy front if Congress/the FTC prevented vendors from harvesting/subscribing customers to marketing emails simply because theyβve made a purchase. Yes, I aggressively use a decoy email for
retail. They worm their way into the main acct anyway (through Apple Pay, etc).
go.bsky.app/AMzLXXk
10.12.2024 21:11 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 3 π 0Many thanks to the Southern California Law Review editors for being so fantastic to work with on this, my RAs for the excellent research, and all those who provided feedback, especially Yair Listokin with whom I'll have a follow up article soon.
03.01.2024 13:46 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Delighted to see my inflation article up. It asks whether we should rely so heavily on Fed interest rate hikes, which risks great sacrifice. Another option is to first fight as much inflation as possible through policies that strengthen the economy.
southerncalifornialawreview.com/2023/12/27/i...
In a heartbreaking year, some bore a heavier burden. I was inspired by those deeply connected to tragic world events who still somehow continued to function, be kind, and give to others. One of my hopes for the coming year is that the world gives them more back.
29.12.2023 13:17 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Applying consumer protection laws "more systematically to Amazonβs price manipulation would make antitrust the least of Amazonβs legal concerns."
20.12.2023 19:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"Amazon regularly buries the lowest-price, high-quality items in lower search results. Consumers choosing the first item, as almost half of all regular customers do, may pay nearly a third more than they would on a lower-priced item with equal ratings." (ssrn.com/abstract=443...)
20.12.2023 19:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0A few excerpts: Even if the recent antitrust lawsuit is successful, like most companies, from auto dealers to banks, without monopoly power Amazon could still employ an arsenal of tactics that exploit human psychology to steer consumers toward higher-priced items.
20.12.2023 19:30 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Excited to share something I co-wrote in the Chicago Tribune, reporting findings suggesting that Amazon buries the best deals low in search results.
(w/ Nikita Aggarwal) www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/comm...
A warm welcome to my tech colleague and friend Ngozi Okidegbe, who just joined Bluesky!
@ngoziokidegbe.bsky.social
www.bu.edu/law/profile/...
Hooray! Super easy case of course.
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