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March 2025
Governing the Stack: Regulatory Jurisdiction in Multi-Layer AI Systems
Maps jurisdictional gaps across AI model layers, fine-tuning, APIs, and deployment contexts, proposing a tiered liability framework.
AI Governance
Feb 2025
Algorithmic Harm and the Limits of Disparate Impact Theory
Examines whether Title VII's disparate impact doctrine can bear the weight of automated decision-making in employment contexts.
Civil Rights
Jan 2025
The Federal Privacy Gap: Why Sectoral Regulation Has Failed and What Comes Next
A structural critique of the United States' sector-by-sector approach to data privacy and a framework for comprehensive federal legislation.
Privacy
Dec 2024
Market Power in the Foundation Model Layer: Early Evidence and Regulatory Implications
Applies traditional antitrust analysis to the emerging market structure of large language model development and API access.
Competition
Nov 2024
Intermediary Liability in the Age of Generative AI: Rethinking Platform Responsibility
Asks whether Section 230's third-party content framework can coherently extend to AI-generated outputs produced at a platform's direction.
Platform Law

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