Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Alicia Solow-Niederman

SSRN @ssrn.bsky.social · 8d

Check out the latest #research from the SSRN #blog which includes the top downloaded papers for Q3 on #AI in Law.

Read More: spkl.io/63329ApUcX

#Law #AcademicChatter

Top Papers on AI in Law

This list includes the top downloaded papers on AI in Law posted in Q1 2025. It also includes the Top 5 Organizations that downloaded the research during this period.

spkl.io

1 6 9

Reposted by Alicia Solow-Niederman

GW Center for Law & Technology: The Bernard Center @gwclt.bsky.social · 19d

Join us for a discussion on @daniel-solove.bsky.social's newest book, 𝙊𝙣 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙘𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙏𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮.

Panelists include:
- margotkaminski.bsky.social
- paulohm.bsky.social
- aliciasn.bsky.social

📅 Thu, Sept. 25 | 🕓 4–5 PM
📍 Tasher Great Room, Jacob Burns Law Library
🔗 RSVP in comments

1 5 7

Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · Aug 29

Privacy & AI PSA: As of Sept. 28, Anthropic's privacy policy requires users to opt out of data sharing, w/ a pre-checked box that defaults to sharing (e.g., you'll share your data to help train the model, unless you toggle off when you get the notice). Curious if EU folks have the same pop up?

2

Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · Aug 17

I'm delighted to share that my article, AI and Doctrinal Collapse, is forthcoming in Stanford Law Review! Draft at papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....

3 6 30

Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · Aug 4

too embarrassing to confess, but effective! :)

1 2

Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · Aug 4

Yes! I did this, and especially in the era of zoom interviews + call backs, it made a huge difference.

1 1

Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · Jul 28

I’m excited to share my latest draft, developing a “demand side” theory of AI to complement the supply chain and focus on emergent human interactions in, out, and via GenAI systems. Comments welcome! Available here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

1 3 9

Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · May 1

Wonderful, many thanks! Will email you.

1

Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · May 1

AI hivemind: Is anyone tracking updates to company privacy policies / GenAI ToS and whether there are correlations with legal and policy developments? Noticed a new Grok privacy policy on 4/25, and I'm wondering if it's a reaction to the Irish DPA or a signal of an upcoming product announcement.

1 3

Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · Apr 16

Lawyers looking to make a difference, please consider: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/b... (and I'm so proud of my sister for her hard work behind the scenes on this)

Unions Form Pro Bono Legal Network for Federal Workers Targeted by Trump (Gift Article)

Organized labor has taken a leading role in challenging the Trump administration’s downsizing agenda in court. A new service will offer more individualized representation.

www.nytimes.com

4 16

Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · Mar 18

The FTC has long been structured as an independent agency, and Humphrey’s Executor remains good law. Firing its democratic commissioners is a blatantly unlawful move, calculated to disempower the agency that’s best-positioned to actually change business models and contend with AI and privacy harms.

Alexandra Reeve Givens @alexreevegivens.bsky.social · Mar 18

Commissioners Slaughter and Bedoya @bedoyaftc.bsky.social have spoken out against this assault. Time for anyone invested in privacy, consumer protection, competition to join them and speak out. cdt.org/insights/the...

The Trump Administration’s Outrageous Attack on the FTC Puts Consumers at Risk

Today, President Trump fired the Democratic commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission in a destructive partisan attack on the nation’s primary consumer protection agency. The FTC is now the latest...

cdt.org

1 3

Reposted by Alicia Solow-Niederman

Will Oremus @willoremus.com · Mar 18

New: @trahan.house.gov will announce today a push to modernize a 50-year-old federal privacy law in response to concerns that Elon Musk's DOGE is improperly accessing and potentially mishandling Americans' personal data. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Analysis | Concerns about DOGE’s data grab fuel push to update privacy law

Massachusetts Democrat plans bill to toughen Watergate-era restrictions on government use of personal data.

www.washingtonpost.com

10 35 130

Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · Mar 6

PERSEPHONE: Eat that forbidden fruit

5

Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · Feb 18

Thank you for your thoughtful engagement with all of our pieces! One of the things that I love about academia is the chance to be in conversation with other scholars, and I'm grateful for the chance to learn from the other contributors and from your response. Here's to future discussions!

1 2

Reposted by Alicia Solow-Niederman

EPIC @epic.org · Feb 11

🚨 EPIC, @democracyforward.bsky.social, and a federal worker filed suit today against DOGE over its illegal seizure of personnel records and payment system data—actions which constitute the largest data breach in American history. 🧵

Read our full complaint here: epic.org/wp-content/u...

4 58 130

Reposted by Alicia Solow-Niederman

Matthew Sag @matthewsag.bsky.social · Feb 3

Call for papers: Legal Scholars Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence 2025 (April 10-11, 2025). Please see announcement for details. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

To apply to participate, comment, or present, please fill out the google form:( forms.gle/EyUghVd23tEB...). @emorylaw.bsky.social

Call for Papers: Legal Scholars Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence 2025

Fourth Annual Legal Scholars Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence 2025 Call For Papers Roundtable Emory Law is proud to host the fourth annual Legal Scholars Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence. ...

docs.google.com

4 5

Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · Feb 3

Link to my Essay, The Overton Window and Privacy Enforcement: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

The Overton Window and Privacy Enforcement

On paper, the Federal Trade Commission’s consumer protection authority seems straightforward: the agency is empowered to investigate and prevent unfair or decep

papers.ssrn.com

2 3

Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · Feb 3

I’m excited to share that my work “The Overton Window and Privacy Enforcement” has been selected as a recipient of the @futureofprivacy.bsky.social Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award, and honored to be in such amazing company!

This year’s Winning Privacy Papers to be Honored at the Future of Privacy Forum’s 15th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers Event - Future of Privacy Forum

The Future of Privacy Forum’s 15th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award Recognizes Influential Privacy Research February 3, 2025 — Today, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) — a global non-profi...

fpf.org

1 2 19

Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · Feb 3

Thank you, @daniel-solove.bsky.social, and congratulations on the recognition for your timely paper with @hartzog.bsky.social!

1

Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · Dec 30

TFW you're both unbelievably grateful for incisive feedback on a draft and also wondering how on earth you're going to revise to account for it.

7

Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · Dec 29

sigh. I also worry about the lack of referencing what has already been written on point! e.g., here: columbialawreview.org/content/ai-s...

AI SYSTEMS AS STATE ACTORS - Columbia Law Review

The full text of this essay may be found by clicking the PDF link to the left. Introduction Advocates and experts are increasingly concerned about the rapid introduction of artificial intelligence (A...

columbialawreview.org

3

Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · Dec 19

My writing process consists of radical vacillations between "this is BRILLIANT" and "what on earth is this illogical dreck"?

2 10

Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · Dec 19

"Masters of Disasters," where we studied the science of failures and how to analyze risk!

1 12

Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · Dec 6

It was such a privilege to contribute to the ongoing Balkinization Symposium on @ignaciocofone.bsky.social’s timely book! I argue that taking privacy and power seriously requires engaging with the messy politics of privacy: balkin.blogspot.com/2024/12/taki....

Balkinization: Taking Power Seriously: The Politics of Privacy

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

balkin.blogspot.com

2 3 16

Reposted by Alicia Solow-Niederman

Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · Dec 2

📢NEW: 'Open' AI systems aren't open. The vague term, combined w frothy AI hype is (mis)shaping policy & practice, assuming 'open source' AI democratizes access & addresses power concentration. It doesn't.

@smw.bsky.social, @davidthewid.bsky.social & I correct the record👇
nature.com/articles/s41...

Why ‘open’ AI systems are actually closed, and why this matters - Nature

A review of the literature on artificial intelligence systems to examine openness reveals that open AI systems are actually closed, as they are highly dependent on the resources of a few large corpora...

nature.com

25 340 960