Andrew Leahey ⚖️
@esq.social
Asst. Prof @ Drexel Kline (https://drexel.edu/law/faculty/fulltime_fac/andrew-leahey/)
Columnist @ Bloomberg Tax (https://technicallyspeak.ing/)
Podcaster @ Min Comp (https://minimumcomp.com)
Mastodon: @[email protected] (https://esq.social/@andrew)
Columnist @ Bloomberg Tax (https://technicallyspeak.ing/)
Podcaster @ Min Comp (https://minimumcomp.com)
Mastodon: @[email protected] (https://esq.social/@andrew)
Need some admin law beta testers of this view. Poke around a little. Thoughts? Intuitive?
frtracker.app/fr/diff/eaeb...
frtracker.app/fr/diff/eaeb...
FR Redline: 2025-08566 → 2026-02040 | Federal Regulatory Tracker
Decomposing U.S. federal regulations into individual legal obligations and tracking their lifecycle from proposal through codification. Structured deontic analysis for legal research, policy analysis,...
frtracker.app
February 13, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Need some admin law beta testers of this view. Poke around a little. Thoughts? Intuitive?
frtracker.app/fr/diff/eaeb...
frtracker.app/fr/diff/eaeb...
Mis. Played.
"In a letter to chief executive Tim Cook, FTC chair Andrew Ferguson cited recent press coverage of a report from conservative media watchdog Media Research Center which claimed that Apple has promoted “leftist outlets” in its news feed."
www.ft.com/content/0c25...
www.ft.com/content/0c25...
Apple faces new tensions with Trump administration
US regulator issues warning to iPhone maker about its News platform following controversy over Super Bowl half-time show
www.ft.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Mis. Played.
“…we pinpointed exactly when Snap added the critical ’even if recommended’ language to its indemnification clause. The change went live between August 27 and August 28, 2021.
For context, several events occurred in the months before the change.“
tostracker.app/analysis/alg...
For context, several events occurred in the months before the change.“
tostracker.app/analysis/alg...
Algorithmic Liability: How Social Media Platforms Disclaim Responsibility
A case study examining how platforms disclaim liability for algorithmic content recommendation amid teen mental health litigation.
tostracker.app
February 12, 2026 at 3:35 PM
“…we pinpointed exactly when Snap added the critical ’even if recommended’ language to its indemnification clause. The change went live between August 27 and August 28, 2021.
For context, several events occurred in the months before the change.“
tostracker.app/analysis/alg...
For context, several events occurred in the months before the change.“
tostracker.app/analysis/alg...
Thousand dollar idea: portable routers made for professors to use to allow students to connect and have access to the internet but not AI tools.
February 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Thousand dollar idea: portable routers made for professors to use to allow students to connect and have access to the internet but not AI tools.
Here's a kind of fun one, watch Snap soften its community terms from 2023-2026:
tostracker.app/document/sna...
tostracker.app/document/sna...
Snap Community Guidelines Changes - TOS Tracker
Compare Community Guidelines changes for Snap. View additions, deletions, and modifications between September 2023 and February 2026.
tostracker.app
February 11, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Here's a kind of fun one, watch Snap soften its community terms from 2023-2026:
tostracker.app/document/sna...
tostracker.app/document/sna...
To my fellow admin law folks, here’s something I’ve been working on for a little while.
frtracker.app/fr/diff/bb43...
frtracker.app/fr/diff/bb43...
FR Redline: 2026-00247 → 2026-01955 | Federal Regulatory Tracker
Decomposing U.S. federal regulations into individual legal obligations and tracking their lifecycle from proposal through codification. Structured deontic analysis for legal research, policy analysis,...
frtracker.app
February 11, 2026 at 2:30 AM
To my fellow admin law folks, here’s something I’ve been working on for a little while.
frtracker.app/fr/diff/bb43...
frtracker.app/fr/diff/bb43...
States need to shift their strategy to stay in the game. If they’re going to offer incentives anyway—for political reasons or otherwise—they should at least demand something durable in return. That means no more blank-check incentives.
news.bloombergtax.com/tax-insights...
news.bloombergtax.com/tax-insights...
India Data Center Safe Harbor Shows US States Must Stop Handouts
Opinion: India's move to institute a 15% safe harbor for transfer pricing on certain data center services move signals a shift in the global digital infrastructure competition that US states are about...
news.bloombergtax.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:06 PM
States need to shift their strategy to stay in the game. If they’re going to offer incentives anyway—for political reasons or otherwise—they should at least demand something durable in return. That means no more blank-check incentives.
news.bloombergtax.com/tax-insights...
news.bloombergtax.com/tax-insights...
Watch Andrew solve PIVOT Day 41 in 16 moves!
pivotthegame.com/replay/#Andr...
pivotthegame.com/replay/#Andr...
Think you can beat my PIVOT score?
Watch my solution and try to do it in fewer moves. PIVOT — a free daily word puzzle.
pivotthegame.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Watch Andrew solve PIVOT Day 41 in 16 moves!
pivotthegame.com/replay/#Andr...
pivotthegame.com/replay/#Andr...
PIVOT Day 39: I did today's PIVOT in 21 moves. Today's best is 15. Let's see if you can beat that!
pivotthegame.com/replay/#Andr...
pivotthegame.com/replay/#Andr...
PIVOT Replay — Watch the Solution
Watch this PIVOT puzzle solved step by step. Can you do better?
pivotthegame.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:01 PM
PIVOT Day 39: I did today's PIVOT in 21 moves. Today's best is 15. Let's see if you can beat that!
pivotthegame.com/replay/#Andr...
pivotthegame.com/replay/#Andr...
Seems kinda fitting tbh.
February 7, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Seems kinda fitting tbh.
Put together a little explainer elevating some of what I'm seeing via TOS Tracker.
leahey.org/blog/2026/02...
leahey.org/blog/2026/02...
I Built a System That Reads the Fine Print of 969 Corporate Legal Documents. Here’s What They Say.
By Andrew Leahey
leahey.org
February 6, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Put together a little explainer elevating some of what I'm seeing via TOS Tracker.
leahey.org/blog/2026/02...
leahey.org/blog/2026/02...
No Facebook if you’re under 16.
February 6, 2026 at 4:13 AM
No Facebook if you’re under 16.
Reposted by Andrew Leahey ⚖️
February 5, 2026 at 9:37 PM
TOSTracker needs some help. There are documents that we can't reach programmatically, either because they have captchas, are bot-sensitive, or are tucked behind login pages.
tostracker.app/help
tostracker.app/help
Help Needed - TOS Tracker
2 documents need your help. Some websites use CAPTCHAs, login walls, or bot detection that prevent automated tracking.
tostracker.app
February 4, 2026 at 8:32 PM
TOSTracker needs some help. There are documents that we can't reach programmatically, either because they have captchas, are bot-sensitive, or are tucked behind login pages.
tostracker.app/help
tostracker.app/help
Reposted by Andrew Leahey ⚖️
The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody
WaPo also closing Books section and downsizing International and Metro sections
February 4, 2026 at 2:05 PM
The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody
TOSTracker is surfacing some interesting bits.
I didn’t expect nearly this level of state diversity in governing law clauses.
tostracker.app/compare?clau...
I didn’t expect nearly this level of state diversity in governing law clauses.
tostracker.app/compare?clau...
Compare Governing Law Clauses - TOS Tracker
Compare how different companies write Governing Law clauses in their Terms of Service.
tostracker.app
February 4, 2026 at 2:48 AM
TOSTracker is surfacing some interesting bits.
I didn’t expect nearly this level of state diversity in governing law clauses.
tostracker.app/compare?clau...
I didn’t expect nearly this level of state diversity in governing law clauses.
tostracker.app/compare?clau...
Target updating its TOS to disclaim bananas behavior by "Agentic Commerce Agent(s)."
tostracker.app/document/tar...
tostracker.app/document/tar...
Compare Target Terms of Service - TOS Tracker
Compare Terms of Service changes for Target. View additions, deletions, and modifications between versions.
tostracker.app
February 3, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Target updating its TOS to disclaim bananas behavior by "Agentic Commerce Agent(s)."
tostracker.app/document/tar...
tostracker.app/document/tar...
Planned Audi plant abandoned owing to, you guessed it, tariffs. Turns out those pesky little things may not be such a good idea.
news.bloombergtax.com/tax-insights...
news.bloombergtax.com/tax-insights...
Volkswagen Move to Vacate Onshoring Shows US Tariff Policy Flaws
Opinion: Tariffs should be deemphasized as a blunt industrial policy tool, and where they remain, they should be grounded in market realities through return-on-investment modeling.
news.bloombergtax.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Planned Audi plant abandoned owing to, you guessed it, tariffs. Turns out those pesky little things may not be such a good idea.
news.bloombergtax.com/tax-insights...
news.bloombergtax.com/tax-insights...
Today’s episode of LSAT Logic Applied was about necessary assumptions — the unstated ideas an argument must rely on to reach its conclusion, even if no one ever says them out loud.
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FTC v. Meta and the Moody Binary
Podcast Episode · LSAT Logic Applied · 02/02/2026 · 6m
podcasts.apple.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Today’s episode of LSAT Logic Applied was about necessary assumptions — the unstated ideas an argument must rely on to reach its conclusion, even if no one ever says them out loud.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
Over the weekend I worked on a feature for tostracker.app that I needed, and hopefully it'll have utility for others: automatic figure generation for (likely mostly academic) writing.
February 2, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Over the weekend I worked on a feature for tostracker.app that I needed, and hopefully it'll have utility for others: automatic figure generation for (likely mostly academic) writing.