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The Information Society Project at Yale Law School @yaleisp.bsky.social · 9d

Amazing opportunity at ISP!

The Information Society Project at Yale Law School @yaleisp.bsky.social · 16d

📢 Apply now for the 2026–27 ISP Resident Fellowship at Yale Law School! We encourage projects on AI and the digital public sphere—free speech, content moderation, privacy, antitrust, and algorithmic governance. More info: law.yale.edu/isp/join-us#...

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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 12d

Join us for the Law and Technology Workshop, 10/3, noon ET, featuring Nick Nugent

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Law & Technology Workshop

Email newsletter for the Law & Technology Workshop

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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks for having me and wonderful to see you all!

The Information Society Project at Yale Law School @yaleisp.bsky.social · 22d

This week’s Law & Tech Talk examined “The Platform-Property Paradox.” Thank you to @nikenberger.bsky.social for a magnificent presentation!

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The Information Society Project at Yale Law School @yaleisp.bsky.social · 22d

This week’s Law & Tech Talk examined “The Platform-Property Paradox.” Thank you to @nikenberger.bsky.social for a magnificent presentation!

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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 22d

Thanks so much for having me! Wonderful to see everyone @yaleisp.bsky.social

The Information Society Project at Yale Law School @yaleisp.bsky.social · 22d

This week’s Law & Tech Talk examined “The Platform-Property Paradox.” Thank you to @nikenberger.bsky.social for a magnificent presentation!

Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 23d

Excited about this!

The Information Society Project at Yale Law School @yaleisp.bsky.social · 23d

Join us tomorrow for Prof. @nikenberger.bsky.social's (University of Houston Law School) talk: "The Platform-Property Paradox"

Tue., Sept 16 - 12:10-1:30PM - SLB 128

Cosponsored by Yale Journal of Law & Technology

DM for Zoom details

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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · Sep 4

Contributed to reporting on smart glasses by @fullofwords.bsky.social: www.eweek.com/news/halo-x-...

These AI Smart Glasses Are Always Recording: Risks & Benefits

Halo X glasses don’t have a camera and don’t indicate when they’re recording audio. We talk to experts about the possible legal and security risks users need to know.

www.eweek.com

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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · Sep 4

For Google and Apple alone, the decision added roughly $330 billion to their market capitalization. It’s a win for tech monopolies — and a loss for innovation.

www.deutschlandfunk.de/google-wird-...

US-Gericht - Google wird nicht zerschlagen

www.deutschlandfunk.de

Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · Sep 4

Contributed to reporting by @nilsdampz.bsky.social on the United States v. Google ruling.

After finding last year that Google maintained an illegal monopoly, the court handed down only lukewarm remedies — a gift to Big Tech that does little to curb monopoly power.

US-Gericht - Google wird nicht zerschlagen

www.deutschlandfunk.de

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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · Sep 3

The Court just gifted Google and Apple around 335B, relative to market expectations, in United States v. Google.

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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · Sep 2

It's hard to restore competition in a market that has already been crushed -- and I suspect the judge's cautious ruling requiring the very least from Google is not going to give competitors enough of a reason to jump back in to create search products.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...

Judge Orders Google to Share Search Results to Help Resolve Monopoly

www.nytimes.com

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Joseph Jerome @joejerome.com · Sep 2

After 5 long years, a federal court found that Google had an unlawful monopoly and then did little to address it. Here’s DuckDuckGo’s statement from the other site:

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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · Sep 2

This is bad. Very bad.

So, even where courts find illegal monopolization, the remedies are weak.

Just ask, if you were Google, would you do it all again?

The Verge @theverge.com · Sep 2

Google and Apple’s $20 billion search deal survives

Stopping Google’s payments to be the default search engine would impose “substantial” harms, according to the judge.

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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · Aug 21

Looking forward to this!

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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · Jul 30

Congrats, neighbor!

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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · Jul 25

Join an amazing group of scholars at UH incl. @chrismirasola.bsky.social @leahfowler.bsky.social @nikenberger.bsky.social @petersalib.bsky.social @lauraportuondo.bsky.social @jessiebregant.bsky.social @amangebru.bsky.social @dfroomkin.bsky.social and more with better things to do than Bluesky!

Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · Jul 24

📢 We are hiring! Come join us at the University of Houston.

- 3 entry-level tenure-track faculty members in crim; employment and labor law; and torts;

- a clinical assistant/associate professor to teach lawyering skills and strategies;

- a full/associate professor in health law.

Qs? Reach out!

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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · Jul 24

📢 We are hiring! Come join us at the University of Houston.

- 3 entry-level tenure-track faculty members in crim; employment and labor law; and torts;

- a clinical assistant/associate professor to teach lawyering skills and strategies;

- a full/associate professor in health law.

Qs? Reach out!

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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · Jun 20

Interesting, maybe. I assumed they just think users preferred LLM output and wanted to keep up with LLM development.

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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · Jun 20

But would it even? Google has been doing it quite excessively and I don't think people have lost trust.

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bendinovelli.bsky.social @bendinovelli.bsky.social · Jun 10

In @theatlantic.com, Asad Ramzanali and I argue why an “abundance agenda” approach hasn’t solved and won’t solve a long-held policy goal of providing affordable, high-speed internet to everyone in the United States. 1/7

Red Tape Isn’t the Only Reason America Can’t Build

The failure to deploy rural broadband has become synonymous with excessive bureaucracy. The real story is more complicated.

www.theatlantic.com

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Chris Mirasola @chrismirasola.bsky.social · Jun 10

First want to thank folks for a truly overwhelming and warm welcome back to social media. My aim is to provide useful info on areas of law I know well, so I very much hope I can return to academic seclusion soon.

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Chris Mirasola @chrismirasola.bsky.social · Jun 8

Many thanks to @lawfaremedia.org for running my analysis on such a quick turnaround. The theory of inherent pres power invoked last night is limited. I’ll have more on the tortured history of this assertion of pres power in the days to come.

Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · Jun 8

The president did not invoke the Insurrection Act yesterday. He’s instead relying on a theory of inherent constitutional power that is far more limited, explains Chris Mirasola. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

The National Guard in Los Angeles

The president hasn’t invoked the Insurrection Act. He’s instead relying on a theory of inherent constitutional power that is far more limited.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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Chris Mirasola @chrismirasola.bsky.social · Jun 8

I was off social media for a few yrs, but decided that it's time to come back after last night. I'm an asst. prof. at Uni of Houston Law Center and before that was an attorney at DoD OGC, where my portfolio included domestic military deployments. This continues to be a core part of my research.

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Florian Ederer @florianederer.bsky.social · Jun 3

Common leadership (two firms sharing executives or board directors) contributes to collusion.

Collusion probability between two firms increases by 12 percentage points after the onset of common leadership, compared to only 1.2 percent in the absence of common leaders.
www.nber.org/papers/w33866

Collusion through Common Leadership

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

www.nber.org

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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · May 26

Spoke with Rachel Barber of @usatoday.com about potential tariffs on iPhones.

www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

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