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Rory Van Loo @vanloo.bsky.social · 29d

Link to book: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Rory Van Loo @vanloo.bsky.social · 29d

Glad 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.

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · Aug 29

Lane 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...

Overlapping Directors as a Competition Problem

Antitrust law prohibits competing corporations from sharing board members—called “interlocking directorates”—and has for more than a century. ...

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · Jun 17

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

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ANTICOMPETITIVE DIRECTORS

In search of answers for declining competition, antitrust scholars have in recent years devoted considerable attention to a few institutional owners—such as Bla

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Boston University School of Law @bulaw.bsky.social · Apr 1

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.

➡️ www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-ac...

Big Fixes for Big Tech | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

www.judiciary.senate.gov

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Cori Crider @coricrider.com · Apr 1

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...

Big Fixes for Big Tech | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

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Rory Van Loo @vanloo.bsky.social · Mar 31

I’m looking forward to testifying tomorrow in the Senate! www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-ac...

Big Fixes for Big Tech | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

www.judiciary.senate.gov

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UChicago Law Review @uchilrev.bsky.social · Mar 3

Volume 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

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UChicago Law Review @uchilrev.bsky.social · Mar 3

Jonathan Gould and @vanloo.bsky.social discuss Congress’s 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.

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Boston University School of Law @bulaw.bsky.social · Feb 21

#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.

Learn more ➡️ papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Rory Van Loo @vanloo.bsky.social · Jan 24

CC @tesswilkry.bsky.social @hoffprof.bsky.social @danielschwarcz.bsky.social

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Rory Van Loo @vanloo.bsky.social · Jan 24

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RSVP: Symposium on the First Restatement of Consumer Contracts

Join the Harvard Business Law Review, the American Law Institute, and the HLS Program on the Foundation of Private Law on Saturday, January 25th, 2025 at Harvard Law School to hear experts from around...

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Rory Van Loo @vanloo.bsky.social · Jan 24

Should be a fun conference tomorrow at Harvard on the state of consumer contract law:

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Rory Van Loo @vanloo.bsky.social · Jan 24

I 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.

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Rory Van Loo @vanloo.bsky.social · Dec 30

True story. I finished well over 500 distinct books this year outside of work. Here’s 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!

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Rory Van Loo @vanloo.bsky.social · Dec 17

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.

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Rory Van Loo @vanloo.bsky.social · Dec 13

Yes, reducing unwanted marketing emails should be bipartisan--like stopping robocalls.

Denise Howell @denisehowell.info · Dec 13

It would be nice on the policy front if Congress/the FTC prevented vendors from harvesting/subscribing customers to marketing emails simply because they’ve 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).

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Denise Howell @denisehowell.info · Dec 13

It would be nice on the policy front if Congress/the FTC prevented vendors from harvesting/subscribing customers to marketing emails simply because they’ve 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).

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Dru Stevenson @drustevenson.bsky.social · Dec 10

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Rory Van Loo @vanloo.bsky.social · Jan 3

Many 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.

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Rory Van Loo @vanloo.bsky.social · Jan 3

Delighted 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.

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Rory Van Loo @vanloo.bsky.social · Dec 29

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.

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Rory Van Loo @vanloo.bsky.social · Dec 20

Applying consumer protection laws "more systematically to Amazon’s price manipulation would make antitrust the least of Amazon’s legal concerns."

Rory Van Loo @vanloo.bsky.social · Dec 20

"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...)

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