Other Publications

Towards the End of Normative Interpretation of Contracts, JOTWELL (November 2, 2023) (Reviewing David A. Hoffman and Yonathan A. Arbel, Generative Interpretation, 99 N.Y.U L. Rev. __ (forthcoming, 2024): Download

Personalized Law and Social Media, in "Radical Reforms: Bringing Fairness to Social Media Contracts" VerfBlog: Download

Bang for the Buck: How to Compensate Without Money, JOTWELL (Oct 27, 2022) (Reviewing Sadie Blanchard, Nominal Damages As Vindication, 30 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 227 ): Download

Tailored Standard Form Contracts and Inequality, JOTWELL (Nov 2, 2021) (Reviewing Manisha Padi, Contractual Inequality, 120 Mich. L. Rev. (2021): Download

Manipulation By Mislaid Priorities, Oxford Busines Law Blog (June 14, 2021) (with Oren Bar-Gill): Download

Who Should Be Liable When Uber Cars Crash, JOTWELL (June 1, 2020) (Reviewing Omer Y. Pelled, The Proportional Internalization Principle in Private Law, 11 J. Legal Analysis 161): Download

The Elusive Pursuit of Comprehensibility, The Regulatory Review (April 6, 2020) (Reviewing Wendy Wagner, Incomprehensible!, Cambridge 2019): Download

Fine Print Subservience, JOTWELL (July 30, 2019) (Reviewing Meirav Furth-Matzkin & Roseanna Sommers, Consumer Psychology and the Problem of Fine Print Fraud, 72 Stan. L. Rev): Download

Reporters’ Statement Concerning Research Methods, Yale Journal on Regulation Online (March 28, 2019) (with Oren Bar-Gill and Florencia Marotta-Wurgler): Download

Data Driven Contract Interpretation: Discovering “Plain Meaning” Through Quantitative Methods, JOTWELL (June 13, 2018) (Reviewing Stephen C. Mouritsen, Contract Interpretation with Corpus Linguistics): Download

How To Interpret A Contract? Ask Those Who’d Sign It, Law360 (March 21, 2018) (with Lior Strahilevitz, Duo Jiang, Kristina Shampanier and Rebecca Kirk Fair): Download

The Environmentalist Case In Favor Of GMO Food, Forbes (February 26, 2018): Download

Equifax, Strava, And Russian Facebook Ads: How To Hold Websites Accountable For Data Breach, Forbes (February 1, 2018): Download

Consumers Are Suing Apple For Slowing Down Their iPhones. Did Apple Break The Law?, Forbes (December 29, 2017): Download

The Great "Non-GMO" Deception: How To Sell Politically Correct Chocolate Chip Cookies, Forbes (December 8, 2017): Download

Are Uber Drivers Employees? The Answer Will Shape The Sharing Economy, Forbes (November 15, 2017): Download

The Repeal Of Obama's Legacy: A Different Perspective, Forbes (October 28, 2017): Download

Restaurant Hygiene Grading Law Gets A "Fail", Forbes (October 6, 2017): Download

Don't Rebuild The Florida Keys, Forbes (September 13, 2017): Download

How Chicago Can Lure Amazon: Ban Employment Noncompete Agreements, Chicago Tribune (September 12, 2017): Download

Lessons from Hurricane Harvey: Federal Flood Insurance is the Problem, Not the Solution, Forbes (August 30, 2017, with Kyle Logue): Download

More Failed Nudges: Evidence of Ineffective “Behaviorally Informed” Disclosures, JOTWELL (August 10, 2017) (Reviewing Enrique Seira et al., Are Information Disclosures Effective? Evidence From the Credit Card Market, 9 Am. Econ. J.: Econ. Pol'y 277): Download

Let Them Shrink: FAA Should Not Regulate Airline Seat Space, Forbes (August 1, 2017): Download

Teacher Certification Makes Public School Education Worse, Not Better, Forbes (July 21, 2017, with Carl Schneider): Download

How Illinois Courts Are Bankrupting The State, Forbes (July 8, 2017): Download

How Amazon Will Democratize Whole Foods, Forbes (June 16, 2017)

The Curious Battle Over The Nutrition Label, Forbes (June 15, 2017)

The False Hope Of Graduate Student Unions, Forbes (May 28, 2017)

David Dao Versus United: What Does The Airline Contract Say?, Forbes (April 14, 2017, with Lior Strahilevitz)

Overbooked? What United Airlines Should Have Done, Forbes (April 11, 2017)

The Illinois Invention of Useless Privacy Protection, Forbes (March 23, 2017)

The Many Wrong Reasons To Fear Uber (And The One Unnoticed Über-Threat), Forbes (March 13, 2017)

The Republicans Who Will Stop Trump, Forbes (February 24, 2017)

Trump's 2-For-1 Folly, Forbes (February 17, 2017)

Privacy Protection Without Law: How Data Privacy Is Shaped By Market Forces, Forbes (January 30, 2017)

Let's End Trademark Piety. Racial Slurs Should Be Trademarked -- It Will Only Reduce Their Use, Forbes (January 17, 2017)

A New year's Wish: End Flight Safety Instructions (... And Other Useless Warnings), Forbes (December 26, 2016)

The Non-Voters Who Decided The Election: Trump Won Because Of Lower Democratic Turnout, Forbes (November 17, 2016)

California Got It Right: Ban The Non-Compete Agreements, Forbes (October 27, 2016)

The Decline Of 'Shakedown' Class Actions, Forbes (October 21, 2016)

The New Regulation Of Prepaid Cards: A Solution In Search Of A Problem, Forbes (October 5, 2016)

Should Carmakers Be Liable When A Self-Driving Car Crashes?, Forbes (September 22, 2016)

The Better Way To Regulate "Natural" Food, Forbes (September 9, 2016, with Carl Schneider)

Insurance Big Data Saves Money And Lives, Except In California, Forbes (August 24, 2016)

Your Internet Privacy Should Be Up For Sale, Forbes (August 8, 2016)

How To Whisper GMO, Forbes (July 8, 2016)

Privacy Paranoia: Is Your Smartphone Spying On You?, Forbes (May 3, 2016)

The FCC's Elitist Priorities In The Regulation Of Net Neutrality And Privacy, Forbes (May 3, 2016)

Vermont's GMO Labeling Law Violates The First Amendment, Forbes (May 3, 2016)

Add-On Airline Fees Actually Make Flying Cheaper, Forbes (May 3, 2016)

The Surprising Failure of Food Labeling, Forbes (April 18, 2016)

CFPB Prohibits Arbitration Agreements--And It Wouldn't Help Consumers, Forbes (May 5, 2016)

Privacy Is the New Money, Thanks to Big Data, Forbes (April 1, 2016)

The GMO Labeling Fight Has Nothing To Do with Information—On Either Side, Forbes (March 21, 2016)

Apple's Crocodile Tears, The Huffington Post (February 26, 2016)

Veto the Privacy Bill, Chicago Tribune (August 8, 2015) (Download PDF)

Love Your Frequent-Flier Program? Let It Go, Bloomberg View (June 13, 2014, with Oren Bar-Gill)

Washington Is Encouraging the Next Hurricane Sandy, By Creating New Subsidies for Flood Insurance, Forbes (March 25, 2014)

You Need Simpler Choices, Not More Information, CNN Money (October 2009)