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L to R: Profs Amna Akbar, Kristin Hickman, and Ilan Wurman; Faculty in the News: Top 100 Legal Scholars of 2025

Congratulations to Minnesota Law Profs Amna A. Akbar, Ilan Wurman, and @khickmanjd.bsky.social for being named among the Top 100 Legal Scholars of 2025 in a newly released study by Rob Willey and Melanie Knapp (Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University).
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This article analyzes the rise of reverse sexual harassment claims by men disciplined for #harassment, mainly under Title IX in #universities & increasingly under Title VII in employment.

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Intraday Trading Activity in Expiring Options This figure reports the average number of trades per minute between 12:00 and 16:00 ET for equity and ETF options that expire the same day, including both weekly and monthly contracts expiring on Fridays from January 2020 to October 2025

"Robinhood's Forced Liquidations" by Garcia-Ares et al. shows that forced liquidations of retail options positions cause adverse price effects and market pressure, especially during meme stock episodes. spkl.io/63325AxcQW #MarketMicrostructure #RetailTrading #Options

This figure compares forecasting performance metrics (R 2 OOS, overall accuracy, and F1) for benchmark models under two regimes: U.S.-only (left bar), and global (right bar) data. Bars of the same color correspond to the same rolling training window size (5, 21, 252, and 512 trading days). Each duplet of adjacent bars illustrates the performance change attributable to expanding the training data from U.S.-only to Global. Benchmark models include linear (OLS, Lasso, Ridge, Elastic Net, and PCR), ensemble (XGBoost, CatBoost, and LightGBM), and neural network (NN-S and NN-L) models. ‘Overall Acc.’ denotes overall directional accuracy, and ‘F1’ refers to the macro-averaged F1 score. In the middle panel, the horizontal line indicates the 50% overall accuracy. ‘H’ indicates that the model is estimated using the Huber loss.

This paper presents an empirical study of time series foundation models in global #financial markets, focusing on #forecasting daily excess returns across 94 countries over more than three decades.

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China’s expanding #ESG laws have increased arbitration cases involving #environmental compliance, #supplychain resilience, & resource valuation linked to governance & transparency.

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This article explains how #designers influence not just products but also people’s behaviors & interactions, making #design inherently ethical with consequences beyond designers’ intentions.

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Management of Powerful Agents: Wilding, Taming, and Domesticating

This paper by Khaitan argues that the core of the principle is managing power flow among agents, not just institutional separation. Emphasizes dynamic, purposive constitutional design. spkl.io/63322AxclO #ConstitutionalLaw #Governance #LegalTheory

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Artificially Intelligent #Markets

This Article offers the first comprehensive account of the economic, political and legal consequences of the rise of artificially intelligent markets.

Author: William J. Magnuson

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Australia's Ambivalence Again Around Investor-State Arbitration: Comparisons with Europe and Implications for Asia

This paper by Nottage compares Australia’s evolving stance with EU reforms and regional implications, highlighting the future of ISDS reform in Asia-Pacific. spkl.io/63328Axc50 #ISDS #InvestmentLaw #GlobalTrade

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#ArtificialIntelligence in German Legal Education: National Report for the International Academy of Comparative Law

This report examines how AI reshapes legal pedagogy and practice in Germany.

Author: Philipp Hacker

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Waiting for Justice: Unconstitutional Delays in the Appointment of Criminal Defense Counsel

This paper by Primus reviews recent state court rulings declaring delays unconstitutional and advocates for systemic reforms, including public defenders, to ensure timely counsel. spkl.io/63320AxcHn #Justice #LegalReform #AccessToJustice

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Venture #Fraud

The results in this article highlight rising agency costs in VC-backed firms that could lead to misallocation and broader social costs.

Authors: I. J. Alexander Dyck, Freda Fang, Camille Hebert, Ting Xu

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The Market for Ideas: Viewpoint Discrimination in Banking

This paper by Levitin argues that banks rarely discriminate based on political views, and market forces should regulate such decisions, rejecting regulation as common carriers or utilities. spkl.io/63325AxcDc #Banking #FreeSpeech #MarketDiscipline

Percentage of Companies Without Peers by Industry Over Time

"Peer Group Governance" by Nili analyzes how corporations select peer groups to emulate governance, diversity, and environmental policies. Peer groups are a key channel for policy transfer and influence. spkl.io/63321Axc6R #CorporateGovernance #ESG #Regulation

Composition of industrial actions by instrument and jurisdiction, 2009–2024

This paper by Martin documents a shift toward persistent, strategic interventions in China, the EU, and the US, shaping global value chains and chokepoints. Highlights implications for trade governance. spkl.io/63323AxiNS #Trade #IndustrialPolicy

Taxing AI

"Taxing AI" by Harpaz warns that AI-driven wealth concentration threatens tax revenue and redistribution. Recommends higher capital gains taxes and a future consumption tax to address inequality. spkl.io/63321AxiIL #Tax #AI #WealthInequality #TaxReform

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La Bohème? Labour Market Outcomes among #Artists in Europe and the Effects of Cultural Policy

This paper documents the labour market position of artists across Europe.

Authors: Ioannis Laliotis, Christos Makridis

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Raj Sethuraman @SMU Cox School of Business shares how #citations shape academic reputations & introduces a new annual citation award designed to recognize the most-cited authors & publications in marketing #research.

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Regulation and Governance in #Oil and #Gas Investment: Comparative Insights from Norway, Canada, And Venezuela

This paper examines how regulatory governance influences oil and gas investment outcomes.

Author: Shaden Althomairi

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This article explores a distinctive thesis on #judicial self-restraint in constitutional review rooted in #American thought, epitomized by Alexander Bickel’s The Least Dangerous Branch (1962).

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This figure displays the fraction of respondents for the Likert matrix question in which the rows correspond to the following payment methods: Cash, Debit Cards, Credit Cards, Mobile Payment Apps (e.g., Apple and Google Pay), Online Payment Platforms (e.g., PayPal, Stripe), Peer-to-Peer Payment Apps (e.g., Revolut, Monzo), and Crypto and Stablecoins and the column header reads: “ On a scale from 1 to 5, how willing are you to replace these payment methods with Digital Pound? Consider each payment method carefully and rate them individually based on your actual willingness to use the Digital Pound for each”. The left plot displays the fraction of respondents selecting each of the five possible answers for Cash, Debit Cards, Credit Cards, and Crypto. The right plot displays the results for Mobile Payment Apps, Online Payment Platforms, and Peer-to-Peer Payment Apps.

This paper analyzes how the design of #CentralBank Digital Currencies #CBDCs, specifically the proposed Digital Pound in the #UK, affects consumer adoption & finds modest overall willingness to adopt.

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This paper explores how #artificialintelligence, especially generative & multimodal systems, is rapidly transforming #English as a Foreign Language (EFL) education & #academicwriting in #highereducation.

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Superintelligence and Law

"Superintelligence & Law" by Kolt examines how AI agents surpassing human cognition will transform legal institutions becoming subjects, enforcers, and creators of law. Calls for legal adaptation to a human-AI joint system. spkl.io/63329Axndd #AI #Law #Superintelligence

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This paper studies price competition among multiple sellers in oligopolistic #markets considering reference price effects, where consumer demand depends on current & past prices.

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Post-Human #Creativity And The Evaluation Of Intellectual Property Justifications: A Sustainable Development Perspective

This chapter examines whether existing human-centric IP justifications remain normatively sound.

Author: Francesca Mazzi

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How does the billable hour survive #generativeAI? This Article challenges the common belief that #genAI will end hourly billing in the #legal profession by significantly reducing billable hours.

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The blue dotted line shows the difference in U.S. equilibrium mortgage rates (in basis points) between (a) the contract with the buyback option and (b) the contract without it. The pink shaded area shows the ergodic density of the 10-year par yield y10(x)

A Danish Fix for U.S. #mortgage lock-in? This study examines #Danish fixed-rate mortgages, which allow borrowers to repurchase at #marketvalue, unlike U.S. #mortgages.

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The article traces weight loss medication history & #obesity stigma, noting a shift from personal blame to disease recognition, & argues that new drugs could reduce barriers & stigma.

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#LawSky @drsinhaesq.bsky.social

Congratulations to #BULawProf @hartzog.bsky.social and @jessicasilbey.bsky.social on being ranked among @ssrn.bsky.social’s top 5 law authors for February 2026!