Workshop on Private Law & Emerging Technology

With Much Thanks To Our Spring 2026

Co-Sponsors

Harvard Law School Project on The Foundations of Private Law

Yale Law School Information Society Project

Yale Law School Center for Private Law

Spring 2026

Workshop Program

February 13

1:30PM

Liability Crumple Zones

Matt Wansley (Cardozo)

Mark Geistfeld (NYU)

Discussant
Bryan Choi (Colorado)

2:50PM

The Limits of Regulating AI Safety through Liability & Insurance

Daniel Schwarcz (Minnesota)

Josephine Wolff (Tufts)

Discussant
Anat Lior (Drexel)

February 20

1:30PM

Trust Us: The Role of Delaware Trusts & Fiduciaries in Global Tech Governance

Moritz Schramm (NYU)

Discussant
Aneil Kovvali (Cardozo)

2:50PM

The Impenetrable Gate: Is There an Intrinsic Limit to the Right to Exclude?

Julius Hattingh (Yale)

Discussant
João Marinotti (Indiana)

February 27

1:30PM

The Platform-Property Paradox

Nikolas Guggenberger (Houston)

Discussant
James Grimmelmann (Cornell)

2:50PM

The New Ancient Lights

Gerald Adams (Penn)

Discussant
Nicholas Nugent (Tennessee)

More Information

2026 Call for Papers

Click to download a pdf of the Call for Papers for the Spring 2026 workshop

2025 Workshop Program (Archive)

Click to download a flyer for the Spring 2025 workshop

Contact

If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to reach out!

Organizer

João Marinotti

Affiliations

Associate Professor of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Affiliated Fellow, Yale Law School Information Society Project
Chair, Executive Committee, Workshop on Law & Technology

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Researches how emerging technologies intersect with human cognition, social psychology, and the foundations of private law.

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