What does it mean to have a human in the loop of medical AI? Here's a fun place to look: a 2022 FDA guidance that's about what *doesn't* count as a medical device! Had a blast exploring this quasi-standard, out in the Penn J of Law & Innovation: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #MedicalAI #law

Murderbot is an excellent series and this is a great opportunity to get started while supporting a good cause. If you read digitally, go get this bundle!

Have you read a good article recently? Been provoked or stimulated by another scholar's work? Did you gain new insights? Let them know! (Especially if they are someone you have not met or are outside your normal circles.)

What's going on in the world of dupes, & how do these rapid-fire copies interact with the law? Fascinating @theverge.com piece with great quotes & analysis from two top experts: @lexlanham.bsky.social & @design-law.bsky.social www.theverge.com/cs/features/... #dupes #academia #fashion

When websites say, "You've reached your monthly article limit" and that limit is zero articles.

Genomic data: neat! But also super sensitive! How can people get their own genomes analyzed without sharing stuff they don't want to? Jake Sherkow of Illinois Law presents a neat technical approach and argues that yep, patent law can enable it. At Copenhagen Law at #ATRIP25 (in dramatic light!)

What court cases are reshaping FDA? ACLA v FDA: FDA can't regulate lab-developed tests. SEC v Jarkesy: Can FDA impose civil monetary penalties re: tobacco? Corner Post: How many old FDA decisions can be challenged? Amazing #ASLME2025: @pzettler.bsky.social, @rachelsachs.bsky.social, Lewis Grossman

Two Harvard economists forecast the impact of the administration’s proposed NIH budget cuts- stunning losses in new therapies, life expectancy, and economic output with a “social cost 16 times greater than the savings the administration is attempting to achieve." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

I could watch 8 seasons of this

This is such a great opportunity for junior health law scholars to get insightful feedback from thoughtful colleagues *and* it's tremendous fun. Apply! (Shout-out to my 2015 buddies, academic superstars @nicholson.bsky.social, @craigkon.bsky.social & @valerieblakerlah.bsky.social!)

"These patents present a puzzle. They are either invalid or were not used by the originator at the time of FDA approval (and hence need not be used by a would-be biosimilar)." – Osmat Jefferson, @nicholson.bsky.social, Sean Tu, @emptydoors.bsky.social & Arti Rai

Really wish I could put this on a sign that I could tap. There is no reason to make this situation worse than it already is by insisting that there’s nothing to be done because we are all under a dictatorship already. It is not true, and it is not helpful.

It is difficult to overstate just how detrimental this will be to the health and well-being of the American people.

women don't want flowers for valentines day we want: *reproductive freedom *birthright citizenship *rule of law *respect for science *research grants *a history of domestic violence to be disqualifying *this admin to stop gutting fed agencies & censoring crucial info *chocolate

Medical AI seems to be showing up more every day. What's important to focus on in moving forward? Check out the @nationalacademies.org Vital Directions series, out in Health Affairs this week (and free for a month!): www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/... #AI #MedicalAI #Health

Incredible discovery while riding an NYC ferry just now: there is a trash barge called BARGEY MCBARGEFACE (see name in paint on the side)

This this this: The purpose of writing is not to put words on a page. It’s to discover *which* words need to be put on the page to accurately express the thing you’re trying to express.

oh just a pigeon doing backflips, nothing else!

This is what's so baffling about so many suggestions for AI in the humanities classroom: they mistake the product for the point. Writing outlines and essays is important not because you need to make outlines and essays but because that's how you learn to think with/through complex ideas.

I decided on a lark, as a fellow, to attend the @yaleisp.bsky.social's conference on Innovation without IP (I wasn't presenting). I listened, agape, as a giant in the biomedical innovation law field, Rebecca Eisenberg, mentioned my job talk paper while discussing another. 1/n

APPROXIMATELY.

Just had an idea

Americans rely on litigation to constrain corporate behavior where most other countries use bureaucratic regulation. It’s why we are comparatively “so litigious.” But everywhere — in discrimination, privacy, consumer cases, and here insurance — that lone constraint is dissolving….

Happy #FluorescenceFriday!

“NIH produces an astounding return on investment to the American taxpayer. In Fiscal Year 2022, NIH research funding supported 568,585 jobs and generated $96.84 billion in economic activity — that’s $2.64 of economic activity for every $1 of research funding.” www.researchamerica.org/2023-oped-us...

It's been 15 minutes since I posted about my books, so it's GIVEAWAY TIME!!! If you want a FREE copy of my new @routledgelit.bsky.social collection (with @drmitchtravis.bsky.social & Kieran Tranter) Science Fiction as Legal Imaginary, like & reskeet this - winner chosen at random on 5 January. 1/2

Wow. Here is one to brighten up your morning. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral. Breathtaking. In just five years France did it

NYU gave their staff access to HIPAA-secure ChatGPT last year. It's a pretty great paper looking at real-world usage of GenAI. If you run the numbers, you could arguably give healthcare users access for like $20 a year, which seems kind of mind-blowing to me. academic.oup.com/jamia/advanc...

Masterclass in alt-text, paired with some photos which are definitely inspiring gluttony.

This is just extraordinarily cool! A video of salt crystals forming at the atomic level! *Unbelievable.* Just a delightful bit of wonder.

Did…did a minotaur write this

The Public and the Supreme Court, appreciating the limits of awareness. I poll opinion of the Court every 2 months. It is important in reporting or messaging to know 30% think there is a Dem appointed majority. And other limits. https://pollsandvotes.com/?p=431