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Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Political Science; Director, Penn Program on Regulation, University of Pennsylvania. carycoglianese.net

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Cary Coglianese is an American legal scholar who is the Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he is also director of the Penn Program on Regulation. .. more

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Longtail News @longtail.news · 6d
Feed: "The Regulatory Review"
By: Cary Coglianese on Monday, February 9, 2026
The Opposite of Smart Regulation
The federal government is moving backwards in its regulatory analysis and decision-making.
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The Warren Center for Network & Data Sciences @warrencenter.bsky.social · 9d
Congratulations to Warren Center faculty affiliate Cary Coglianese, who placed 19th in SSRN's 2025 author rankings by total new downloads, reflecting the global reach and influence of his scholarship. www.law.upenn.edu/li...

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Jordan Ascher @j-p-a.bsky.social · 9d
Today in our AI & the APA symposium: @cary-coglianese.bsky.social discusses the place of those very confident-sounding chatbots in administrative decisionmaking. www.yalejreg.com/nc/ai-taxi-d...

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Bridget Dooling @bridgetdooling.bsky.social · 9d
Over at the Yale Journal on Regulation's blog, @j-p-a.bsky.social and I have put together a 🔥 symposium for you on the intersection of AI and administrative law.

This symposium is for AI skeptics, AI believers, and everyone in between. Come join us!

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Symposium on AI and the APA Archives - Yale Journal on Regulation
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Cary Coglianese @cary-coglianese.bsky.social · 14d
Regulation is about relationships—between the people who regulate, are regulated, and third parties. Good regulators promote trustworthy, valuable relationships where all people are treated with dignity and respect. The latest from the Penn Program on Regulation:

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Your Latest Regulatory Analysis from Penn
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Cary Coglianese @cary-coglianese.bsky.social · 20d
“[T]o sanction the brutal conduct ... before us, would be to afford brutality the cloak of law. Nothing would be more calculated to discredit law and thereby to brutalize the temper of a society.”
- Rochin v. California, 342 U.S. 165 (1952)

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Cary Coglianese @cary-coglianese.bsky.social · 25d
In Trump v. Cook, the Supreme Court considers the President's power to fire a Fed Governor. Recently, I talked with 9 heads of other independent agencies who’d been targeted for removal. They offered truly distinctive perspectives on the stakes in this legal battle.

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The Last of the Independents? President Trump’s Assertion of Power to Remove Federal Agency Leaders
YouTube video by Penn Program on Regulation
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David Froomkin @dfroomkin.bsky.social · Dec 29
My new article with @cary-coglianese.bsky.social, titled "Loper Bright's Disingenuity," has been published in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. We argue that, even as the Loper Bright decision claimed to overrule Chevron, it preserved Chevron's core.

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Loper Bright prompted a tidal wave of reaction throughout the legal community when the Supreme Court announced it was overruling Chevron, the most frequently cited Court decision in administrative law. But Loper Bright cannot mean what it says. This article identifies three respects in which the majority opinion’s claim to have overruled Chevron distorts the real substance of the Court’s logic. First, we apply Loper Bright’s framework to the facts of Chevron and show that it would have produced the same outcome—if nothing else, an exceedingly curious result if Chevron were indeed overturned. Second, even as applied to other cases, the Loper Bright framework does not truly depart from the Chevron framework. Chevron’s premise was that Congress had delegated the authority to interpret an ambiguous statutory term in an agency’s enabling statute to the agency. Loper Bright may eschew the word “deference” but without changing the underlying analysis. We show that this kind of wordplay is of little value in making institutional decisions about the allocation of authority. Finally, the very craft of the Loper Bright opinion betrays the perils of the exercise that Loper Bright demands of reviewing courts. Loper Bright instructs judges to identify the “best reading” of administrative statutes, suggesting that an even-handed exercise in recovering semantic meaning can identify extant lines of authority in the administrative state. But the decision rests on an interpretation of the Administrative Procedure Act that is itself selective and slipshod. Ultimately, Loper Bright’s formalist rhetoric turns out to mask what is going on under the hood. When judges substitute their views of what is “best” for those of agencies, arguments about statutory meaning can quickly succumb to choices about policy. Avoiding such an outcome, of course, was one of Chevron’s core aims.

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Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis @sbcasociety.bsky.social · Nov 10
Benefit-Cost Analysis and the Law
SBCA Professional Development Workshop
November 18 & 21, 2025 | 11:00 am-2:00 pm ET
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Meet our presenter Cary Coglianese.
Benefit-Cost Analysis and the Law
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University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School @penncareylaw.bsky.social · Nov 5
This is a new era,” Prof. Cary Coglianese (@cary-coglianese.bsky.social) tells WBUR’s On Point, as AI use in gov’t grows from 150 to 3,000+ cases. “Humans design & use these systems — and they must remain accountable.” https://penncareylaw.news/4oTsNFj
The world has its first AI government official
Albania’s prime minister has installed a new minister. Only it isn’t human, it’s Artificial Intelligence. What does this signal for the evolution of government administration around the world?
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The Warren Center for Network & Data Sciences @warrencenter.bsky.social · Nov 3
“If an AI system can make an improvement, if we can demonstrate and verify and validate that it's working better, then this is how we hold it accountable and what we should be aspiring for,” says Warren Center faculty affiliate Cary Coglianese.
The world has its first AI government official
Albania’s prime minister has installed a new minister. Only it isn’t human, it’s Artificial Intelligence. What does this signal for the evolution of government administration around the world?
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University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School @penncareylaw.bsky.social · Nov 3
Reliable assurance that a project’s declared ton of carbon savings equates to a real ton of emissions removed…is crucial,” write Prof. Cary Coglianese (@cary-coglianese.bsky.social) & Cynthia Giles in Science, cited by MIT Tech Review.
https://penncareylaw.news/4oskDUK
What’s next for carbon removal?
Companies have still drawn down only enough CO2 to cancel out a few hours of US emissions. Here’s what it will take to really scale up the sector.
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University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School @penncareylaw.bsky.social · Oct 30
Prof. Cary Coglianese (@cary-coglianese.bsky.social) weighs in on the EPA’s proposed TSCA rule, warning that it could leave the agency “with less information...on which to base its decision-making about risk management of toxic chemicals.” Read via Newsweek: https://penncareylaw.news/4nzXQ8a

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University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School @penncareylaw.bsky.social · Oct 16
“As AI becomes part of daily life, public demand for its use in government will grow,” Prof. Cary Coglianese (@cary-coglianese.bsky.social) tells TIME. But transparency & oversight are essential. https://penncareylaw.news/3WcsgC7
The First AI-Powered Minister Tests the Future of Government
An AI system named Diella has joined Albania’s cabinet, testing how far governments are willing to trust machines with power.
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Cary Coglianese @cary-coglianese.bsky.social · Sep 26
Berger v. United States (1934): “The United States Attorney is the representative…of a sovereignty whose obligation to govern impartially is as compelling as its obligation to govern at all.” www.theregreview.org/2020/06/29/c...
Politics, Prosecutors, and Procedural Fairness | The Regulatory Review
President Trump contravenes fundamental fairness by exerting political pressure over prosecutors.
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University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School @penncareylaw.bsky.social · Sep 24
Prof. Cary Coglianese (@cary-coglianese.bsky.social) shared insights on regulatory excellence with leaders from 18 Australian regulators, highlighting integrity, competence, and engagement as central to building public trust. Watch his interview & slides: https://penncareylaw.news/3IcrQbG
Cary Coglianese on regulatory excellence
International expert Professor Cary Coglianese shares practical insights on how integrity, engagement and performance can shape better regulation.
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Kleinman Center for Energy Policy @kleinmanenergy.bsky.social · Sep 23
PODCAST: Auditors promise integrity in carbon markets. New research suggests the reality is far more complicated. On Energy Policy Now, Cynthia Giles and Cary Coglianese explain why.
The Conflicted Role of Auditors in Carbon Markets - Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
Energy policy research from the University of Pennsylvania
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University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School @penncareylaw.bsky.social · Sep 3
Professor Cary Coglianese (@cary-coglianese.bsky.social) speaks with @bloomberglaw.com about a lawsuit recently filed in Maryland federal court by FreeState Justice that accuses the federal government of depriving transgender workers of protections and processes afforded to cisgender workers.
Equal Protection Fight Looms Over EEOC’s Transgender Bias Shift
The Trump EEOC’s retreat from transgender discrimination enforcement has set up an impending legal showdown over whether the agency is violating the constitutional rights of workers it’s tasked with p...
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Regulation & Governance @reggovjournal.bsky.social · Sep 2
As we approach our 20th anniversary, we look back at an early contribution to Regulation & Governance, including this first editorial by the John Braithwaite, Cary Coglianese & David Levi-Faur that asked:

'Can regulation and governance make a difference?'

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Screenshot of the first paragraphs of first editorial in regulation & governance Regulation and governance have become popular phenomena for social scientists to study and for good reason. Although redistributive, distributive and developmental policies still abound, the expanding part of governance is regulation. Indeed, few projects are more central to the social sciences than the study of regulation and regulatory governance. Regulation and the significant issues raised by it have become central to the work of social scientists from many disciplines – political science, economics, law, sociology, psychology, anthropology, history and others. Furthermore, the strong interest of other professional and scholarly communities, such as physicians, nutritionists, biologists, ecologists, geologists, pharmacists and chemists, makes regulatory issues even more central to scientists and practitioners who are perplexed by the demands for better, fairer, more efficient, and more participatory systems of governance. We have established this journal to serve the needs of these varied professional and scholarly communities. We aim to provide a leading interdisciplinary platform for the study of regulation and its implications for governance. We seek to bridge and solidify discussions among a variety of relevant disciplines, serving the development of core theoretical and empirical insights in the study of regulation. In this editorial introduction, we introduce the new journal first by offering an avowedly brief history of how interest in regulation has grown across the social science disciplines in the course of the last century. We then argue that the most recent buildup of that wave of research interest has coincided with a shift in political studies from an interest in government to governance. Finally, we distinguish regulation from governance and set out broadly, yet clearly, the intellectual agenda and vision for Regulation & Governance.

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Cary Coglianese @cary-coglianese.bsky.social · Aug 30
To the laws mentioned in the op-ed— the APA and Evidence Act—might be added the Information Quality Act which aims at “ensuring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information (including statistical information) disseminated by Federal agencies.”

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Cary Coglianese @cary-coglianese.bsky.social · Aug 30
Important warning here about government “looking away from its responsibility to produce and validate evidence in favor of a return to policymaking through instinct, hunch and preference.”

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The Warren Center for Network & Data Sciences @warrencenter.bsky.social · Aug 25
After the Supreme Court tamps down on nationwide injunctions, future pathways and questions still remain. Warren Center faculty affiliate Cary Coglianese writes about "Judicial Remedies After CASA." www.theregreview.org/2025/08/11/c...
Judicial Remedies After CASA | The Regulatory Review
After the Supreme Court tamps down on nationwide injunctions, future pathways and questions still remain.
www.theregreview.org

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The Regulatory Review @theregreview.bsky.social · Aug 21
In a recent essay, Cary Coglianese of Penn Carey Law contends that effective regulation demands ongoing vigilance and responsiveness rather than reliance on written codes alone. www.theregreview.org/2025/08/19/m...

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University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School @penncareylaw.bsky.social · Aug 20
In an op-ed for The Regulatory Review, coauthored by Matthew Lee Wiener, Professor Cary Coglianese examines the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v CASA eliminating nationwide injunctions, and he explores the legal questions and pathways that remain for litigants challenging national policies.
Judicial Remedies After CASA | The Regulatory Review
After the Supreme Court tamps down on nationwide injunctions, future pathways and questions still remain.
www.theregreview.org

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The Regulatory Review @theregreview.bsky.social · Aug 19
In a recent essay, Cary Coglianese of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School argues that regulation must be understood as a verb—an ongoing process of vigilance and adaptation—rather than a static set of written rules. www.theregreview.org/2025/08/19/m...

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Dan Deacon @dtdeacon.bsky.social · Aug 15
Over at the Notice and Comment blog, today's Ad Law Reading Room entry is "Loper Bright's Disingenuity," by @cary-coglianese.bsky.social and @dfroomkin.bsky.social. Check it out! www.yalejreg.com/nc/ad-law-re...
Ad Law Reading Room: "Loper Bright's Disingenuity," by Coglianese and Froomkin - Yale Journal on Regulation
Today’s Ad Law Reading Room entry is “Loper Bright’s Disingenuity,” by Cary Coglianese and David Froomkin. Here is the abstract: Loper Bright prompted a tidal wave of reaction throughout the legal com...
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Laurie Adkin, Ph.D. @laurieadkin.bsky.social · Aug 14
Coglianese, Cary and Giles, Cynthia, Third-Party Auditing Cannot Guarantee Carbon Offset Credibility (June 15, 2025). U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 25-28, Available at SSRN: ssrn.com/abstract=534... or dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
Third-Party Auditing Cannot Guarantee Carbon Offset Credibility
Many entities are pushing for carbon offsets to be part of the solution to climate change. The argument is that allowing organizations to pay others to reduce c
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Cary Coglianese @cary-coglianese.bsky.social · Aug 12
As The Regulatory Review wraps up its series on the Supreme Court’s latest term, my colleague, Matt Wiener, and I analyze one of the most significant decisions of the year: Trump v. CASA, which closed the door on federal courts’ use of national injunctions. www.theregreview.org/2025/08/11/c...
Judicial Remedies After CASA | The Regulatory Review
After the Supreme Court tamps down on nationwide injunctions, future pathways and questions still remain.
www.theregreview.org

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Cary Coglianese @cary-coglianese.bsky.social · Aug 9
𝘕𝘦𝘸: “𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬.” Explores the need for digital regulators in two senses: Regulators "of" digital technologies, and regulators in all domains that work "with" the aid of digital technologies. Also, note the plural: "regulators." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
On the Need for Digital Regulators
<p><span>The growing digital economy brings increasing recognition of the need for digital regulators. This chapter considers two senses of the term “digital re
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The Warren Center for Network & Data Sciences @warrencenter.bsky.social · Aug 7
In this interview with the ANZSOG, Warren Center affiliate Cary Coglianese discusses challenges ahead for regulators, the threats and opportunities of AI, building/maintaining trust, and the value of bringing regulators from different sectors together. anzsog.edu.au/news/h...