Rory Van Loo
@vanloo.bsky.social
Law professor at Boston University focused on digital technologies, consumers, markets, and regulation. Previously consulted at McKinsey after law school, made sandwiches in Paris during college, and sold newspaper subscriptions door-to-door in 5th grade.
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September 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Jonathan Gould and @vanloo.bsky.social discuss Congress’s capacity to confront future threats. Noting that the playing field is tilted against Congress taking action, they propose mechanisms that Congress should utilize to regulate the risk of major crises when it has the opportunity.
March 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Jonathan Gould and @vanloo.bsky.social discuss Congress’s capacity to confront future threats. Noting that the playing field is tilted against Congress taking action, they propose mechanisms that Congress should utilize to regulate the risk of major crises when it has the opportunity.
I interpret your post to mean that if the conference participants I call on give valuable feedback, I get some credit for improving your paper. Seems reasonable.
January 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I interpret your post to mean that if the conference participants I call on give valuable feedback, I get some credit for improving your paper. Seems reasonable.
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It would be nice on the policy front if Congress/the FTC prevented vendors from harvesting/subscribing customers to marketing emails simply because they’ve made a purchase. Yes, I aggressively use a decoy email for
retail. They worm their way into the main acct anyway (through Apple Pay, etc).
retail. They worm their way into the main acct anyway (through Apple Pay, etc).
December 13, 2024 at 2:47 AM
It would be nice on the policy front if Congress/the FTC prevented vendors from harvesting/subscribing customers to marketing emails simply because they’ve made a purchase. Yes, I aggressively use a decoy email for
retail. They worm their way into the main acct anyway (through Apple Pay, etc).
retail. They worm their way into the main acct anyway (through Apple Pay, etc).
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December 10, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Many thanks to the Southern California Law Review editors for being so fantastic to work with on this, my RAs for the excellent research, and all those who provided feedback, especially Yair Listokin with whom I'll have a follow up article soon.
January 3, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Many thanks to the Southern California Law Review editors for being so fantastic to work with on this, my RAs for the excellent research, and all those who provided feedback, especially Yair Listokin with whom I'll have a follow up article soon.
Applying consumer protection laws "more systematically to Amazon’s price manipulation would make antitrust the least of Amazon’s legal concerns."
December 20, 2023 at 7:33 PM
Applying consumer protection laws "more systematically to Amazon’s price manipulation would make antitrust the least of Amazon’s legal concerns."
"Amazon regularly buries the lowest-price, high-quality items in lower search results. Consumers choosing the first item, as almost half of all regular customers do, may pay nearly a third more than they would on a lower-priced item with equal ratings." (ssrn.com/abstract=443...)
December 20, 2023 at 7:31 PM
"Amazon regularly buries the lowest-price, high-quality items in lower search results. Consumers choosing the first item, as almost half of all regular customers do, may pay nearly a third more than they would on a lower-priced item with equal ratings." (ssrn.com/abstract=443...)