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NYU School of Law and its faculty, students, alumni, centers and programs are frequently featured in the media. The following lists recent news stories, interviews and op-eds.

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"Products Liability as the Pragmatic First Step to A.I. Regulation"
04/23/2025
Jotwell
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
How Does AI Affect Rulemaking?
10/16/2024
Regulatory Transparency Project
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
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"Sharkey Advances in George Mason 'Manne Madness" Tournament
09/16/2024
Law & Economics Center
Featured: Catherine Sharkey
NPR
"Where the law stands 30 years after a woman sued McDonald's for spilling hot coffee"
08/18/2024
NPR
Featured: Catherine Sharkey
"Climate Change Lawsuits and Preemption or Displacement of State Law: An Analysis of the Sunoco Cert Petition"
05/03/2024
George Mason University Law & Economics Center
Featured: Catherine Sharkey
"Episode 3: Federal agency use of machine learning and generative AI"
11/15/2023
"Between the Lines" with the Administrative Conference of the United States podcast
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
"Artificial Intelligence for Retrospective Regulatory Review"
09/12/2023
The Regulatory Review, University of Pennsylvania
Co-author: Catherine Sharkey
"The Long and Winding Road of Regulating Laboratory Developed Tests"
08/18/2023
Health Affairs This Week (podcast)
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
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"ChatGPT Poses New Regulatory Questions for FDA, Medical Industry"
06/21/2023
Bloomberg Law
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
"White House federal agency AI guidelines may focus on pilots and info sharing"
05/05/2023
FedScoop
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
"AI could face lawsuits over defamation, product liability, scholars warn"
04/13/2023
The Washington Times
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
"Why Do We Have Punitive Damages?"
11/15/2022
Litigation Briefs (podcast)
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
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"Ford's $1.7B Trial Loss Puts Spotlight On Hush Deals, Ga. Law"
08/26/2022
Law360
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
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"Oil Giants Ready for Climate Strategy Shift in Top Court Pursuit"
06/07/2022
Bloomberg Law
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
Reuters
"Tesla would face tough road in any bid to slash $137 mln racial bias verdict in U.S."
10/06/2021
Reuters
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
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"2nd Circuit Climate Ruling May Indicate Trouble for Colorado Cases"
04/20/2021
Law Week Colorado
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
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"Amazon faces test over legal liability in Texas Supreme Court"
03/25/2021
Financial Times
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
CNN
"Trump campaign says it can't be held liable if rally attendees contract coronavirus"
06/13/2020
CNN
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
Bloomberg News
"Trump Campaign Asks Rally-Goers to Waive Covid-19 Liability"
06/11/2020
Bloomberg Law
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
Bloomberg News
"McDonald’s Case Tests Nuisance Theory for Job Virus Safety"
06/04/2020
Bloomberg
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
The Hill
"What to do about artificially intelligent government"
02/25/2020
The Hill
Co-author: Catherine Sharkey
Bloomberg News
"Border Agency Eye Scan Flaws Expose Government AI Risks: Report"
02/18/2020
Bloomberg News
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
"5 Times Justice Stevens Impacted Product Liability Law"
07/17/2019
Law360
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
"Goldman Banker Snared by AI as U.S. Government Embraces New Tech"
07/08/2019
Bloomberg
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
"Will states follow Ariz. in assault on Chevron?"
05/09/2018
E&E News
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
"'Extraordinary' $46M BofA Award Upends Punitives Formula"
04/27/2018
Law360
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
"Texting and Driving May Soon Cost You"
04/16/2018
Bloomberg Law
Expert: Catherine M. Sharkey
"The Chevron-State Farm Framework: A New Age for Hard Look Review at Step Two?"
01/02/2018
Harvard Law Review Blog
Author: Catherine Sharkey
"Catskill Mountains: A Spotlight On The Problem of Judicial Acquiescence To Agency Statutory Interpretations, and the Chevron-State Farm Solution"
12/04/2017
Harvard Law Review Blog
Author: Catherine Sharkey
"9th Cir Hears Preemption Issue in Pharma Mass Tort"
10/11/2017
The Recorder
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
"Cancer Concerns Over Monsanto’s Roundup Threaten Deal (Audio)"
07/17/2017
Bloomberg
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
"Shimkus, in Bid for Chair, May Struggle with Goal to Roll Back Agency Authority"
11/15/2016
Bloomberg BNA
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
"Auer Federalism: Preemption and Agency Deference"
09/16/2016
Notice and Comment (blog)
Author: Catherine Sharkey
"A Common Law for the Age of Regulation"
08/26/2016
Oral Argument (podcast)
Featured: Catherine Sharkey
"Scholars Concerned About Chevron Deference ‘Retreat'"
06/09/2016
Bloomberg BNA
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
"Impact of Johnson & Johnson lawsuits"
05/03/2016
Nightly Business Report (Video)
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
"GOP Strategist Likely Faces Hurdles in Defamation Suit Against Donald Trump"
04/20/2016
ABC News
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
"RJ Reynolds' $23-billion punitive damage award unlikely to stand: experts"
07/20/2014
Reuters
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
"Japan drugmaker Takeda to fight $6 billion damages awarded by U.S. jury"
04/08/2014
Reuters
"Drug Industry Wins In 2 Supreme Court Rulings"
06/24/2011
NPR Morning Edition (Audio)
"New Sharkey Preemption Article"
05/18/2011
Drug and Device Law
"Abnormal Interviews: Law Professor Catherine Sharkey"
03/08/2011
Abnormal Use: An Unreasonably Dangerous Products Liability Blog