Lauren Scholz

McConnaughhay and Rissman Professor

J.D., HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 2014 B.A., YALE UNIVERSITY, 2009

Algorithms and Contract Law, in The Cambridge Handbook on the Law of Algorithms (Woodrow Barfield, editor) (Cambridge University Press 2020)

Algorithmic Contracts and Consumer Privacy, in The Cambridge Handbook of Smart Contracts, Blockchain Technology and Digital Platforms (Larry DiMatteo, editor) (Cambridge University Press 2019)

Toward a Consumer Contract Law for an Algorithmic Age, in Law and Autonomous Systems (Horst Eidenmueller, editor) (C.H. Beck 2019)

The Significance of Private Rights of Action in Privacy Regulation, 63 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. _ (forthcoming 2021)

Fiduciary Boilerplate: Locating Fiduciary Relationships in Information Age Transactions, 46 J. Corp. L. 143 (2020)

Indivisibilities in Technology Regulation, 2020 U. Chi. L. Rev. Online 70

Big Data is Not Big Oil: The Role of Analogy in the Law of New Technologies, 86 Tenn. L. Rev. 863 (2019)

Privacy Remedies, 93 Ind. L.J. 94 (2018)

In The Significance of Private Rights of Action in Privacy Regulation, 63 wiLLiaM & MarY Law review _ (forthcoming 2021), Professor Lauren Scholz contests the conventional wisdom that states the key to providing individuals with more privacy protection is strengthening the power government has to directly sanction actors that hurt privacy interests of citizens. The article argues that private rights of action are essential for privacy regulation and provides examples of how private rights of action can improve privacy regulation in a suite of key modern privacy problems.