ETH Center for Law & Economics

Our research focuses on intellectual property law, the law of emerging technologies, experimental law & economics, law & tech, and machine learning.

[Invest Switzerland @investCH]

🚀 Just 1 month to go!

The #AIPolicySummit2025 (Oct 3–4, ETH Zürich) brings 50+ global leaders to debate:
🔹 Digital resilience
🔹 AI transformation
🔹 Trustworthy AI
🔹 Accountable AI

📍 ETH Zürich | Hybrid
🔗 Register: https://t.co/ko6njbyFoQ

@reghorizon @eth_cle

[RegHorizon @reghorizon]

📣 We are excited to announce that Fabian Streiff, Head of the Office for Economy, Amt für Wirtschaft, Kanton Zürich, will be delivering welcome remarks at our hashtag#AIPS2025!

Join us to hear his insights!

🌍Register here 👉 https://t.co/xKyD2phTdY

#AIPS2025

[RegHorizon @reghorizon]

📣 We are excited to announce that Fred Werner, Chief, Strategic Engagement at International Telecommunication Union and Chief, Strategy & Operations at AI for Good will be delivering welcome remarks from ITU at #AIPS2025!

🌍Register here 👉 https://t.co/xKyD2pir3w

[ETH Center for Law & Economics @eth_cle]

In this new episode of the @eth_cle vlog series, @KevinLCope @UVA and Benjamin Kohler @ETH_en discuss Prof. Cope’s recent paper "An Expert-Sourced Measure of Judicial Ideology".

Watch it here:
https://t.co/su96M8PYOR

[ETH Center for Law & Economics @eth_cle]

In this new episode of the @eth_cle vlog series, Jacob Goldin @UChicagoLaw and @NoahFehr2 @ETH_en discuss Prof. Goldin’s recent study "Work Requirements and Child Tax Benefits".

Watch it here:
https://t.co/suvdgOqA72

[RegHorizon @reghorizon]

The future of AI governance is being co-created. Will you be part of it?

Governing AI For the World We Want.

📅 October 3-4, 2025
📍 ETH Zurich
🌐 In-person & virtual

Register now—limited seats available:
🔗 https://t.co/xKyD2pir3w

#AIPolicySummit2025 #RegHorizon #ETH

[ProMarket @ProMarket_org]

NEW: Filippo Lancieri (@GeorgetownLaw), @LauraEdelson2 (@KhouryCollege), Stefan Bechtold (@eth_cle) explore how the political economy of artificial intelligence regulation is shaped by the strategic behavior of governments, technology companies, and other agents.

https://t.co/ZlNYBgJUhc

[Ni Jingwei @NJingwei]

🚨Time to push LLMs further!
📚LEXam: The legal reasoning benchmark you’ve been waiting for:
• 340 exams, 116 courses (EN/DE)
• Long-form, process-focused questions
• Expert-level LLM Judges
• Rich meta for targeted diagnostics
• Contamination-proof, extendable MCQs
[1/6]🧵

[Alexander Stremitzer @Stremitzer_Lab]

1/6 Are robot judges perceived as less fair than human judges? Yes, but minimal human oversight can eliminate this human-AI fairness gap. Check out our new Working Paper “Mitigating the Judicial Human-AI fairness gap.”

[Alexander Stremitzer @Stremitzer_Lab]

1/6 Can AI-powered “enforcement bots” substitute for class actions? It turns out yes likely leading to major disruptions in the legal system.

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

Using machine learning to detect corruption

Last week on VoxDev, @ellliottt (@ETH_en), @sergallet (@eth_cle) & @T_Giommoni (@UvA_Amsterdam) discussed how machine learning can improve corruption detection and prevention in Brazil: https://t.co/aotaQBccGm

[ETH Center for Law & Economics @eth_cle]

In our new @eth_cle vlog episode, @DanielJHemel @nyulaw & @luca_balti @ETH_en discuss Prof. Hemel’s study "Law and the New Dynamic Public Finance", which challenges conventional wisdom in classical tax theory & offers novel perspectives.

Watch it here:
https://t.co/tSwh9OIGo8

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

🆕 Using machine learning to detect corruption

Today on VoxDev, @ellliottt (@ETH_en), @sergallet (@eth_cle) & @T_Giommoni (@UvA_Amsterdam) discuss how machine learning can improve corruption detection and prevention in Brazil: https://t.co/aotaQBccGm

[ETH Center for Law & Economics @eth_cle]

In this episode of the @eth_cle Vlog & Podcast Series, Prof. Nick @feamster @UChicago & Raquel De Haro @ETH_en discuss his important studies* on compliance with the CCPA.
*with V. Tran, A. Mehrotra, R. Sharma, M. Chetty, J. Frankenreiter & L. Strahilevitz.
https://t.co/hQBvPc53OK

[ETH Center for Law & Economics @eth_cle]

New in the @eth_cle vlog series: Libertad Gonzalez @LibertadGonLu @UPFBarcelona @bse_barcelona discusses her study on the effect of paternity leave on child development with @ClaudiaMarangon.
Co-authors: @farre_lidia, @claudiahupkau & @RuizvalenzuelaJ.

https://t.co/qKUUIo9GPP

[ETH Center for Law & Economics @eth_cle]

In the new episode of the @eth_cle Vlog & Podcast Series, Elena Kantorowicz-Reznichenko @Elena_Reznichen @erasmusuni & Alessandro Tacconelli @alessandrotacc @ETH discuss the topic of day-fines, based on her study “Day-Fines: Should the Rich Pay More?".

https://t.co/cbiaTHxwDN

[ETH Center for Law & Economics @eth_cle]

From June 30-July 4, 2025, the Study Center Gerzensee will hold the following courses for PhD students:

LAW & ECONOMICS OF CONSUMER CONTRACTS, by Omri Ben-Shahar @UChicago &
LEARNING FROM EVIDENCE, by Julian Nyarko @Stanford

Apply by May 1, 2025 via:
https://t.co/08LciECDTR

[ETH Center for Law & Economics @eth_cle]

The CfP for the next Munich Summer Institute #MSI2025 (May 26-28) has been released! Looking forward to great paper submissions via page below 😃

Submission deadline: February 15, 2025

Keynotes by @M_Giorcelli @UCLA & Fiona Scott Morton @Yale🌟

https://t.co/IOnxXimhQb

[Alexander Stremitzer @Stremitzer_Lab]

We have a new paper out on the impact of AI on legal work efficiency. Here are the key insights 1/4

[Economics. For Society. @ubscenter]

In this webcast, @YanagizawaD of @econ_uzh will discuss recent empirical evidence and ways to think about how generative AI can be shaped in a positive direction, with a special focus on human productivity in emerging markets. Your host will be @ellliottt of @eth_cle.