Engelberg Center Live!

This episode is audio from Nancy Mahon's keynote address to the Engelberg Center's Conspicuous Consumers Symposium. It was recorded on October 16 , 2025.

Daniel Francis, NYU School of Law Doha Mekki, UC Berkeley Law Eric Posner, University of Chicago Law School Scott Hemphill, Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy, NYU School of Law (moderator)

Erich Andersen, Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy, NYU School of Law Kristelia García, Georgetown Law Katrina Geddes, Ohio State University Moritz College of Law Guy Rub, Temple University Beasley School of Law Chris Sprigman, Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy, NYU School of Law

Lisa Bonner, Esq. Bonner Law, A Professional Corporation

Mala Chatterjee, Columbia Law School Deven Desai, Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business Aaron Perzanowski, University of Michigan Law School Jason Schultz, Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy, NYU School of Law (moderator)

Chris Cotropia, George Washington University Law School Mark McKenna, UCLA School of Law Jacob Noti-Victor, Cardozo Law Rebecca Tushnet, Harvard Law School Jeanne Fromer, Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy, NYU School of Law (moderator)

Charles Duan, American University Washington College of Law Hilary Koch, Advocate for people living with diabetes Fran Visco, National Breast Cancer Coalition Steve Woloshin, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine Chris Morten, Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy, NYU School of Law (moderator)

Maggie Chon, Seattle University School of Law Aaron Perzanowski, University of Michigan Law School Jessica Silbey, Boston University School of Law Anna Tischner, Jagiellonian University in Krakow Rochelle Dreyfuss, Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy, NYU School of Law (moderator)

Public pharma is an alternative to our current profit-driven pharmaceutical system. Public pharma uses the public sector to research, develop, manufacture, and distribute drugs. “Fixing a Broken System: The Path to Public Pharma in New York” is a critical discussion that will illuminate the transformative potential of publicly owned, manufactured, and distributed pharmaceuticals as we confront an industry that has prioritized profits over patients for too long, leaving patients without access to the medications they need to survive. More information: https://www.nyuengelberg.org/events/fixing-a-broken-system-the-path-to-public-pharma-in-new-york/

Timeline How Much Does Obama's Summer Reading List Cost Your Library? E-Books for Us DPLA Introduces E-Books Libraries Can Own BRIET Readers First, an organization “dedicated to ensuring access to free and easy-to-use eBook content” For more on how publishers have tried to control library access to information, see The Publisher Play Book: A Timeline Robin Hastings References

Timeline Why DRM Doesn’t Work, or How to Download an Audiobook from the Cleveland Public Library Ereaders, Overdrive Compatibility, Libraries as Digital Ghost Towns by Rochelle Hartman Robin Hastings Michael Blackwell References

Timeline Overlooked No More: Ángela Ruiz Robles, Inventor of an Early E-Reader - The New York Times Dorothea Salo References

Timeline How to Destroy the Book, by Cory Doctorow – The Varsity

The Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy, Library Futures, Theater of the Apes, and the Information Law Institute bring you this very special Public Domain Day presentation of Necromancers of the Public Domain. Performers skilled in the art of necromancy transformed the book An Hour With The Movies And The Talkies (plucked from the shelves of the New York Society Library's public domain class of 2025) into a one-night-only variety show. We also featured performers from WNYC's Public Song Project. WNYC Public Song Project Players include: Nikhil Dasgupta Hammer County Kat Lewis Sibyl (Chloe and Lily Holgate) Kal Teaux Necromancers include: Emilio Cuesta (I Am Nobody / QUESTA) Jordan Feit Connor Kalista (The Neo-Futurists / Independent Film Editor) Pearl Rhein Necromancers lead by Ayun Halliday (Creative, Not Famous / The East Village Inky) With Special Guest: Saw Lady a.k.a. Natalia Paruz Event photos: https://www.nyuengelberg.org/events/public-domain-celebration-with-necromancers-and-friends/  

Donald Beers, Office of Chief Counsel of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (retired) Alfred B. Engelberg Abbe Gluck, Yale Law School Arti Rai, Duke University School of Law Ameet Sarpatwari, Harvard Medical School Michael Weinberg, Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy, NYU School of Law (moderator)

David J. Kappos, Cravath, Swaine, & Moore LLP Aaron Kesselheim, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School Rochelle Dreyfuss, Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy, NYU School of Law (moderator)

Richard Epstein, NYU School of Law Erika Lietzan, University of Missouri School of Law Lisa Larrimore Ouellette, Stanford Law School Steve Pearson, Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) Rachel Sachs, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law Daniel Hemel, NYU School of Law (moderator)

Rebecca Eisenberg, The University of Michigan Law School Richard F. Kingham, Covington & Burling LLP Reshma Ramachandran, Yale School of Medicine Chris Morten, Columbia Law School (moderator)

Anisha Dasgupta, Federal Trade Commission Henry Hadad, Bristol-Myers Squibb Steve Shadowen, Hilliard Shadowen LLP Eric Stock, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Scott Hemphill, Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy, NYU School of Law (moderator)

Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Federal Trade Commission Daniel Francis, NYU School of Law