Too often, ransomware attacks are treated as discrete incidents rather than campaigns that cause cumulative harm, making them unrecognizable as international law violations, write @asaflubin.bsky.social (Asaf Lubin) and O.Y. www.justsecurity.org/146358/aggre...

The Accumulation of Events Doctrine in Contemporary Challenges

International law must adapt to AI-enabled ransomware threats to ensure accountability for the cumulative injury inflicted by their campaigns.

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New work from ISP Fellow @asaflubin.bsky.social! Read “Out of Time: Artificial Intelligence, Self-Help, and International Law’s Temporal Logic,” forthcoming in The Cambridge Handbook of Public Law and Artificial Intelligence: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Come work with me! We’re hiring in law and technology, cybersecurity law, AI law, IP law, national security law, and international law, as well as other areas!

Jennifer Oliva@jennoliva.bsky.social · 2mo ago

@iumaurerlaw.bsky.social seeks to hire several TT law professors this academic year & welcomes entry-level & lateral candidates. Our hiring details and the application portal is available here: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/33776. Our committee would love to hear from interested candidates.

Academics are supposed to pretend not to care about these things, which is how you know we care about them very much. Very honored that Lawrence Solum featured “Out of Time” on the Legal Theory Blog with the much-coveted “Highly Recommended!” designation. legaltheoryblog.com/2026/07/22/l...

Lubin on Artificial Intelligence & International Law’s Temporal Logic

Asaf Lubin (Indiana University Maurer School of Law) has posted Out of Time: Artificial Intelligence, Self-Help, and International Law’s Temporal Logic (The Cambridge Handbook of Public Law a…

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Asaf Lubin@asaflubin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New book chapter: "Out of Time: Artificial Intelligence, Self-Help, and International Law's Temporal Logic" forthcoming in The Cambridge Handbook of Public Law and Artificial Intelligence (Gregory, Williams, & Zerilli eds., 2027). Accesible on @ssrn.bsky.social: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....

New book chapter: "Out of Time: Artificial Intelligence, Self-Help, and International Law's Temporal Logic" forthcoming in The Cambridge Handbook of Public Law and Artificial Intelligence (Gregory, Williams, & Zerilli eds., 2027). Accesible on @ssrn.bsky.social: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....

Quoted in this IndyStar piece this morning on Indiana’s decision to phase out its “Find a Person” transparency tool, and on the difficult balance between preserving a publicly accessible government and addressing legitimate state cybersecurity concerns. www.indystar.com/story/news/p...

Indiana quietly scraps transparency tool, cites cybersecurity concerns

It has been available since at least March 2018, according to the Internet Archive, but appeared to go offline at some point July 8.

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In one of my final acts as Chair of the "Internet and Computer Law" section of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS), I initiated a successful name change for the Section which from now will be known as the section on "Law and Technology." www.aals.org/sections/lis...

Section on Law & Technology | Association of American Law Schools

Date Chartered: 5/31/1985 Purpose The purpose of this Section is to promote scholarship, programming, and other activities among members on the study of law and technology, broadly defined. Section me...

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Two incredible days at @harvard.edu law school and @yaleisp.bsky.social talking about the international law of intelligence!

A long-overdue moment 🌐 With tenure secured, it feels like the right time to finally have a personal website www.asaflubin.com — a streamlined, carefully curated, and beautifully designed home for all my scholarship.

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Associate Professor of Law

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It’s offprints day for “Data Injustice in Global Justice” (@ucdavislaw.bsky.social review) The article analyzes the rapid move by int’l courts & orgs to datify global justice & humanitarian response, & the significant risks this shift entails. Link: www.repository.law.indiana.edu/cgi/viewcont...

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With 2.4 million #authors at the heart of SSRN, we’d like to share some thoughts from #researcher Asaf Lubin, Indiana University Maurer School of Law. #AcademicChatter #OpenAccess #LawSky #Research @asaflubin.bsky.social @iumaurerlaw.bsky.social

Thanks @ssrn.bsky.social for highlighting João Marinotti and my forthcoming paper in the @michiganstateu.bsky.social law review where we discuss how private law principles might be revived to impose meaningful constraints on tech companies’ growing pseudo-sovereign authorities.

SSRN@ssrn.bsky.social · 11mo ago

This article warns that #BigTech’s power has grown beyond regulation into a threat to the #ruleoflaw, as companies leverage legal protections like the #FirstAmendment & § 230 to avoid oversight. Read: spkl.io/63322AkbJ8 Subscribe: spkl.io/63325AkbJ1 @iumaurerlaw.bsky.social

Read the latest from Prof. @asaflubin.bsky.social and Prof. @joaomarinotti.bsky.social...

SSRN@ssrn.bsky.social · 11mo ago

This article warns that #BigTech’s power has grown beyond regulation into a threat to the #ruleoflaw, as companies leverage legal protections like the #FirstAmendment & § 230 to avoid oversight. Read: spkl.io/63322AkbJ8 Subscribe: spkl.io/63325AkbJ1 @iumaurerlaw.bsky.social

This article warns that #BigTech’s power has grown beyond regulation into a threat to the #ruleoflaw, as companies leverage legal protections like the #FirstAmendment & § 230 to avoid oversight. Read: spkl.io/63322AkbJ8 Subscribe: spkl.io/63325AkbJ1 @iumaurerlaw.bsky.social

All aboard the Palsgraf express… it’s proximate cause day in my torts class so naturally I’m dressed as a train conductor ready to guide my students through the wonderful Cardozo Andrew’s maze that is the highlight of every 1L year.

DeeksFest 2025 was one of those rare moments in academic life when you pause, blink twice, and wonder how on earth you get to call this work. Spoiler the video includes many laughs, insights, and me accusing Ashley of being a mage and putting up a slide of her in a Harry Potter sorting hat.

Alan Rozenshtein@alanrozenshtein.com · last yr.

The video from DeeksFest 2025 (the celebration of the wonderful Ashley Deeks's terrific recent book on national security AI) is up, with @daniellecitron.bsky.social hosting and comments from @martylederman.bsky.social @asaflubin.bsky.social and me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=exMW...

I had a great time chatting with @ssrn.bsky.social about my scholarship for their “Meet the Author” series. I feel honored having my work spotlighted alongside such a distinguished body of academics.

SSRN@ssrn.bsky.social · last yr.

Check out the latest from the SSRN #blog which features our Meet the Author series with @asaflubin.bsky.social from @iumaurerlaw.bsky.social. Read More: spkl.io/63324A3uAA #AcademicSky #LawSky #AcademicChatter

🎙️ New podcast recording following my @lawfaremedia.org piece with Deborah Housen-Couriel, discussing wartime digital rights protection in the wake of the Ukraine and Netherlands v. Russia decision. The piece is accessible here: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/digi...

Lawfare@lawfaremedia.org · last yr.

On Lawfare Daily, @sranderson.bsky.social sat down with Deborah Housen-Couriel and @asaflubin.bsky.social to discuss their recent Lawfare article on the European Court of Human Rights' recent decision in Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia, on digital rights in wartime.

Last month the @echr.coe.int issued a landmark judgment in Ukraine & the Netherlands v. Russia. It charted new ground on applying international human rights law during armed conflict & occupation—amid systematic and widespread violations of IHRL and IHL.

Lawfare@lawfaremedia.org · last yr.

On July 9, the European Court of Human Rights found that Russia was responsible for human rights violations in its invasion and war in Ukraine. Deborah Housen-Couriel and @asaflubin.bsky.social explain the impact of the court's treatment of digital rights protections in the age of digital conflict.

This Fall, I’ll be teaching Torts with a casebook I wrote: Torts: Cases, Problems, and Policy Choices. It’s free. It’s online. And it’s built with one goal in mind: student accessibility. Check it out on @harvardlil.bsky.social's OpenCasebook.org platform: opencasebook.org/casebooks/15...

New short piece cross-posted on both Opinio Juris and on the ICoCA’s official blog “Private Security Conversations”. Discussing the rising use of emerging tech by private security companies & its implications for int’l regulation. opiniojuris.org/2025/07/16/s... blog.icoca.ch/did-ai-break...

Forthcoming work from Prof. @asaflubin.bsky.social highlighted by SSRN:

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Shades of Legal Nuance: This paper explores the paradoxical nature of #espionage, highlighting its moral contradictions & the performative dance of denial & accusation. Read: http://spkl.io/63326ABKq8 Subscribe: http://spkl.io/63321ABKqH #Lawsky @iumaurerlaw.bsky.social

I am once again chairing the Scholarship Award Committee of the International Law and Technology Interest Group at @asilorg.bsky.social. Please consider submitting your or your students' scholarship. For more information on how to submit see here: www.asil.org/sites/defaul...

Prof. @asaflubin.bsky.social's conversation with Maj. Emily Bobenrieth at The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School is now available to listen to. Lubin covers more than a decade of research into the law and ethics that govern espionage. www.dvidshub.net/audio/86337/...

New National Security Law (NSL) Unscripted podcast episode from the JAG School just dropped, where I talk with the incredible Emily Bobenrieth about my forthcoming book and the broader regulation of espionage in international law. Check it out here: d34w7g4gy10iej.cloudfront.net/audio/2505/D...

I love the @iumaurerlaw.bsky.social community. So much of my professional success in the last five years is thanks to the trust and support I received here for pursuing my work.

Indiana University Maurer School of Law@iumaurerlaw.bsky.social · last yr.

Congratulations to Prof. @asaflubin.bsky.social, who has been named one of six recipients of Indiana University's Outstanding Junior Faculty Awards, the most prestigious campus-level award given to pre-tenure faculty. Read more: blogs.iu.edu/maurerlaw/20...

Offprints days are the best days. Can’t believe I’m done with this behemoth of a project on spyware regulation. @ohiostatelaw.bsky.social @OhioStateLJ #SellingSurveillance

Thanks @ssrn.bsky.social for highlighting my paper “Technology and the Law of Jus Ante Bellum” forthcoming with the @uchicagolaw.bsky.social Journal of International Law.

SSRN@ssrn.bsky.social · last yr.

The article critiques the limited focus of international rules concerning #military force, which address the initiation & conduct of #war without considering the significance of peacetime military preparations. Read: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Subscribe: www.ssrn.com/link/Indiana...

Spent the last 48-hrs with two of my absolute best academic friends, Russell Buchan and @leahwest-nsl.bsky.social, chatting about my forthcoming book on the role of int’l law in the regulation of espionage. Saying I had fun would be the understatement of the century! @iumaurerlaw.bsky.social

What an incredible line up of speakers and discussants for the coming workshop on private law and emerging tech!

João Marinotti@joaomarinotti.bsky.social · last yr.

Thrilled to share the final program for the 2025 Workshop on Private Law & Emerging Technology! This 3-part virtual series is co-sponsored by Harvard’s Project on the Foundations of Private Law and Yale’s Information Society Project & Center for Private Law. Don’t miss this incredible lineup!