Neil M. Richards

Washington University School of Law

Koch Distinguished Professor in Law; Director, Cordell Institute for Policy in Medicine & Law

Campus Box 1120

St. Louis, MO 63130

United States

http://law.wustl.edu/faculty-staff-directory/profile/neil-richards/

Yale Information Society Project

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New Haven, CT 06520

United States

Stanford Center for Internet and Society

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Stanford, CA 94305-8610

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1.

The Dangers of Surveillance

Harvard Law Review, 2013
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 25 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 21 May 2013
Neil M. Richards
Washington University School of Law
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Surveillance, privacy, intellectual privacy, civil liberties, First Amendment, standing, surveillance studies

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Big Data Ethics

Wake Forest Law Review, 2014
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 25 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 03 Jun 2014
Neil M. Richards and Jonathan King
Washington University School of Law and Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
Downloads 9,748 (652)
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Three Paradoxes of Big Data

66 Stanford Law Review Online 41 (2013)
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 14 Sep 2013
Neil M. Richards and Jonathan King
Washington University School of Law and Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
Downloads 6,730 (1,273)
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big data, privacy, cyberlaw, consumer protection, technology, internet, data, identity, transparency

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How Should the Law Think About Robots?

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 11 May 2013
Neil M. Richards and William D Smart
Washington University School of Law and Oregon State University
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robots, cyber-law, androids, privacy, technology, intellectual property, metaphors, computer science, engineering

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Privacy's Other Path: Recovering the Law of Confidentiality

Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 96, p. 123, 2007, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 249, Washington U. School of Law Working Paper No. 07-03-02
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 13 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2013
Neil M. Richards and Daniel J. Solove
Washington University School of Law and George Washington University Law School
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privacy, confidentiality, Brandeis, Prosser, British law, English law, comparative law, torts

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Four Privacy Myths

Revised form, "A World Without Privacy?" (Cambridge Press, Austin Sarat, ed. 2015), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 Apr 2014
Neil M. Richards
Washington University School of Law
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privacy, innovation, information, nothing to hide, secrets

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Taking Trust Seriously in Privacy Law

19 Stanford Technology Law Review 431 (2016)
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 05 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2017
Neil M. Richards and Woodrow Hartzog
Washington University School of Law and Northeastern University School of Law and Khoury College of Computer Sciences
Downloads 2,285 (7,956)
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privacy, trust, big data, data security, consumer protection, confidentiality, loyalty, fiduciary

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Big Data and the Future for Privacy

Handbook of Research on Digital Transformations (Elgar 2016)
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 21 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 19 Jan 2016
Neil M. Richards and Jonathan King
Washington University School of Law and Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
Downloads 2,233 (8,235)
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Privacy, Big Data, Security, Ethics, Big Data Ethics

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The Perils of Social Reading

101 Georgetown Law Journal 689 (2013).
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 30 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 19 Mar 2013
Neil M. Richards
Washington University School of Law
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Privacy, Intellectual Privacy, Facebook, Social Readers, Reading, Confidentiality, Data Protection, Sensitive Data

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Intellectual Privacy

Texas Law Review , Vol. 87, p.387, 2008, Washington U. School of Law Working Paper No. 08-08-03
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 20 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2011
Neil M. Richards
Washington University School of Law
Downloads 1,774 (11,960)
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First Amendment, free speech, privacy, intellectual privacy, libraries, civil liberties, freedom of thought

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Privacy's Constitutional Moment and the Limits of Data Protection

61 Boston College Law Review 1687 (2020)
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 24 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2020
Woodrow Hartzog and Neil M. Richards
Northeastern University School of Law and Khoury College of Computer Sciences and Washington University School of Law
Downloads 1,511 (15,398)
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privacy, GDPR, trust, fair information practices, privacy reform, CCPA, data protection, consumer protection

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Prosser's Privacy Law: A Mixed Legacy

California Law Review, Vol. 98, p. 1887, 2010, Washington U. School of Law Working Paper No. 10-03-06
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 11 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 20 Sep 2014
Neil M. Richards and Daniel J. Solove
Washington University School of Law and George Washington University Law School
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Rethinking Free Speech and Civil Liability

Columbia Law Review, Vol. 109, 2009, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 465, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 465
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 10 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2009
Daniel J. Solove and Neil M. Richards
George Washington University Law School and Washington University School of Law
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First Amendment, civil liability, tort, contract, property, free speech, confidentiality, privacy, defamation, unconstitutional conditions, government employment

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A Duty of Loyalty for Privacy Law

99 Washington University Law Review (forthcoming 2021), Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 408-2021
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 05 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2021
Neil M. Richards and Woodrow Hartzog
Washington University School of Law and Northeastern University School of Law and Khoury College of Computer Sciences
Downloads 1,031 (27,252)
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privacy, data, surveillance, loyalty, fiduciary, torts, harm, care, data protection, technology, internet

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Reconciling Data Privacy and the First Amendment

UCLA Law Review, Vol. 52, p. 1149, 2005, Washington U. School of Law Working Paper No. 04-09-03
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 30 Sep 2004 Last Revised: 06 May 2008
Neil M. Richards
Washington University School of Law
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First Amendment, Free Speech, Privacy, Lochner, Jurisprudence, Constitutional Law, Databases

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Why Data Privacy Law Is (Mostly) Constitutional

Neil M. Richards, Why Data Privacy Law Is (Mostly) Constitutional, 56 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1501 (2015).
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 04 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2020
Neil M. Richards
Washington University School of Law
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The Pathologies of Digital Consent

96 Washington University Law Review 1461 (2019)
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 09 May 2019 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2019
Neil M. Richards and Woodrow Hartzog
Washington University School of Law and Northeastern University School of Law and Khoury College of Computer Sciences
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privacy, trust, consent, choice, data protection, contracts, privacy paradox

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The Limits of Tort Privacy

Journal of Telecommunications and High Technology Law, Vol. 9, 2011, Washington University in St. Louis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-06-06
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 13 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 10 Nov 2011
Neil M. Richards
Washington University School of Law
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Privacy, First Amendment, Free Speech, Social Media, Disclosure, Confidentiality

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The Information Privacy Law Project

Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 94, p. 1087, 2006, Washington University School of Law Working Paper No. 06-11-01
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 01 Nov 2006 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2014
Neil M. Richards
Washington University School of Law
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Privacy, Cyberspace Law, Free Speech, Metaphor, Digital Dossiers, Confidentiality

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Four Principles for Digital Expression (You Won't Believe #3!)

U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2018-15, 95 Washington University Law Review 1353 (2018)
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 09 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2020
Danielle Keats Citron and Neil M. Richards
University of Virginia School of Law and Washington University School of Law
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Privacy's Trust Gap

126 Yale Law Journal 1180 (2017), Washington University in St. Louis Legal Studies Research Paper 17-02-04
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 17 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2017
Neil M. Richards and Woodrow Hartzog
Washington University School of Law and Northeastern University School of Law and Khoury College of Computer Sciences
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Privacy, Trust, Security, Surveillance, Data Protection, Obfuscation, Obscurity, Technoogy

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Intellectual Privacy: Rethinking Civil Liberties in the Digital Age

Oxford University Press (2015)
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 25 Jan 2015
Neil M. Richards
Washington University School of Law
Downloads 587 (58,553)
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intellectual privacy, privacy, free speech, First Amendment, technology, internet, surveillance, revenge porn

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The Puzzle of Brandeis, Privacy, and Speech

Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 63, No. 5, p. 1295, 2010, Washington University in St. Louis Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. 10-04-01
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 06 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2011
Neil M. Richards
Washington University School of Law
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Brandeis, Privacy, Free Speech, First Amendment, Legal History, Torts, Intellectual Privacy

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Information Privacy Law Scholars' Brief in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins

UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 2656482, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-27, Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2656482, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-32, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-32
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 06 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2015
Julie E. Cohen, Chris Jay Hoofnagle, William McGeveran, Paul Ohm, Joel R. Reidenberg, Neil M. Richards, David Thaw and Lauren E. Willis
Georgetown University Law Center, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, University of Minnesota Law School, Georgetown University Law Center, Fordham University School of Law, Washington University School of Law, University of Pittsburgh - School of Law and Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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Article III standing, injury, harm, privacy, Fair Credit Reporting Act, FCRA, data brokers, modern hiring practices, consumer reporting, inaccuracy, background checks

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A Relational Turn for Data Protection?

4 European Data Protection Law Review 1 (2020)
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 04 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2021
Neil M. Richards and Woodrow Hartzog
Washington University School of Law and Northeastern University School of Law and Khoury College of Computer Sciences
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privacy, data protection, gdpr, loyalty, trust, cyberlaw

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Trusting Big Data Research

65 DePaul Law Review 579 (2017), Washington University in St. Louis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16-01-02
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 19 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 12 Aug 2017
Neil M. Richards and Woodrow Hartzog
Washington University School of Law and Northeastern University School of Law and Khoury College of Computer Sciences
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Privacy, Trust, Security Big Data, Institutional Review Boards, Loyalty

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The Atlantic Divide on Privacy and Speech

Andrew T Kenyon (ed), Comparative Defamation and Privacy Law (Cambridge Press 2015).
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 26 Aug 2015
Neil M. Richards and Kirsty Hughes
Washington University School of Law and University of Cambridge
Downloads 323 (118,558)
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Privacy, Free Speech, Free Expression, Comparative Law, Constitutional Law, Confidentiality, ECHR, European Court of Human Rights

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The Third-Party Doctrine and the Future of the Cloud

Washington University Law Review, Vol. 94, No. 1441, 2017, Washington University in St. Louis Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 22 Feb 2018
Neil M. Richards
Washington University School of Law
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Privacy, Privacy Law, Civil Liberties, Fourth Amendment, Third-Party Doctrine

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Understanding American Privacy

Research Handbook on Privacy and Data Protection Law: Values, Norms and Global Politics, Gloria González Fuster, Rosamunde van Brakel and Paul De Hert (eds.), Edward Elgar Publ'g 2018 (Forthcoming)  
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 22 Oct 2018
Neil M. Richards, Andrew B. Serwin, Andrew B. Serwin and Tyler Blake
Washington University School of Law, Foley & Lardner LLPThe Lares Institute and Hogan Lovells
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Privacy and the Limits of History

Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities, Vol. 21, No. 1, 2009, Washington U. School of Law Working Paper No. 09-06-05
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 29 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2011
Neil M. Richards
Washington University School of Law
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Report of Professor Neil Richards in Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook ('Schrems 2'), Irish High Court 2017.

Washington University in St. Louis Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 22 Feb 2018
Neil M. Richards
Washington University School of Law
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privacy, data protection, fundamental rights, standing, remedies, Schrems

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Privacy and Intellectual Freedom

The Handbook of Intellectual Freedom (Mark Alfino, ed., Unwin 2014).
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 27 Sep 2014
Neil M. Richards and Joanna Cornwell
Washington University School of Law and Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
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privacy, intellectual privacy, intellectual freedom, first amendment, surveillance, libraries

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The Supreme Court Justice and 'Boring' Cases

Green Bag 2d, Vol. 4, p. 401, 2001, Washington U. School of Law Working Paper No. 07-10-02
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 20 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2007
Neil M. Richards
Washington University School of Law
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Supreme Court, Legal History, Boring Cases, Tax, Nominations

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Digital Laws Evolve

The Wired World in 2015 (UK Edition), p. 83, 2014
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 14 Nov 2014
Neil M. Richards
Washington University School of Law
Downloads 188 (202,075)

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privacy, technology, cyberlaw

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Keep Your Update to Yourself

Wired Magazine, The Wired World in 2013 (UK Edition), 2012
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 07 Nov 2012
Neil M. Richards
Washington University School of Law
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The Surprising Virtues of Data Loyalty

71 Emory Law Journal (forthcoming 2022)
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 13 Sep 2021
Woodrow Hartzog and Neil M. Richards
Northeastern University School of Law and Khoury College of Computer Sciences and Washington University School of Law
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privacy, data, surveillance, loyalty, fiduciary, torts, harm, care, data protection, technology, internet

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Digital Civil Liberties and the Translation Problem

Oxford Handbook of Criminal Process (2019)
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 10 Oct 2020
Michael Washington and Neil M. Richards
The Cordell Institute for Policy in Medicine & Law at Washington University in St. Louis and Washington University School of Law
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Digital Technologies, Civil Liberties, Translation Problem, Telephonic Communications, Location Information, GPS, Smartphones, the Cloud, Third-Party Doctrine, European Union, GDPR, Carpenter, Fourth Amendment, Privacy

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The Invalidation of the EU-US Privacy Shield and the Future of Transatlantic Data Flows: Testimony of Professor Neil Richards before the United States Senate

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 11 Oct 2021
Neil M. Richards
Washington University School of Law
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Privacy, data protection, schrems, duty of loyalty. information fiduciaries

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Watching the Watchers

Wired Magazine, The Wired World in 2014 (UK Edition), 2013
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 06 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2014
Neil M. Richards
Washington University School of Law
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