David A. Simon
@david__simon
Associate Professor of Law, @NUSL | Co-Director, Amy J. Reed Collaborative for Medical Device Safety http://www.safemedicaldevices.org
I figured out the difference between law and other fields, like econ. Whereas economists think they can answer any question with one methodology lawyers think they can answer any question with no methodology
If you are going on the law teaching job market, please feel free to reach out! Happy to help.
For those interested in law reviews, the spreadsheet is up. But I will not be providing additional information on opening dates etc as I have in years past. So you will likely not hear from me for several weeks in August. Good luck! docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
Have you read a law review article recently that you thought was particularly great and deserving of a wider readership? If so, leave a link to it as a reply, together with a quick take on what made it great.
Your life can change in an instant. A missed stop sign, an MRI, a call from a relative. Everyone should have access to quality medical care when it does.
My article with Patrick Goold, IP's Pluralism Puzzle @TexasLRev, is now in print. We argue that the pluralist justifications of IP are wanting, yet many people continue to be pluralists about IP. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
My new album ‘Billionaire’ comes out next month. So grateful to everybody who helped make it happen. kathleenedwards.komi.io/music
Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States nytimes.com/interactive/20…
My lab’s 5-year NIH R01 grant, awarded to study gene therapy for hearing loss, was abruptly terminated. I want to share how this action has been incredibly harmful and disruptive, not just to my lab, but to the scientific process itself. 1/15
When tort liability induces reasonable care youtube.com/shorts/pgwvBB8…
Our at HARMS just filed a new Citizen's Petition urging the FDA to reclassify a sternal closure device regulations.gov/document/FDA-2…
welp. 742 but definitely would’ve missed it if you blinked 😆
keep an eye out for me on good morning america tomorrow! 👀 📺
Fall 2025 submission spreadsheet is now up docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
keep an eye out for me on good morning america tomorrow! 👀 📺
Joe Torre was not the Yankees' first choice, but everyone else went elsewhere or dropped out. So he got the job. The rest was history. you don't need to be first choice, only the actual choice.