Andrew Leahey

Andrew Leahey

I teach tax, public law, and the regulation of technology at Drexel Kline School of Law, and write the weekly Technically Speaking column for Bloomberg Tax. My research and journalism examine how law governs technology—and how technology can make law more observable, legible, and accountable. Outside work, I’m building an interactive CAD model of the Triumph 1500 engine in my MG Midget.

Latest Writing

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  1. Notes from a Law Professor with No Idea What's Going OnI tend to think I’m pretty smart. Of course, that feeling only really flourishes in the periods between som...
  2. I Built a System That Reads the Fine Print of 969 Corporate Legal Documents. Here's What They Say.By Andrew Leahey
  3. Twenty Years of Domain AnticipationIf you visit leahey.net you’ll now find it redirects to this site. This is the culmination of twenty years ...
  4. Everyday Small Use Cases for Generative AIToday I had the pleasure of attending a continuing legal education (CLE) class. For those of you that aren’...
  5. It's a Wonderful Lie - That Movie Misled Us About MoneyWhy, why, why “the money’s not here…. Your money’s in Joe’s house! Right next to yours!” But, that isn’t ho...

Impact & mentions

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From column to policy record

Tax Breaks for Data Centers Bring Few Jobs

A 2024 Forbes argument moved into university research, public fact-checking, community advocacy, and an adopted municipal resolution.

  1. 01ForbesOriginal analysis
  2. 02MichiganPolicy research
  3. 03Public useFacts & advocacy
  4. 04EasthamptonCity resolution

Also cited by the World Bank, Virginia Law Review, Rice University’s Baker Institute, and other law and policy publications.

Recent mentions

  1. Post Labor Economics · Ten Kilobytes of Nothing Substantive response
  2. California Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation · SB 1406 (McNerney) — Sales and Use Tax Law: vehicles: shell companies Legislative analysis
  3. UK House of Commons Library · Data centres: planning policy, sustainability, and resilience Parliamentary research

Things I've Built

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Podcasts & CLE

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Beyond the day job

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A trail camera in the Poconos, a few hundred people I'm related to, and a Triumph 1500 engine I'm modeling in CAD.