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
All writing ›- Mar 17 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...
- Feb 6 I Built a System That Reads the Fine Print of 969 Corporate Legal Documents. Here's What They Say.By Andrew Leahey
- Apr 4 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 ...
- Jul 20 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’...
- Nov 14 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
Full 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.
- 01ForbesOriginal analysis
- 02MichiganPolicy research
- 03Public useFacts & advocacy
- 04EasthamptonCity resolution
Also cited by the World Bank, Virginia Law Review, Rice University’s Baker Institute, and other law and policy publications.
Recent mentions
- Oct 2026 Post Labor Economics · Ten Kilobytes of Nothing Substantive response
- Jun 2026 California Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation · SB 1406 (McNerney) — Sales and Use Tax Law: vehicles: shell companies Legislative analysis
- May 2026 UK House of Commons Library · Data centres: planning policy, sustainability, and resilience Parliamentary research
Things I've Built
All projects ›Podcasts & CLE
All episodes ›Beyond the day job
The family tree ›A trail camera in the Poconos, a few hundred people I'm related to, and a Triumph 1500 engine I'm modeling in CAD.
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Trailcam — Some of our favourite visitors
January 2026
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Poconos Trail Cam Compilation
September 2024
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Black Bear Yearling Rolling Through
May 2024
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Triumph 1500 Engine CAD
An ongoing model and workshop study
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The Family Tree Documented, with sources
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Pine Barrens Field Notes People, places, and strange stories