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In vast numbers of debt collection cases, defendants never appear, leading courts to routinely issue default judgments, often rubber-stamping complaints, with devastating results for defendants’ credit, employment, and housing. In this article, Professor Pamela K. Bookman explores, analyzes, and critiques the flaws in such default procedures.

AI is transforming how we live and work, but it can also be wrong, biased, and manipulative. While others have focused on technological solutions, Professor Chinmayi Sharma proposes a licensing framework that would professionalize the engineers who are building AI tech. She asks, “What if, like doctors, AI engineers also vowed to do no harm.”