Catherine M. Sharkey

Publications

• Insurance and the Law of Artificial Intelligence
  Connecticut Insurance Law Journal · 2026
• Public Health and Safety Nuisances Per Se
  74 DEPAUL L. REV. 667 (2025) · DePaul Law Review · 2025
• AI and the Regulatory Paradigm Shift at the FDA
  72 DUKE L.J. 86 (2022) · Duke Law Journal · 2022
• Products Liability in the Digital Age: Online Platforms as “Cheapest Cost Avoiders”
  73 UC L.J. 1327 (2022) · UC Law Journal · 2022
• AI for Retrospective Review
  8 BELMONT L. REV. (2021) · Belmont Law Review · 2021
• Valuing Black and Female Lives: A Proposal for Incorporating Agency VSL into Tort Damages
  96 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1479 (2021) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2021
• Field Preemption: Opening the “Gates of Escape” from Tort Law
  50 J. LEGAL STUD. (2021) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2021
• Public Nuisance as Modern Business Tort: A New Unified Framework for Liability for Economic Harms
  70 DEPAUL L. REV. 431 (2021) · DePaul Law Review · 2021
• Holding Amazon Liable as a Seller of Defective Goods: A Convergence of Cultural and Economic Perspectives
  Northwestern University Law Review · 2020
• The Opioid Litigation: The FDA is MIA
  124 DICK. L. REV. 669 (2020) · Dickinson Law Review (2017-Present) · 2020

• Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: The FDA's Dual Role as Safety and Health Information Regulator
  68 DEPAUL L. REV. (2019) · DePaul Law Review · 2019
• Cutting in on the <i>Chevron</i> Two-Step
  86 FORDHAM L. REV. 2359 (2018) · Fordham Law Review · 2018
• The Anti-Deference Pro-Preemption Paradox at the U.S. Supreme Court: The Business Community Weighs In
  67 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 805 (2017) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 2017
• Can Data Breach Claims Survive the Economic Loss Rule?
  66 DEPAUL L. REV. (2017) · DePaul Law Review · 2017
• The Administrative State and the Common Law: Regulatory Substitutes or Complements?
  65 EMORY L.J. 1705 (2016) · Emory Law Journal · 2016
• The Remains of the Citadel (Economic Loss Rule in Products Cases)
  100 MINN. L. REV. 1845 (2016) · Minnesota Law Review · 2016
• The BP Oil Spill Settlements, Classwide Punitive Damages, and Societal Deterrence
  64 DEPAUL L. REV. (2015) · DePaul Law Review · 2015
• Panel 2: Tort “Reform” and Its Impact on the Development of U.S. Law
  Emory Law Journal · 2015
• Against Categorical Preemption: Vaccines and the Compensation Piece of the Preemption Puzzle
  61 DEPAUL L. REV. 643 (2014) · DePaul Law Review · 2014
• The Vicissitudes of Tort: A Response to Professors Rabin, Sebok & Zipursky
  60 DEPAUL L. REV. 695 (2014) · DePaul Law Review · 2014
• Agency Coordination in Consumer Protection
  2013 U. CHI. LEGAL F. (2013) · University of Chicago Legal Forum · 2013
• The Future of Classwide Punitive Damages
  46 U. MICH. J. L. REFORM 1127 (2013) · University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform · 2013
• Inside Agency Preemption
  110 MICH. L. REV. 521 (2012) · Michigan Law Review · 2012

• Federalism Accountability: “Agency-Forcing” Measures
  58 DUKE L.J. 2125 (2009) · Duke Law Journal · 2009
• Trespass Torts and Self-Help for an Electronic Age
  44 TULSA L. REV. 677 (2009) · Tulsa Law Review · 2009
• Federalism in Action: FDA Regulatory Preemption in Pharmaceutical Cases in State Versus Federal Courts
  15 J. L. & POL'Y (2008) · Journal of Law and Policy · 2008
• Drug Advertising Claims: Preemption's New Frontier
  41 LOY. L. A. L. REV. 1625 (2008) · Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review · 2008
• What Riegel Portends for FDA Preemption of State Law Products Liability Claims
  Northwestern University Law Review · 2008
• What Riegel Portends for FDA Preemption of State Law Products Liability Claims (Part II)
  Northwestern University Law Review · 2008
• Preemption by Preamble: Federal Agencies and the Federalization of Tort Law
  56 DEPAUL L. REV. 227 (2007) · DePaul Law Review · 2007
• Revisiting the Noninsurable Costs of Accidents
  64 MD. L. REV. 409 (2005) · Maryland Law Review · 2005
• Punitive Damages as Societal Damages
  113 YALE L.J. 347 (2003) · Yale Law Journal · 2003

• Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Is Blind Faith in Incapacitation Justified?
  105 YALE L.J. 1433 (1996) · Yale Law Journal · 1996