Curriculum Vitae
Last updated May 2026. This page is generated from the same data that drives the site, so it reflects current state.
Positions
- Professor of Law, University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law
- Commissioner, New Hampshire Commission to Study Stable Tokens (HB 310)
- Director, Program on Organizations, Business and Markets, NYU School of Law Classical Liberal Institute
- Chair, Law Faculty Section, Academic Engagement Network
- Fellow, Faculty of Law, Haifa Center for Law and Technology
Education
- J.D., with honors, University of Chicago Law School
- B.A., magna cum laude, University of Florida
Bar Admissions
- New Hampshire
- California
- District of Columbia
Teaching Honors
- University Excellence in Teaching Award (2024)
- Center for Teaching Excellence Inclusive Teaching Award (2021)
- Presidential Scholarship Award (2019)
Books
- Business Associations: Law in Theory and Practice (Aspen Press, forthcoming 2027) (companion site)
- Law and Governance: How Law Makes, Supports, and Weakens Governance
- Judgment Proof: The Reign of the Safety Machine versus the Recovery of Human Wisdom
- Protecting Trade Secrets (Carolina Academic Press, 2026) (publisher) (companion site)
- Contract Law: Rules, Cases, and Problems (Carolina Academic Press, 2025) (publisher) (companion site)
- Questions & Answers: Business Associations (Carolina Academic Press, 2024) with Douglas M. Branson and John T. Rice (publisher)
- A History of Financial Technology and Regulation: From American Incorporation to Cryptocurrency and Crowdfunding (Cambridge University Press, 2022) (publisher)
Articles
- Seth C. Oranburg, Legitimate University Governance, Dartmouth L. Rev. (forthcoming 2026). [SSRN]
- Seth C. Oranburg, Why I Am Not a Zionist, Shofar (forthcoming 2026).
- Seth C. Oranburg, Speech, Conduct, and the Coddling of the American Faculty, 78 Mercer L. Rev. (forthcoming 2026).
- Seth C. Oranburg, "Private" Governance Is Actually a Club Good (forthcoming 2026). [SSRN]
- Seth C. Oranburg, The Wrong Plaintiff: Contract Damages Versus Network Expulsion and the Collapse of Distributed Governance (forthcoming 2026). [SSRN]
- Seth C. Oranburg, Exclusive Inclusion (forthcoming 2026). [SSRN]
- Seth C. Oranburg, Crosstagion: The GENIUS Act, CLARITY, and the OCC-CFTC-SEC Gap in Bidirectional Stablecoin Contagion (forthcoming 2026). [SSRN]
- Seth C. Oranburg, Replacing Howey with CLARITY: Resolving Securities Regulation's Temporal Paradox, Rev. Banking & Fin. L. (forthcoming 2026). [SSRN]
- Seth C. Oranburg & Anat Alon-Beck, Musk's OpenAI and Warren Clashes to Steer AI Governance's Future, Bloomberg Law (2025). [full text]
- Seth C. Oranburg, Delaware's Corporate Law Reform Would Fortify Stable Governance, Bloomberg Law (2025). [full text]
- Seth C. Oranburg, Collective Phronesis in Equity Crowdfunding: Structuring Financial Regulation for Practical Wisdom (2025). [SSRN]
- Seth C. Oranburg, From Anti-Bad to Pro-Good: Legal Architecture for Collective Phronesis (2025). [SSRN]
- Seth C. Oranburg, Right to Not Work: Why (Some) Unions Are Anti-Religion, 19 FIU L. Rev. (2025). [SSRN] [full text]
- Seth C. Oranburg, Beyond the Ivory Tower: Confronting Antisemitism, Anti-Zionism, and Free Speech Through Firsthand Observation and Engagement, AEN Research Paper No. 7 (2025). [full text]
- Seth C. Oranburg, Valuing Uncertain Trade Secrets: Epistemic Boundaries of the Reasonable Royalties Remedy (forthcoming 2025).
- Seth C. Oranburg, A Systems Approach: Teaching Intellectual Property in Our Interconnected World (forthcoming 2025). [SSRN]
- Seth C. Oranburg, Market Power and Governance Power: New Tools for Antitrust Enforcement in the Decentralized Gig Economy, Competition Pol'y Int'l (2025). [full text]
- Seth C. Oranburg, Function Over Form: Toward a Safe Harbor Framework for DeFi Regulation of Utility Tokens, 86 La. L. Rev. (2025). [SSRN]
- Seth C. Oranburg, The GENIUS Dilemma: Innovation Versus Antifraud in Stablecoin Regulation, 9 Stan. J. Blockchain L. & Pol'y (online 2025; print forthcoming Summer 2026). [SSRN]
- Seth C. Oranburg, Beyond 'Crypto': Reclaiming Congressional Authority Over Financial Risk Governance (2024). [SSRN]
- Seth C. Oranburg, University Disentanglement: Toward a Theory of University Governance (2024). [SSRN]
- Seth C. Oranburg, Advanced Online Continuing Legal Education, 72 J. Legal Educ. (2024). [SSRN]
- Seth C. Oranburg, Antitrust Law for Blockchain Technology, 49 J. Corp. L. 379 (2024). [full text]
- Seth C. Oranburg, Machines and Contractual Intent (2022). [SSRN]
- Seth C. Oranburg, Social Media and Democracy after the Capitol Riot, or, A Cautionary Tale of the Giant Goldfish, 73 Mercer L. Rev. (2022).
- Seth C. Oranburg, The Unintended Consequences of Mandatory ESG Disclosures, 77 Bus. Law. 697 (2022). [full text]
- Seth C. Oranburg & Liya Palagashvili, Transaction Cost Economics, Labor Law, and the Gig Economy, 50 J. Legal Stud. S219 (2021). [SSRN]
- Seth C. Oranburg & Benjamin P. Kahn, Online Onboarding: Corporate Governance Training in the COVID-19 Era, 2 Ariz. St. U. Corp. & Bus. L.J. 1 (2021). [SSRN]
- Seth C. Oranburg, Distance Education in the Time of Coronavirus: Quick and Easy Strategies for Professors (2020). [SSRN]
- Seth C. Oranburg & David D. Tamasy, Corporations Hybrid: A COVID Case Study on Innovation in Business Law Pedagogy, 56 Willamette L. Rev. 363 (2020). [SSRN]
- Seth C. Oranburg, Encouraging Entrepreneurship and Innovation through Regulatory Democratization (2020). [SSRN]
- Seth C. Oranburg, Securities Regulation and Social Media, 52 Loy. U. Chi. L.J. (2020). [SSRN]
- Seth C. Oranburg, Do Female Investors Support Female Entrepreneurs? An Empirical Analysis of Angel Investor Behavior (2019). [SSRN]
- Seth C. Oranburg & Liya Palagashvili, Balancing Flexibility and Rigidity: Do Unions Make Sense in the On-Demand Economy?, in The "Fissured" Workplace (Cambridge Univ. Press).
- Seth C. Oranburg, Unbundling Employment: Flexible Benefits for the Gig Economy, 11 Drex. L. Rev. 1 (2019). [SSRN]
- Seth C. Oranburg, Start-Up Financing 2.0 (book chapter). [SSRN]
- Mark Geiger & Seth C. Oranburg, Female Entrepreneurs and Equity Crowdfunding in the US: Receiving Less When Asking for More, 10 J. Bus. Venturing Insights (2018). [SSRN]
- Seth C. Oranburg, Hyperfunding: Regulating Financial Innovations, 89 U. Colo. L. Rev. 1033 (2018). [SSRN] [full text]
- Seth C. Oranburg, A Place of Their Own: Crowds in the New Market for Equity Crowdfunding, 100 Minn. L. Rev. Headnotes 147 (2016).
- Seth C. Oranburg, Democratizing Startups, 68 Rutgers U. L. Rev. 101313 (2016). [SSRN]
- Seth C. Oranburg, A Little Birdie Said: How Twitter Is Disrupting Shareholder Activism, 20 Fordham J. Corp. & Fin. L. 695 (2015). [SSRN]
- Seth C. Oranburg, Bridgefunding: Crowdfunding and the Market for Entrepreneurial Finance, 25 Cornell J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 397 (2015). [SSRN]
Op-Eds & Public Commentary
- End the Crypto Culture Wars with CLARITY, Washington Reporter (May 14, 2026) [perma]
- Local Municipalities Weaponize Bureaucracy Against Prayer, Daily Caller (April 19, 2026) [link]
- Two Jews, Three Opinions on Campus Antisemitism, Daily Signal (February 28, 2026) [link]
- Rebranded DEI Offices Won't Ensure Religious Liberty, Washington Examiner (February 26, 2026) [perma]
- Big Banks Destroying Digital Dollars, The Center Square (February 6, 2026) [link]
- This Veteran's Day, Keep America's Builders Working, The Center Square (November 10, 2025) [perma]
- Truman-Era Securities Ruling That Governs Crypto Needs an Update, Bloomberg Law (October 27, 2025) [perma]
- The Golden Rule of Democracy: No Murder, Washington Examiner (October 1, 2025) [perma]
- GENIUS Act Revives Civil War-Era Banking Problem for States, Bloomberg Law (August 18, 2025) [perma]
- Crypto Decentralization Era Takes Shape as CLARITY Act Advances, Bloomberg Law (July 21, 2025) [perma]
- CLARITY Now: Congress Must Bring Truth to Crypto Markets, Daily Caller (June 21, 2025) [perma]
Podcast Appearances
Practice
- Venture finance and emerging-company law, Fenwick & West LLP, Silicon Valley
- Antitrust law, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Washington, D.C.