# kaal:claim:2834531-007

**Claim.** New regulations addressed to an innovative product can be obsolete before they are even finalized.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** asserted

**Holds when.**

- rules aimed at products subject to rapid innovation cycles

**Source quote.**

> New regulations pertaining to an innovative product could be obsolete before they are finalized.

**From.** Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, *Regulation Tomorrow What Happens When Technology Is Faster Than the Law* (2017), III. THE FACTUAL BASIS OF MODERN REGULATION, page 12

**Cite as.** Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, Regulation Tomorrow What Happens When Technology Is Faster Than the Law (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2834531

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**Failure mode.** obsolescence at promulgation  (family: regulatory-lag)

**Topics.** dynamic-regulation, innovation

**Keywords.** regulatory-obsolescence, pacing-problem, rulemaking, disruptive-innovation

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