# kaal:claim:2834531-009

**Claim.** Because technological transition is becoming a permanent state rather than an episode, rulemakers' inability to address the regulatory issues created by disruptive innovation will generate high levels of legal uncertainty and inconsistency.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- age of continuous disruptive innovation
- existing rulemaking framework

**Source quote.**

> technological transition is going to be a permanent state in the age of disruptive innovation, rulemakers' inability to address regulatory issues associated with disruptive innovation will likely generate high levels of legal uncertainty and inconsistency

**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 13

**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.** uncertainty from permanent transition  (family: definitional-ambiguity)

**Topics.** law-and-legal-systems, innovation, dynamic-regulation

**Keywords.** legal-uncertainty, permanent-transition, innovation-chilling, rulemaking

**Related claims.**

- restates: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2808132-014
- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2740477-012
- restates: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2740477-013

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