# Professor Arun Sundararajan discusses the implications of Airbnb's legal settlement with the city of San Francisco

1 Faculty News May 1, 2017 ![The New York Times Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027320.jpg?itok=W8xBr66g)>

Excerpt from [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/technology/airbnb-san-francisco-settle-registration-lawsuit.html) -- "'This is all part of a broader shift towards Airbnb taking on more regulatory responsibility,' Mr. [Sundararajan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan) said. 'It’s also first steps, over time, toward governments trusting Airbnb to assume more responsibility for regulating their hosts.'"

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