Henry G. Manne Program in Law & Economics 2026

16th Annual Henry G. Manne Faculty Forum

“Vested Rights, Public Regulation, and the
Communications Franchise”
Gerald L. Adams III, Assistant Professor of Law, George Mason University
Antonin Scalia Law School

“The Promise and Perils of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Criminal Justice”
Erin Meyers Matsick, Assistant Professor of Law, George Mason University
Antonin Scalia Law School

“Establishing the Religious Corporation: Churches, Religious
Disestablishment, and Consent”
Lael Weinberger, Assistant Professor of Law, George Mason University
Antonin Scalia Law School

Second Annual DC Law and Economics Workshop

“The Scope of Silence: Public Perceptions of Non-Disclosure Agreements
in Settlements”
Gilat J. Bachar, Associate Professor of Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law

“City of Shame: Crime Signaling and Inverse Deterrence in a Weak State ”
Kulsoom Hisam, Assistant Professor of Economics, St. Olaf College

“Mass Criminalization and Limited Government Liability”
Erin Meyers Matsick, Assistant Professor of Law, George Mason University
Antonin Scalia Law School

“Beyond Exclusion: Epistemic Nudging in the Courtroom”
Gustavo Ribeiro, Associate Professor, American University Washington College of Law

George Mason Law Review 29th Annual Antitrust Symposium

“The Robinson-Patman Act: America’s Anti-Competition Statute”
Alden Abbot, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Satyajeet Marar, Research Fellow, Mercatus Center at George Mason University

“Should Antitrust Pursue Multiple Policy Goals?”
Brian C. Albrecht, Chief Economist, International Center for Law & Economics
Erik Hovenkamp, Professor of Law, Cornell Law School

“Burn It Down: How Annhilation Narratives and Tactics Degrade the U.S. Antitrust System”
William E. Kovacic, Global Competition Professor of Law and Policy, Professor of
Law, and Director, Competition Law Center, The George Washington University
Law School

“Monopoly v Monopoly: Price-Taking Monopolists and the Misdirection of Section 2″
Nicolas Petit, Visiting Professor of Law, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law
School; Chair in European Competition Law, European University Institute