Program Description: The AGEP Economics Institute is a three and a half day program that addresses the fundamental issues often at the heart of legal disputes and provides Attorneys General and their staff with a solid grounding in economics, statistics, and the scientific method. The program includes the analysis of numerous court cases and emphasizes … Continue reading “AGEP Economics Institute”
Fourth Annual Henry G. Manne Law & Economics Conference Program Description: The one-day symposium featured a comprehensive analysis of the history and economics of consumer credit and its regulation in America, with commentary from leading economists, law professors, and policy-makers. Panels focused on policy and contemporary debates as well as economic and legal perspectives. Research papers … Continue reading “Eleventh Annual Symposium of the Journal of Law, Economics, and Policy: A Symposium on Consumer Credit and the American Economy”
Program Description: This two and a half day program will explore the economics and legal issues of the pharmaceutical industry and discuss many issues of importance to states. The conference will begin with foundational lectures on the economics of pharmaceutical pricing and understanding the FDA drug approval process. Conference panels will examine pharmaceutical marketing, False Claim … Continue reading “AGEP Public Policy Conference on Federalism and the Pharmaceutical Industry”
This program will explore several major issues at the forefront of financial services regulation and litigation, with a particular focus on issues of interest to states. The first day will begin day with foundational lectures on lessons learned from the financial crisis and understanding the Dodd-Frank Act and its unintended consequences, followed by a more … Continue reading “AGEP Fifth Annual Public Policy Institute on Financial Services”
Program Description: Consumers have an incredible array of technologies and services available to them online. As these technologies have progressed, there are growing questions as to what policies are best suited to protect consumers and encourage industry innovation. Topics included the role of the state attorneys general in enforcing privacy laws and a discussion of the … Continue reading “Third Annual LEC Public Policy Conference on Privacy and Data Security”
Program Description: The AGEP Economics Institute is a three and a half day program that addresses the fundamental issues often at the heart of legal disputes and provides Attorneys General and their staff with a solid grounding in economics, statistics, and the scientific method. The program includes the analysis of numerous court cases and emphasizes … Continue reading “AGEP Economics Institute”
Program Description: This public policy conference followed on the heels of an LEC Research Roundtable where commissioned original papers had been presented on: “For-Profit Education: Economic and Historical Perspectives,” “The Accreditation Process,” “Costs of Higher Education and the Government’s Role as it Relates to Higher Education and Consumers.” The first day was an Attorneys General … Continue reading “Workshop on Higher Education and Public Policy Conference on Competition and Consumer Protection in Higher Education”
Program Description: The Attorneys General Symposium on the Economics and Law of Public Pension Reform discussed the looming financial and structural crisis facing state pensions systems across the nation. With several dozen states adopting modest to major reforms, the economic impact on plan beneficiaries will be substantial, and at least twenty-five jurisdictions are facing lawsuits … Continue reading “AGEP Symposium on the Economics and Law of Public Pension Reform”
The symposium focused on the unique challenges in competition and antitrust law arising from and existing within the interconnectedness of jurisdictions around the world. Panels discussed the intersection of antitrust and privacy regulations, the global Google investigations, GUPPIs and a Safe Harbor standard, and extraterritoriality concerns. Expert panelists and speakers presented viewpoints of both domestic … Continue reading “George Mason Law Review 19th Annual Antitrust Symposium: Antitrust in an Interconnected World”
Agenda. In the wake of the global financial crisis, countries around the world have been grappling with the need to develop a modern consumer financial protection system that simultaneously protects consumers and preserves and encourages competition, choice, and innovation. Rapid technological innovation promises the development of novel consumer products and seamless payment systems, but also … Continue reading “LEC Consumer Credit Academy”
