The Advanced Law & Economics Institute built on the concepts learned in our Economics Institutes for Judges, provided more in depth coverage and included advanced topics in areas such as accounting, finance, environmental economics, and scientific methodology.
Advanced technology has become a both a necessity and convenience of every day life. With those advancements, policymakers and regulators are faced with the difficult task of protecting consumers in the wake of rapid technological innovations. The AGEP Workshop on the Economics of Information, Advertising & Privacy was designed to provide Attorneys General and their … Continue reading “AGEP/PEP Workshop on the Economics of Information, Advertising, & Privacy”
The Tenth Annual Symposium on the Law & Economics of Privacy & Data Security was held at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University in Arlington, VA on June 3, 2022. The symposium featured leading voices discussing timely subjects such as privacy policy in the Biden Administration, dark patterns, and the role of … Continue reading “Tenth Annual Symposium on the Law & Economics of Privacy & Data Security”
The Henry G. Manne Program in Law & Economics Studies, a division of the Law & Economics Center (LEC) at George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School held a Research Roundtable on “Industry Self-Regulation” at Scalia Law School on Sunday, June 5 – Tuesday, June 7, 2022. The Roundtable was designed to encourage the development … Continue reading “Research Roundtable on Industry Self-Regulation”
Long lasting chemicals with components that break down very slowly over time, many widely used, fall under the category known as PFAS — per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. PFAS chemicals have been the subject of controversial tort litigation for several years now, testing the limits of our scientific understanding, the rigors of the scientific method in … Continue reading “PFAS and the Regulatory State: Emerging Liabilities Under CERCLA and RCRA”
The Bar Harbor Colloquium was held from Sunday, June 19 to Friday, June 24, 2022, at the Harborside Hotel & Marina in Bar Harbor, Maine.
The Public Law, Economics, and Policy Institute was a three-day educational program that helped state Solicitors General improve their understanding of the basic economic principles often found at the heart of legal and public policy disputes. Through interactive, classroom-style lectures, Institute participants received a solid grounding in economic concepts and methods and learned how these … Continue reading “Public Law, Economics, & Policy Institute for Solicitors General”
The Workshop for Law Professors on Teaching Capitalism was a five-day program that deepened law professors understanding of the fundamentals of capitalism, educated the participants in methods and techniques for teaching about capitalism as a stand-alone course in their own law schools, and helped guide these professors in ways to integrate lessons learned from capitalism … Continue reading “Law Professors Workshop on Teaching Capitalism”
Public Law: Economic Concepts and Cases focused on the application of economic concepts to numerous areas of public law. Topics for discussion included market imperfections; taxation; risk and cost-benefit analysis; employment and labor law; crime and punishment; environmental policy; economic liberties; climate change and public nuisance; and political speech. The course format included a mixture of … Continue reading “Public Law: Economic Concepts and Cases”
This past year, it has been a hotter and more controversial than normal term at the Supreme Court of the United States. In fact, because there are so many controversial cases touching social issues, the significant developments for civil justice that occurred this past term will get lost (if covered at all) in other “Supreme … Continue reading “Civil Justice Review of the Supreme Court’s 2021-2022 Term”
