Events

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Program Description: The goal of the Workshop for Law Professors on the Economics of Litigation and Civil Procedure was to help participants enhance their understanding of economics, broaden their analytical tools, and allow them to introduce greater economic sophistication and policy relevance to their academic work. This workshop was aimed at law professors interested in teaching … Continue reading “LEC Workshop for Law Professors on the Economics of Litigation and Civil Procedure”

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Program Description: The Obama administration’s proposed “Clean Power Plan” and the EPA’s proposed regulations under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act are perhaps the most expansive, complex and controversial environmental programs ever devised. Critics argue that the EPA has once again exceeded its authority and expanded its powers far beyond anything Congress intended. Supporters insist … Continue reading “EPA’s Proposed Regulations Under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act: Clean Power or Power Play?”

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Program Description: This symposium focused on the unique challenges in competition and antitrust law across differing global regimes. Panels discussed class actions and private actions, economics and economic evidence across differing antitrust regimes, non-competition goals in global antitrust law, and remedies and commitments across differing antitrust regimes. Expert panelists and speakers presented viewpoints of both domestic … Continue reading “George Mason Law Review 18th Annual Antitrust Symposium”

Program Description: Over the last four decades, virtually all former manufacturers of asbestos-containing thermal insulation have been forced into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Today, scores of companies that filed for bankruptcy protection due to asbestos litigation have emerged from the 524(g) bankruptcy process, leaving in their place dozens of trusts funded with tens of billions of dollars … Continue reading “Asbestos Litigation and Bankruptcy Trusts: Time for Reform?”

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Program Description: Increasingly, there is a call for competition authorities to take account of firms’ collection and use consumer data—conduct that has been the primary province of consumer protection—when reviewing mergers or conduct. For example, although the Facebook-WhatsApp, Google-Nest, and Oracle-Datalogix mergers raised no traditional antitrust concerns, some argued for a new competition analysis that would … Continue reading “Briefing on Big Data, Privacy, and Antitrust”

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Program Description: The goal of the Workshop for Law Professors on Public Choice Economics was to introduce law professors to the concepts of public choice and positive political economy and how to use those concepts in their research and teaching.  The workshop was designed to be conceptual rather than technical and will be aimed at introducing … Continue reading “LEC Workshop for Law Professors on Public Choice Economics”

Program Description: Momentum is growing in Congress to enact patent legislation to address abusive patent litigation practices.  The concern is that patent licensing entities, known by the more popular term, “patent troll,” who own low-quality patents engage in deceptive practices with demand letters or exploit the high costs of patent litigation to extract nuisance settlements.  The … Continue reading “Patent Trolls: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly”

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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”