Workshop on the Economics of Environmental Law & Policy Judges explored a specific, substantive legal area in a lecture format designed to create interaction among participants. Attendance was limited to 20 judges. Instructors: Jonathan H. Adler, JD, Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law; Director, Center for Business Law and Regulation, Case Western Reserve University School … Continue reading “Workshop on the Economics of Environmental Law & Policy”
General Counsel of the US Treasury Brent McIntosh (nominee to be Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs), participated in a one-hour armchair discussion with Thomas P. Vartanian, Founder and Executive Director of the Financial Regulation & Technology Institute and Antonin Scalia Law School Professor. If the Senate confirms his nomination, McIntosh will become … Continue reading “Meet the Policymakers Forum – Brent McIntosh”
From credit cards to mobile apps to social media sites, mandatory arbitration clauses that require users to resolve disputes through private arbitration instead of lawsuits have become ubiquitous. Fans, including many businesses, say they reduce the cost and increase the speed of settling legal claims, which benefits both parties. That’s why Congress enacted the Federal … Continue reading “Congress, the Courts, and Consumer Arbitration”
Program Description: The Manne Faculty Forum is an annual Roundtable, held in September, where junior tenure-track faculty at George Mason University School of Law present draft papers for comment, discussion, and critique by senior faculty at the law school. Each author also invites one other discussant of their choice to participate. Following the Forum, the authors … Continue reading “Ninth Annual Manne Faculty Forum”
The Economics Institute is a three and a half day educational program that helps AG staff attorneys improve their understanding of the basic economic principles often found at the heart of legal and public policy disputes. During the September Institute and through interactive, classroom-style lectures, the participants received a solid grounding in economic concepts and … Continue reading “AGEP Economics Institute”
The George Mason University Program on Financial Regulation & Technology and the Antonin Scalia Law School’s Financial Services Regulation Law Concentration held a live webinar on the financial and regulatory issues raised by the proposed Libra virtual currency, sponsored by Facebook and over two dozen other financial and technology companies on September 25, 2019. Facebook … Continue reading “Libra – New Dimensions for Money? (Webinar)”
Consumer protection in the modern economy is built on a foundation that includes common law tort, government regulation, and competitive marketplace pressures. Each of these institutions must perform efficiently if they are to protect consumer welfare adequately while enabling innovation and promoting choice. The Law & Economics Center’s Symposium on the Law & Economics of … Continue reading “Symposium on the Law & Economics of Consumer Protection”
The Law & Economics Center at George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School held a LEC Workshop for Law Professors on Austrian Law & Economics, at the beginning of October 2019. The goal of the Workshop was to provide law professors basic tools for understanding the Austrian school and a sense of how they might … Continue reading “LEC Workshop for Law Professors on Austrian Law & Economics”
Many states are currently pursuing the decriminalization and/or legalization of medical and recreational marijuana use. This presents new challenges and opportunities for prosecutors, regulators, and law enforcement officials in areas of enforcement, consumer protection, and public health. The LEC’s Symposium on the Law & Economics of Marijuana Legalization examined the fundamentals of the marijuana economy … Continue reading “Symposium on the Law & Economics of Marijuana Legalization”
In the wake of the 2007 housing market crash, Congress created the Federal Housing Finance Authority (FHFA) to supervise Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored lending agencies that are supposed to provide stability and liquidity to the mortgage market. Almost immediately, the Authority announced its plans to take over the two mortgage giants and … Continue reading “Meet the Policymakers Forum – Dr. Mark A. Calabria”
