The pervasiveness and broad sweep of NEPA and other federal (and state) permitting requirements have long been the subject of criticism by commercial developers and even average property owners engaged in small-scale development projects. They claim that the costs in time, money, and other resources that permitting schemes’ procedural and substantive restrictions impose unreasonable and … Continue reading “Do NEPA and Other Permitting Requirements Doom Green Energy and Infrastructure Plans?”
The Public Law, Economics, and Policy Institute was a six-day educational program that helped state Attorneys General, Solicitors General, and their staff attorneys 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 … Continue reading “Public Law, Economics, & Policy Institute”
The Research Roundtable on Public Nuisance was a part of a new Public Nuisance Litigation project and commissioned six original research papers from leading experts at universities around the country to: Analyze the flawed legal reasoning that has led to the public nuisance doctrine’s expansion; Detail the economic and due process harms associated with penalizing … Continue reading “Research Roundtable on Public Nuisance”
The LEC Workshop for Law Professors on the Introduction to the Economics of Information, Privacy, and Data Security introduced law professors to the economics of information, including concepts such as search costs, adverse selection, signaling, and screening. The program covered the economics of privacy, data security, and online advertising, as well as an understanding of how … Continue reading “LEC Workshop for Law Professors on the Introduction to the Economics of Information, Privacy, and Data Security”
The Beaver Creek Colloquium was held from Sunday, June 6 to Saturday, June 12, 2021, at Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort and Spa in Beaver Creek, Colorado.
Advanced technology has become both a necessity and convenience of everyday 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 staff an … Continue reading “AGEP Workshop on the Economics of Information, Advertising, & Privacy”
The Ninth Annual PEP Symposium on the Law & Economics of Privacy & Data Security took place at the Antonin Scalia Law School on June 10, 2021. The symposium included a fireside chat with FTC Commissioner, Noah Phillips, and Jon Fasman, the U.S. Digital Editor for The Economist, who discussed his new book We See … Continue reading “Ninth Annual Symposium on the Law & Economics of Privacy & Data Security”
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 … Continue reading “Public Law: Economic Concepts and Cases”
The Judicial Seminar on American Law and the Political Economy of Economic Freedom is a NEW 2021 offering from the Law & Economics Center at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School. Against the backdrop of fundamental principles regarding the maintenance of economic freedom, the proper limits of government authority, and capitalism unhindered by arbitrary … Continue reading “Judicial Seminar on American Law and the Political Economy of Economic Freedom”
The Law & Economics Center at the George Mason University Scalia Law School has embarked on a three-year project—the “Capitalism and Rule of Law Project”— offering a comprehensive set of programs, across all of its divisions, to defend the economics and law of capitalism. The project will educate and awaken key legal and policy decisionmakers … Continue reading “Research Roundtable on Capitalism & the Rule of Law”
