Program Description: As a follow-up to last year’s Research Roundtable on Austrian Law & Economics, this program intends to prompt the discussion and exchange of ideas on those ideas related to and included in Austrian Law and Economics. Using a broad definition, we intend to explore Austrian Economics, dynamic competition, subjectivism, the rule of law, … Continue reading “Research Roundtable on Austrian Law & Economics”
Program Description: This policy institute will focus on the role of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in relation to state attorneys general. Keynote speakers include Julie Brill, Commissionser, Federal Trade Commission and Steve Antonakes, CFPB Deputy DIrector. Panels will go in-depth on Mortgage Lending Initiatives, Fair Lending, Arbitration, Reverse Mortgages, and Prepaid Cards. We … Continue reading “Third Annual Public Policy Institute, “Financial Services Regulation””
Program Description: Please join the Law & Economics Center at George Mason University School of Law for a full day of informative sessions onUnderstanding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Panels will include prominent practitioners, academics, and CFPB representatives. Topics include an Overview of the CFPB; CFBP Mortgage Lending Initiatives; Fair Lending; Arbitration; and CFPB … Continue reading “Understanding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau”
Program Description: The last decade has seen an incredible rise to prominence of online search and social media services. These new industries present a unique set of issues to regulators and state attorneys general. Understanding the technology and economics of search and social networks is necessary to facilitate sensible policies in this area. The Public … Continue reading “Public Policy Conference on Competition, Search, and Social Media”
Program Description: Search and social media are ubiquitous in everyday life, and increasingly , are the focus of competition policy discussions. Understanding the law and economics underlying search and social networks is necessary to facilitate sensible competition policy in this area. The Third Annual Conference on Competition Policy in Search and Social Media sought to … Continue reading “Third Annual LEC Conference on Competition Policy in Search and Social Media”
Program Description: The Workshop for Law Professors on Empirical Methods is designed to teach law professors the conceptual and practical skills required to (1) understand and evaluate others’ empirical studies, and (2) design and implement their own empirical studies. Participants are not expected to have background in statistical knowledge or empirical skills prior to enrollment. … Continue reading “LEC Workshop for Law Professors on Empirical Methods”
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 include the role of the state attorneys general in enforcing privacy laws and a discussion of … Continue reading “Public Policy Conference, “The Law & Economics of Privacy and Data Security””
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 include the role of the state attorneys general in enforcing privacy laws and a discussion of … Continue reading “LEC Public Policy Conference, The Law & Economics of Privacy and Data Security”
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 “Fourth Annual Manne Faculty Forum”
Program Description: The Law & Economics Center at George Mason University School of Law held a Research Roundtable on Law’s Information Revolution as part of the LEC’s Project on Legal Services Reform. Seeking to promote work on legal innovation, legal education, law firms, and legal regulation, the following papers, which examinine the effect of advances in … Continue reading “LEC Research Roundtable on Law’s Information Revolution”
