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: 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”
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: 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”
The Economics Institute for Judges–the JEP’s flagship program–addressed fundamental issues that often are at the heart of legal disputes. Over a full week of intensive classroom lectures and discussions, judges were given a solid grounding in economics, finance, and scientific method. The practical relevance of these disciplines were emphasized through the analysis of numerous cases.
The Advanced Institute on Forensic Statistics covered the basics of probability, statistics, and econometrics. After this foundation was established, the instructors applied these concepts to topics in evidence, drawing examples from both criminal and civil law settings. Topics considered included the use of event studies in securities fraud cases, regression techniques in the context of … Continue reading “JEP Advanced Institute on Forensic Statistics”
The Tullock and Gunderson Families, the Law & Economics Center, and the George Mason University School of Law had a memorial service to honor the memory of Gordon Tullock, Emeritus Professor of Law at GMU School of Law. Memorial Handout
This program will explore several major issues at the forefront of financial services regulation and litigation, with a particular focus on issues of interest to states. The first day will begin day with foundational lectures on lessons learned from the financial crisis and understanding the Dodd-Frank Act and its unintended consequences, followed by a more … Continue reading “AGEP Fifth Annual Public Policy Institute on Financial Services”
The Economics Institute for Judges–the JEP’s flagship program–addressed fundamental issues that often are at the heart of legal disputes. Over a full week of intensive classroom lectures and discussions, judges were given a solid grounding in economics, finance, and scientific method. The practical relevance of these disciplines was emphasized through the analysis of numerous cases.
Program Description: The Workshop for Law Professors on Empirical Methods was 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 were not expected to have background in statistical knowledge or empirical skills prior to enrollment. Instructors … Continue reading “LEC Workshop on Empirical Methods for Law Professors”
