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11 Mar 2012, 10:08 pm by Walter Olson
More appreciations of Bill Stuntz crimlaw book [Leon Neyfakh, Boston Globe, Stephen Smith and Jonathan Jacobs, Liberty and Law] Changes in court rules could curb Philadelphia’s allure for mass tort forum-shoppers [Alison Frankel, Reuters] “Further Empirical Evidence on Forum Shopping in Philadelphia Civil Courts” [Josh Wright, earlier] Coming: federal authority over private firms’ IT-security departments? [read post]
13 Nov 2011, 10:13 am by Adam Thierer
On Friday, both Josh Wright and I spoke on a panel at the Michigan State University’s conference on “Governance of Social Media. [read post]
23 Jan 2019, 9:01 pm by Jim Sedor
Grant Mitchell, Terry Mercer Lobbied Most” by Samantha Wright Allen for Hill Times California: “Former California Lawmaker Registers as a Lobbyist After #MeToo Investigation” by Sophia Bollag for Sacramento Bee Connecticut: “$97 Million of Influence: Lobbyists are fixtures at the Capitol, pushing their message amid rules on gifts, perks, receptions” by Josh Kovner for Hartford Courant Florida: “Lawsuit Seeks to Nullify Beckham Stadium… [read post]
24 Jun 2019, 2:55 am by Walter Olson
Josh Hawley (R-MO)’s bill to require the largest social media firms to obtain certification of their political balance from the FTC, on pain of making them liable for all content posted by users, met with hail of dead cats from knowledgeable observers [Elliot Harmon/EFF, John Samples/Cato and more, Cathy Gellis, Joshua Wright thread, Eric Goldman, Raffi Malkonian on retroactivity and more, Elizabeth Nolan Brown/Reason] Related: Daphne Keller (“Build Your Own… [read post]
9 Dec 2011, 5:12 am by Geoffrey Manne
Verret, and Josh Wright are among the most insightful law & economics thinkers I know. [read post]
15 Oct 2009, 9:15 am
Confirmed participants thus far (with a number of pending invites) include: Dennis Carlton (Chicago GSB) Dan Crane (Michigan Law) Herbert Hovenkamp (Iowa) Einer Elhauge (Harvard) Luke Froeb (Vanderbilt) Andrew Gavil (Howard) Thom Lambert (Missouri) Geoff Manne (LECG) Steve Salop (Georgetown) Joseph Simons (Paul Weiss) Danny Sokol (Florida) Josh Wright (George Mason) Paul Yde (Freshfields) [read post]
15 Sep 2017, 2:25 pm by Amanda L. Wait
Josh Wright, a former FTC commissioner, said he was “sympathetic to the view that the U.S. antitrust agencies ought to do more in the way of substantively meaningful closing statements as frequently as possible,” and that, in his view, “those statements are most valuable when the proposed acquisition raises novel or close calls of antitrust law. [read post]
15 Sep 2017, 2:25 pm by Amanda L. Wait and Emma Lewis
Josh Wright, a former FTC commissioner, said he was “sympathetic to the view that the U.S. antitrust agencies ought to do more in the way of substantively meaningful closing statements as frequently as possible,” and that, in his view, “those statements are most valuable when the proposed acquisition raises novel or close calls of antitrust law. [read post]
20 Dec 2013, 6:15 am by admin
  Winners will be invited to attend the Gala Dinner on March 25 in Washington DC in presence of Bill Kovacic, Doug Ginsburg, Josh Wright, Fred Jenny and Andreas Mundt. [read post]
22 May 2010, 5:41 am by Jeff Lipshaw
  The thesis is that this change required "collective intelligence," the plausible conjecture that innovation occurs when ideas cross-fertilize, and that such cross-fertilization is more likely when people were or are "swapping things and thoughts" (per Brian Arthur of the Santa Fe Institute).I'm not sure if it's a point to make in opposition to this, or if the two concepts can be harmonized (I think they can), but Josh Wright at Truth on the… [read post]
29 Aug 2011, 9:44 am by Walter Olson
” [Eric Felten/WSJ, AW, PoL, Trevor Burrus/Cato] Dear NYT contributor Bakan: getting your kids’ attention may not require overthrowing world corporate economy [Nancy French, NR "Home Front"] “West Memphis Three” freed [Damon Root, Greenfield] Forest Labs case: after outcry, feds drop effort to force firing of drug company CEO not charged with wrongdoing [WSJ, WLF] Background: Charles Hooper & David Henderson, Hoover (”The FDA’s War on… [read post]
22 Aug 2008, 11:35 am
(HT Josh Wright)See my previous post: What Are The Goals of Antitrust Law? [read post]
14 Sep 2007, 9:24 pm
Perhaps, but as Josh Wright argued here in response to a post of mine about consumer irrationality, such explanations don't satisfy unless we've got a theory explaining why competitors don't compete away the "irrationality premium. [read post]
24 May 2011, 8:44 pm by uwlegalscholarship
Confirmed panelists include Maurice Stucke (University of Tennessee), Steve Salop (Georgetown University), Avishalom Tor (Haifa University), and Josh Wright (George Mason University). [read post]
21 Apr 2011, 9:16 am by Walter Olson
Not so fast, buster [Josh Wright, TotM] Left-tilting legal academy? [read post]
7 Jan 2011, 5:45 am by Walter Olson
” [Point of Law, Bainbridge] Fourth Circuit revives CSX fraud suit against asbestos lawyers [Dan Fisher, Forbes] “Asbestos defendants want automatic access to info in bankruptcy trusts” [Chamber-backed LNL] Creation of noncompliant consumer financial product is a criminal offense under Dodd-Frank [Josh Wright, TotM] Man sues over seeing contestants eat rats on NBC reality show “Fear Factor” [six years ago on Overlawyered] Tags: asbestos,… [read post]
13 Jun 2018, 9:01 pm by Jim Sedor
Campaign Finance Colorado: “Federal Judge Finds Portions of Colorado’s Campaign Finance Complaint Process Are Unconstitutional in Ruling Likely to Prompt Big Change” by Jesse Paul for Denver Post North Carolina: “Digital Ad Disclosure Bill Squeaks Past Key House Panel” by Laura Leslie for WRAL Elections National: “Republican Voters Embrace Trump-Style Candidates” by Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns (New York Times) for WRAL California: “Radical Plan… [read post]
10 Nov 2011, 6:07 am by Walter Olson
” [@Popehat] “Chicago’s View on the Future of Law and Economics” [Josh Wright] Vanderbilt Law Review publishes tributes to Prof. [read post]
23 Sep 2009, 5:00 am
(HT: Calculated Risk) Via Josh Wright at Truth On The Market, "This American Life" on price-fixing, including an interview with Kurt Eichenwald, author of the Informant, the book (now movie) about the Archers Daniel Midland price-fixing conspiracy. [read post]
12 Feb 2010, 5:25 am by JA Hodnicki
Participants (and links to their posts) are below: Andy Novakovic (Cornell - Agriculture and Applied Economics) Kyle Stiegert (University of Wisconsin, Agriculture and Applied Economics) Scott Kieff (GW Law), Geoff Manne (Lewis & Clark Law), and Josh Wright (George Mason Law) Peter Carstensen (University of Wisconsin Law) Mike Sykuta (Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia) Jeff Harrison (University of Florida Levin College of Law) Ron Cass… [read post]