http://www.gmu.edu/org/jlep/lectures.shtml A production of the Journal of Law, Economics & Policy at George Mason Univ. School of Law Feeder 1.4.2 http://reinventedsoftware.com/feeder/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-us Copyright 2006 JLEP admin@lawandeconomics.us admin@lawandeconomics.us Sat, 17 Mar 2007 10:22:27 -0400 Sat, 17 Mar 2007 10:22:27 -0400 http://www.lawandeconomics.us/gmulaw.jpg http://www.gmu.edu/org/jlep/lectures.shtml 105 83 Journal of Law, Economics and Policy e-commerce,cars,automobiles,caskets,wine,ken starr,george mason,law,policy,economics,journal,terrorism,sarbanes,oxley,404,regulatory,reform,regulation,terrorism no Scott Watkinson, CPA, JD Candidate 2007 admin@lawandeconomics.us http://www.lawandeconomics.us/rss.xml no Until recently, online casinos operated outside of the reach of the United States Government. Now, in an innovative effort at law making, Congress has charged banks and other financial institutions with preventing the operation of online casinos in the US market. By requiring banks to shun transactions from gambling sites, Congress hopes to cut off the interaction between sites and their customers on US soil. Whether this will be successful is unknown. This discussion will explore what the new regulations will do to both the banking and gaming industries. More importantly it will examine whether this is an appropriate and acceptable form of law enforcement. Will this law overburden banks by making them the agents of the federal government, or will it be an easy to incorporate standard that will make banks more secure? Should online gambling be outright prohibited in the United States or should Congress merely regulate and tax this activity? These and many other questions will be explored during the lecture.

Speakers include:

Steve Verdier, Senior Vice President and Director of Congressional Relations Group for the Independent Community Bankers of America

Houman Shadab, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center Regulatory Studies Program

Michael Borden, Office of Congressman Jim Leach

Moderated by: Gavin Young, Counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Music performed by Two Violins and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0.]]> Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:10:31 -0400 will-federal-banking-regulations-force-online-casi Will Federal Banking Regulations Force Online Casinos to Fold? Will Federal Banking Regulations Force Online Casinos to Fold? Until recently, online casinos operated outside of the reach of the United States Government. Now, in an innovative effort at law making, Congress has charged banks and other financial institutions with preventing the operation of online casinos in the US market. By requiring banks to shun transactions from gambling sites, Congress hopes to cut off the interaction between sites and their customers on US soil. Whether this will be successful is unknown. This discussion will explore what the new regulations will do to both the banking and gaming industries. More importantly it will examine whether this is an appropriate and acceptable form of law enforcement. Will this law overburden banks by making them the agents of the federal government, or will it be an easy to incorporate standard that will make banks more secure? Should online gambling be outright prohibited in the United States or should Congress merely regulate and tax this activity? These and many other questions will be explored during the lecture. Speakers include: Steve Verdier, Senior Vice President and Director of Congressional Relations Group for the Independent Community Bankers of America Houman Shadab, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center Regulatory Studies Program Michael Borden, Office of Congressman Jim Leach Moderated by: Gavin Young, Counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee. Music performed by Two Violins and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0. no 1:15:30
Moderator: Jerry Ellig, Mercatus Center

"Public versus Private Restraints on the Online Distribution of Contact Lenses: A Distinction with a Difference" - James C. Cooper, Federal Trade Commission

"Real Estate Brokerage and E-Commerce: A Framework for Empirical Analysis" - R. Richard Geddes, Cornell University

Commenters:
* Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D., President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

* Ken Heyer, Economics Director & Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economic Analysis - Antitrust Division, United States Department of Justice

Music performed by Two Violins and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0.]]> Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:10:46 -0400 empirical-analysis-anticompetitive-barriers-to-e Panel discussion of the empirical analysis of e-commerce. The Journal of Law, Economics, & Policy at George Mason University School of Law is pleased to present a panel discussion of the empirical analysis of e-commerce from the Anticompetitive Barriers to E-Commerce Symposium. Moderator: Jerry Ellig, Mercatus Center "Public versus Private Restraints on the Online Distribution of Contact Lenses: A Distinction with a Difference" - James C. Cooper, Federal Trade Commission "Real Estate Brokerage and E-Commerce: A Framework for Empirical Analysis" - R. Richard Geddes, Cornell University Commenters: * Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D., President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation * Ken Heyer, Economics Director & Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economic Analysis - Antitrust Division, United States Department of Justice Music performed by Two Violins and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0. no 1:17:53
Moderator: David E. Harrington, Kenyon College

"Protectionism as a Rational Basis? The Impact on E-Commerce in the Funeral Industry" - Asheesh Agarwal, US Department of Justice

"Casket Sales Restrictions and the Funeral Market" - Daniel Sutter, University of Oklahoma

Commenters:
* Donald J. Boudreaux, Chairman, Department of Economics, George Mason University
* Brian Higginbotham, Economist, Joint Economic Committee

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Moderator: Todd J. Zywicki, George Mason University School of Law

"Automobile Distribution Restrictions: An Economic Perspective" -Debra J. Holt, Federal Trade Commission

"A Competitive Analysis of Regulatory Barriers to Internet Auto Sales" -John T. Delacourt, Kelley Drye Collier Shannon

Commenters:
* Joseph M. Johnson, Economist, United States Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy
* Martin Johnson, Senior Economist, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce

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Moderator: Donald J. Boudreaux, George Mason University

"The Economics of Direct Wine Shipping" -Jerry Ellig, Mercatus Center at George Mason University, and Alan E. Wiseman, Ohio State University

"What Next in the Wine War?" -James Alexander Tanford, Indiana University School of Law

Commenters:
* Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Director of the Office of Policy Planning, Federal Trade Commission
* Todd J. Zywicki, Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law, Senior Fellow James Buchanan Center

Music performed by Two Violins and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0.]]> Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:11:28 -0400 anticompetitive-barriers-to-ecommerce-wine Panel discussion on wine in the context of legal and regulatory barriers to e-commerce. Moderator: Donald J. Boudreaux, George Mason University "The Economics of Direct Wine Shipping" Jerry Ellig, Mercatus Center at George Mason University Alan E. Wiseman, Ohio State University "What Next in the Wine War?" James Alexander Tanford, Indiana University School of Law Commenters: Maureen K. Ohlhausen Director of the Office of Policy Planning Federal Trade Commission Todd J. Zywicki Professor of Law George Mason University School of Law Senior Fellow James Buchanan Center Music performed by Two Violins and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0. no 1:16:06 A Symposium Presented by: the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, the George Mason University School of Law, and
The Journal of Law, Economics, and Policy

Featuring Keynote Speaker: Kenneth Starr, Dean, Pepperdine University School of Law

Business-to-consumer e-commerce is one of the fastest growing business sectors in the American economy. As a result, industry-specific economic regulations, occupational licensing, franchising laws, and a variety of other practices are now under challenge from a new direction. High-profile lawsuits and policy battles involving e-commerce have occurred in industries as diverse as automobiles, wine, caskets, real estate, and contact lenses. In some cases, the bricks-and-mortar incumbents have responded by lobbying for laws or regulations that would protect them from Internet-based competition. Innovation in e-commerce is also calling into question many established policies that generally protect incumbents from new entrants - often in-state interests from out-of-state interests.

In light of these developments, court cases and Federal Trade Commission hearings have revealed that there is a paucity of economic and legal analysis focused on legal and regulatory barriers to e-commerce. To explore these new issues, and to stimulate research in this area, the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, in collaboration with the George Mason University School of Law, is holding a day-long symposium to allow prominent legal and economic scholars to present papers on topics such as: the current status of legal and regulatory barriers, their impact on consumers, their implications for competitive federalism, and more...

The papers from this symposium will be published in a special issue of the The Journal of Law, Economics & Policy.

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]]> Mon, 29 May 2006 14:11:44 -0400 ken-starr-at-george-mason-law Journal of Law, Economics & Policy Ken Starr Keynote - Anticompetitive Barriers to E-Commerce: A Symposium A Symposium Presented by: the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, the George Mason University School of Law, & the Journal of Law, Economics, and Policy Featuring Keynote Speaker Kenneth Starr Dean, Pepperdine University School of Law Music performed by Two Violins and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0. no 51:44 http://www.gmu.edu/org/jlep/lectures_20060406.shtml
"The Sarbanes Oxley Act: An Efficient Solution to a Public Problem?"

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed in response to the Enron and WorldCom corporate scandals, which shook investor's faith in the stock market. Fundamentally, the Act was an effort to establish mandatory corporate governance and accounting standards applicable to all public companies in order for them to enjoy the benefits of the public's confidence and investment. Now, several years after the passage of this legislation, we have solid data to evaluate the law's effectiveness, the cost of compliance, as well as the benefits that have accrued to the investing public. This lecture will focus on the effects of the legislation, both intended and unintended, with a focus on Section 404, the internal-controls provision, and the policies of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB).

Distinguished Panelists Include::
Mr. Gerald Laporte, Chief, Office of Small Business Policy, Division of Corporation Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Mr. Michael See, Assistant Chief Counsel, Office of Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration
Mr. John Berlau, Fellow in Economic Policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute

Moderated by: Kristina M. Husar, 3rd Year Law Student at George Mason University and member of the Journal of Law, Economics, and Policy.]]> Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:12:00 -0400 the-sarbanes-oxley-act-an-efficient-solution-to-a-public-problem Distinguished Panelists Include • Mr. Gerald Laporte, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission • Mr. Michael See, U.S. Small Business Administration • Mr. John Berlau, Competitive Enterprise Institute • Kristina M. Husar, Student at George Mason Law Mr. Gerald Laporte, Chief, Office of Small Business Policy, Division of Corporation Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Mr. Michael See, Assistant Chief Counsel, Office of Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration, Mr. John Berlau, Fellow in Economic Policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and moderator Kristina M. Husar, 3rd Year Law Student at George Mason University and member of the Journal of Law, Economics, and Policy discuss the effects of the legislation, both intended and unintended, with a focus on Section 404, the internal-controls provision, and the policies of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). no 1:21:23 http://www.gmu.edu/org/jlep/lectures_20060329.shtml
The Journal of Law, Economics, & Policy (JLEP) and The GMU National Security Law Society (NSLS) Present:
"A Law and Economics Perspective of Terrorism"
* The Honorable David B. Sentelle, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
* M.E. (Spike) Bowman, Director, Intelligence Issues Group, F.B.I.
* Guy Dubois, Vice President for Operational Technologies and Solutions in the Intelligence and Information Systems Division of Raytheon Corporation.

Moderated by: * Linda Lourie, Associate Deputy Counsel, Department of Defense, Office of the General Counsel, International Affairs.
The starting point for this discussion will be Professors Francesco Parisi, Nuno Garoupa, and Jonathan Klick's paper "A Law and Economics Perspective on Terrorism." Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=800705.

Paper Presentation by:
• Jeremy Kidd, Robert A. Levy Fellow and Student at George Mason University School of Law. ]]> Thu, 06 Apr 2006 19:25:32 -0400 a-law-and-economics-perspective-of-terrorism Speakers include * The Honorable David B. Sentelle, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit * M.E. (Spike) Bowman, F.B.I. * Guy Dubois, Raytheon Corporation * Linda Lourie, DoD * Jeremy Kidd, Robert A. Levy Fellow at George Mason School of Law. The Honorable David B. Sentelle, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, M.E. (Spike) Bowman, Director, Intelligence Issues Group, F.B.I., Guy Dubois, Vice President for Operational Technologies and Solutions in the Intelligence and Information Systems Division of Raytheon Corporation, Linda Lourie, Associate Deputy Counsel, Department of Defense, Office of the General Counsel, International Affairs, and Jeremy Kidd, Robert A. Levy Fellow and Student at George Mason University School of Law discuss "A Law and Economics Perspective of Terrorism." no 1:47:11 http://www.gmu.edu/org/jlep/lectures.shtml
Speakers include:
• The Honorable John Graham, OIRA Administrator
• The Honorable Sally Katzen, former OIRA Administrator, Clinton Administration.
• Barry Pineles, Counsel, US House of Representatives, Small Business Committee
• James Gattuso, Research Fellow in Regulatory Policy, The Heritage Foundation

]]> Sun, 08 Jan 2006 18:14:14 -0500 the-impact-of-federal-regulation-on-the-economy-and-small-business Speakers include • The Honorable John Graham, OIRA Administrator • The Honorable Sally Katzen, former OIRA Administrator • Barry Pineles, Counsel, US House of Representatives • James Gattuso, Research Fellow in Regulatory Policy, The Heritage Foundation The Honorable John Graham, OIRA Administrator, The Honorable Sally Katzen, former OIRA Administrator, Clinton Administration, Barry Pineles, Counsel, US House of Representatives, Small Business Committee, and James Gattuso, Research Fellow in Regulatory Policy, The Heritage Foundation, discuss the impact of federal regulation on the economy and small business, and shed light on some of the key proposals for regulatory reform. no 1:22:36