News and Commentary Jonathan Band gave an interview with The Conversation about U.S. influence in trade talks with South Africa related to copyright policy. The main sticking point is over American-style [...]
The negotiations of the Intergovernmental Working Group on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property (IGWG) (2006-2008), undertaken by the Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO), were the result [...]
News and Commentary Randy Shaw of BeyondChron writes about Dennis Richards, the San Francisco Planning Commissioner, who engaged in real estate speculation, aggressive eviction tactics for his tenants, and other underhanded [...]
News and Commentary In Vermont, the Office of Professional Regulation will ask the state's lawmakers to consider joining the nurse licensure compact. New Research A new study from Health [...]
People living in rural areas have worse health outcomes than their urban counterparts do. Understanding what factors account for this could inform policy interventions for reducing rural-urban disparities in health. [...]
News and Commentary EFF's stupid patent of the month makes claims to a device that "offers a number of ways to wirelessly share photos online such as though social media," something [...]
News and Commentary Paul Volcker passed away this week at the age of 92. While he is most famous now for (among other things) the Volcker Rule, it is also [...]
News and Commentary Texas Governor Greg Abbott has sent an order to Texas licensing administrations to not only review the regulations associated with each agency, but to also reduce fees [...]
Following the 2008 financial crisis (which occurred during the Great Recession that began in December 2007), businesses and corporations experienced substantial difficulty in accessing credit required to maintain operations at [...]
News and Commentary An op-ed in The New York Times directly rebuts the claims made by Bernie Sanders on the affordability crisis in the Bay Area--specifically that Big Tech is responsible [...]