Getting Grandma Housing: AARP Joins the YIMBY Coalition
YIMBY supporters of California’s land use reform bill, SB 50, have gained a powerful ally: AARP California. SB 50’s predecessor, SB 827, died in committee last April, so it is [...]
Apple Avoids the Trolls: Company Closes Locations to Avoid Lawsuits
Apple, the world’s second most valuable company, is closing both of its store locations in the eastern district of Texas to avoid litigation from patent trolls. For those arguing that [...]
This Week in Intellectual Property, March 4th
Rent Check Is there an alternative to the current expensive copyright system of academic publishing? The UC system is trying to change it by playing hardball with Elsevier, the notorious [...]
This Week in Land-Use Regulation, March 1st
News and Commentary Utah is providing a model for how non-coastal metropolitan areas can increase density. SB 34 puts requirements on localities without stripping them of their ability to independently set [...]
This Week in Occupational Licensing, February 28th
News and Commentary The North Dakota State Senate unanimously passed a bill that gives gives licensing reciprocity to military spouses moving to the state. The Cato Institute's Ilya Shapiro and [...]
This Week in Financial Regulation, February 27th
News and Commentary Gregg Gelzinis highlights five key questions that policymakers should be asking Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell. Concerns over capital levels and stress testing top his list. The [...]
This Week in Intellectual Property, February 26th
News and Commentary How Qualcomm's uses their patents to introduce hidden costs to Apple customers. Europeans are taking to the streets to protest Article 13 of the EU Copyright Directive. [...]
This Week in Land-Use Regulation, February 22nd
Rent Check While California and other states have requirements on local governments to meet regional housing needs, they often fall short. Christopher Elmendorf proposes a change to this model to [...]
This Week in Occupational Licensing, February 21st
Rent Check Texas and Iowa are the latest states to begin issuing privileges under the interstate Physical Therapy Compact. Compacts (agreements between individual states that allow licensed workers to move between [...]
This Week in Financial Regulation, February 20th
Rent Check A new ECB paper finds that the imposition of more stringent capital requirements for banks lending to firms at risk of default incentivized banks to lend to "zombie [...]