Nothing Rigs like a Deere
In 2015, the U.S. Copyright Office adopted an exception to the anti-circumvention restrictions found in Section 1201 of the Copyright Act allowing the owners of “computer programs that control the [...]
Operation Warp Speed: A Retrospective
A recent Government Accountability Office report examines Operation Warp Speed’s (OWS) performance in vaccine development and manufacturing. The Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Defense (DOD) had awarded [...]
Artists’ Rights vs Alt-Right
A recent Ipse Dixit podcast episode featured the copyright litigation of Matt Furie, creator of the comic character turned alt-right symbol Pepe the Frog. Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Professor of [...]
This Week in Land Use Regulation, November 6th
News and Commentary Larry Eichel and Octavia Howell discuss the findings of The Pew Charitable Trusts’ new report “The State of Housing Affordability in Philadelphia: Who’s Cost-Burdened—and Why.” New York [...]
This Week in Occupational Licensing, November 6th
News and Commentary Alec Stapp critiques the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust report's omission of non-digital markets, arguing food and healthcare are in even greater need of anti-trust enforcement. The ProMarket [...]
This Week in Financial Regulation, November 5th
News and Commentary Sylvan Lane describes the Public Banking Act's proposed federal banking system establishment in the Hill. Greg Iacurci reviews Joe Biden's likely top picks for director of the [...]
This Week in Land-Use Regulation, October 30th
News and Commentary Alby Gallun explains that the President may be out of touch with current suburban attitudes towards low income housing in Crain's Chicago Business. Development in Chicago has [...]
This Week in Occupational Licensing, October 29th
News and Commentary Kimberley Young reports for the UK's association of optometrists that although significant progress has been made, European opticians and optometrists still face scope of practice restrictions according [...]
This Week in Financial Regulation, October 28th
News and Commentary Michael Barr, Howell Jackson, and Margaret Tahyar opine in The Regulatory Review that the Main Street Lending Program and other Federal ex post facto COVID induced recession [...]
This Week in Land Use Regulation, October 23rd
News and Commentary Liberty Towers affordable housing development faces zoning map, text, and permit barriers to construction in St. George, Staten Island, writes Vanessa Londono for New York's Yes In [...]