This Week in Land Use Regulation, April 2nd
News and Commentary Jerusalem Demsas documents the struggle to liberalize zoning in the 'liberal' state of Connecticut for Vox. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has introduced a requirement to include below market rate housing in 20% of [...]
This Week in Occupational Licensing, April 1st
News and Commentary Karen Jowers reports for Military Times that the DOD has approved grant funding for license portability interstate compacts in five professions. Scott Maucione details challenges facing the DOD's state compact efforts for Federal [...]
This Week in Financial Regulation, March 31st
News and Commentary In a VoxEU column, Eric Monnet calls for the creation of the European Credit Council to evaluate the impacts of the European Central Banks' decisions on external economic areas. Caroline Hudson reports that [...]
This Week in Intellectual Property, March 31st
News and Commentary The Hollywood Reporter writes about the $20 million copyright infringement claim made against Paramount Pictures based solely on a draft screenplay being circulated. The dispute centers on whether or not the rights to a [...]
This Week in Land Use Regulation, March 26th
News and Commentary Erin Baldassari observes that five bay area cities are reconsidering single family zoning in response to housing shortage. In City Observatory, Alan Mallach finds the roughly third of cities in which rents have [...]
This Week in Occupational Licensing, March 25th
News and Commentary Kihwan Bae and Edward Timmons present their research on the connection between student loans and occupational licensing in The Hill, recommending licensing reform to reduce borrowing. Andy Knight describes the reaction to an [...]
This Week in Intellectual Property, March 24th
Rent Check Sean Mooney looks at an old article written by Jeff Bezos in 2001 about the problems associated with software and business method patents, and how he would fix them. Bezos proposed a 3-5 year [...]
This Week in Financial Regulation, March 24th
News and Commentary Jerome Powell did not comment when asked if the Fed would extend the capital requirement hiatus past March 31st, report Jesse Hamilton and Alex Harris for Bloomberg. Erica Bosio, Rita Ramalho, Carmen Reinhart [...]
This Week in Land Use Regulation, March 19th
News and Commentary In the Globe and Mail, Alex Bozikovic finds restrictive zoning to be an issue in both Canada and the U.S. Joe Cortright writes in City Observatory that after high initial investment, Portland's inclusionary [...]
An Ounce of Copyright Reform is worth a Pound of Competition Law
Libraries across the country, despite being more valuable than ever, face a triple threat as a result of the pandemic. Their funding sources (state and local tax dollars) are being squeezed, the demand for online reading [...]