This Week in Financial Regulation, January 27th
News and Commentary Gary Gensler, President Biden's appointee to SEC Chair, may pursue aggressive fintech regulation during his tenure writes Raha Foroohar at Financial Times. Shaked Barkay highlights the debate over whether climate change should be [...]
This Week in Intellectual Property, January 26th
News and Commentary A bill signed into law by then-President Donald Trump, the "Orange Book Transparency Act of 2020," is designed to remove invalid patents from the Orange Book list of approved drugs so generic drug [...]
This Week in Occupational Licensing, December 17th
News and Commentary In Seattle Times Todd Myers pushes Washington lawmakers to allow ex-felon occupational licensing application for crimes unrelated to the profession, a proposal ignored in the state Senate after unanimously passing the House this [...]
Intellectual Property Rights vs The Bill of Rights
For all the rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights, which celebrates its 229th birthday this week, there is one that you won’t find: the right to intellectual property, specifically patents or copyrights. This was covered [...]
This Week in Financial Regulation, December 16th
News and Commentary JDSupra's legal news highlights Biden administrative appointments indicative of strong support for financial technology and hardened financial regulation. American Action Forum president Douglas Holtz-Eakin is skeptical that releasing Fannie and Freddie from conservatorship [...]
This Week in Intellectual Property, December 17th
Rent Check There's been significant confusion surrounding a bill proposed by Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) closing the so-called "felony streaming loophole." It's certainly a problem that these misconceptions exist, but this was entirely preventable if the [...]
Does Bargaining Drive U.S. Health Care’s Education Requirement Ratchet?
In the 1990s, all that was required to become a licensed physical therapist was a Bachelor’s degree. In the 2000s, this became a Masters–and today, physical therapists need a Doctorate. This isn’t an isolated trend, either. [...]
This is No Way to Run a Railroad
Yesterday, #EndDMCA was trending on twitter, largely due to the promotion of Chelsea Manning. The hashtag was in response to a bill introduced by Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) to deal with the so-called “felony streaming loophole,” [...]
This Week in Land Use Regulation, December 11th
News and Commentary Montgomery County, Maryland has ended its housing moratorium in areas with overcrowded schools after forecasting substantial housing supply shortage writes Jane Lyons in Greater Greater Washington. Niskanen's Valerie Soon argues that while preference [...]
This Week in Occupational Licensing, December 10th
News and Commentary Michigan will make military members, veterans, and their families eligible for license reciprocity in advance of Veterans Day reports Derick Hutchinson for Click On Detroit. In Pheonix Business Journal, Jeffrey Singer and Michael [...]