This Week in Intellectual Property, May 25th
News and Commentary A revised version of the proposed TRIPS waiver on the requirements to implement and enforce intellectual property rights has been introduced. The new text sets a firmer timetable, with it lasting at least [...]
This Week in Land Use Regulation, May 21st
News and Commentary In dcist, Morgan Baskin overserves that from FY 2019-2021, D.C. used 56% of its permanent housing vouchers for individuals and 37% for families while leaving $8m dollars unused on housing from 2018-2019. That [...]
This Week in Financial Regulation, May 20th
News and Commentary Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren recommends a flexible capital regime such as a countercyclical capital buffer in an economic outlook speech. Michael Hudson sees financial rents as a factor limiting Chinese global economic [...]
This Week in Occupational Licensing, May 19th
News and Commentary Ilya Shapiro covers a Mississippi law that removes eyebrow threading licensure in a Cato blog. Lusine Poghosyan recommends that New York state expand nurse practitioner scope of practice in a presentation for the [...]
This Week in Intellectual Property, May 18th
News and Commentary The Niskanen Center has come out in support of the Biden Administration's announcement in support of a TRIPS waiver for intellectual property enforcement during the COVID pandemic. While the Administration hasn't announced support [...]
Reforming Cosmetology Licensing Still a Worthwhile Goal in Indiana
At the beginning of January, Indiana House of Representatives member Timothy Wesco introduced a bill that would have allowed cosmetologists to provide services without a license. Unfortunately, an outpouring of opposition via a Change.org petition with [...]
This Week in Occupational Licensing, April 8th
News and Commentary An Arkansas Senate press release details legislation giving nurse practitioners full scope of practice. Paul Hsieh calls for licensing reform enabling telemedicine in Forbes. An Economist report predicts that the labor market will [...]
This Week in Land Use Regulation, April 9th
News and Commentary Michael Andersen covers the land use reforms contained in Biden's infrastructure memo for Sightline. Andrew Haughwout and New York Fed colleagues explore public views on housing as an investment in a Liberty Street [...]
This Week in Financial Regulation, April 8th
News and Commentary Dorothy Slater, Eleanor Eagan, and Max Moran express concerns over Treasury secretary Janet Yellen's apparent hesitance to fulfill her regulatory role in the American Prospect. Bloomberg Law details China's new tiered capital requirements [...]
This Week in Intellectual Property, April 6th
News and Commentary It's finally out! After nearly 10 years, Google v. Oracle has been decided at the Supreme Court in favor of Google. Justice Breyer wrote the opinion, finding that the use of the application programming [...]