This Week in Occupational Licensing, February 5th
News and Commentary The state of Wisconsin has observed a large increase in state-issued licenses for various types of work according to a new report by Badger Institute and Wisconsin [...]
This Week in Land Use Regulation, February 6th
News and Commentary California Senate Leader Toni Atkins recently gave a statement on SB 50's failure to pass the Senate, explaining that "opponents of SB 50 have real concerns, but [...]
This Week in Financial Regulation, February 4th
News and Commentary How risky are Bank Holding Companies (BHC) today? A new blog post at Liberty Street Economics investigates this question while looking at BHCs and finds similar trends [...]
This Week in Intellectual Property, February 3rd
News and Commentary Membership in the License on Transfer (LOT) network continues to grow as IBM joins. Why? According to IBM, it's about ensuring interoperability and avoiding the threat of [...]
This Week in Land Use Regulation, January 30th
News and Commentary Noah Smith writes at Bloomberg Opinion about the necessity of new construction to address the housing crisis ongoing in many large cities. He points to development restrictions [...]
This Week in Occupational Licensing, January 29th
News and Commentary New Jersey lawmakers have rejected legislation that would have expanded the scope of practice of advanced practice registered nurses. Groups such as the American Medical Association have [...]
This Week in Financial Regulation, January 28th
New Research A new NBER paper examines the role of leverage in an economy, modeling out the theory of how assets can function as collateral. They find assets used as [...]
This Week In Intellectual Property, January 27th
News and Commentary The Auto Care Association has filed an amicus brief in favor of Google in Google v Oracle. Their argument is that a ruling in Oracle's favor would reaffirm the [...]
This Week in Land Use Regulation, January 23rd
News and Commentary California's SB 50 is once again back in the game with new changes to give local governments more discretion on where zoning changes occur before density mandates [...]
This Week in Occupational Licensing, January 22nd
News and Commentary Florida's State Senate and House are considering legislation to prevent local governments from imposing any occupational licenses not required state-wide. Governor Ron DeSantis has pushed for similar [...]