This Week in Intellectual Property, August 26th
Rent Check Senators Rick Scott (R-FL) and Chris Van Hollen's (D-MD) We PAID Act, which would prevent patented drugs financed in part by government research from exceeding the price needed [...]
This Week in Land-Use Regulation, August 22nd
News and Commentary As rents continue to rise in most cities, average rents in Seatle have dipped by nearly 3 percent. That may not sound like much, but considering rents [...]
We PAID, but Patent Holders Profit
If you listen to the representatives of patent-intensive industries, particularly in the field of prescription drugs, you will be led to believe that these firms provide life-saving innovations (true) that [...]
This Week in Occupational Licensing, August 21st
News and Commentary Last month, President Trump joined the long list public officials from both parties calling for licensure reform. In doing so, he said that the required training to [...]
This Week in Financial Regulation, August 20th
News and Commentary The Basel III international banking regulations instructed national regulators to enact countercyclical capital buffers (CCyB). These regulations would require banks to build up more financial resilience in [...]
DOJ Weighs in On Zeppelin Infringement Case
Say what you will about Bill Barr’s Department of Justice, but apparently a few G-Men are Zeppelin fans. The Department of Justice filed an amicus brief in support of Led [...]
This Week in Intellectual Property, August 19th
News and Commentary The USPTO is proposing an across the board hike in all its fees. The increases are rather moderate, and their goal is simply to keep pace with [...]
This Week in Land-Use, August 15th
News and Commentary Mercatus visiting fellow Kevin Erdmann argues that zoning restrictions and low property taxes are a toxic combination. Limiting the supply of housing confers windfall gains onto property owners, [...]
This Week in Occupational Licensing, August 14th
News and Commentary After a stint being homeless himself, Juan Carlos Montes de Oca learned cosmetology and began offering haircuts to homeless people who might otherwise go unkempt. All that [...]
This Week in Financial Regulation, August 13th
News and Commentary Matt Stoller has an interesting issue of his BIG newsletter describing the inequality in how the Fed sets interests rates and, more importantly, who gets to borrow [...]