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Teeth-whitening and the law
Teeth whiteners are joining the struggle against regulation. Prior posts have covered licensing of witches, horse teeth floaters, cat groomers, tour guides, taxicabs and, of course, lawyers. Now the WSJ reports that [d]entists are battling with spas, tanning salons and other nondental peddlers of pearly whites from North Carolina to New Jersey and, now, Connecticut ... Teeth-whitening and the law
“Google and Antitrust” roundtable at AALS
I will be participating in a wide-ranging discussion of Google and antitrust issues at the upcoming AALS meeting in New Orleans in January. The Antitrust and Economic Regulation Section of the AALS is hosting the roundtable, organized by Mike Carrier. Mike and I will be joined by Marina Lao, Frank Pasquale, Pam Samuelson, and Mark ... “Google and Antitrust” roundtable at AALS
Judicial dissolution of LLCs and the operating agreement
The ever helpful Francis Pileggi brings us news of the Delaware Chancery Court’s recent decision in Lola Cars International Ltd. v. Krohn Racing, LLC, which refused after trial to dissolve an LLC under Delaware §18-802. As I discussed last December, the court previously denied a motion to dismiss the dissolution complaint. I then noted that ... Judicial dissolution of LLCs and the operating agreement
Apparently, some of us do more than just blog once in a while
I’m sure you noticed that Bill’s recent draft is, deservedly, the most downloaded corporate law paper in the last 3 months over at SSRN. It also turns out that Josh has been pretty busy himself. In fact, according to Brian Leiter, Josh is 19th in the list of authors with at least three papers with the ... Apparently, some of us do more than just blog once in a while
Law firms’ competition
The biggest competition for law firms is not other law firms but in-house counsel. So reports the ABAJ. I make a similar point in a paper I’m presenting at a University of Wisconsin program next week. There are two reasons for this: pressures on firms to reduce fees, and law’s information revolution which is reducing ... Law firms’ competition
Antitrust at George Mason
Danny Sokol has posted the most downloaded antitrust law professors. I come in 4th behind Damien Geradin, David Evans, and Herb Hovenkamp. It is flattering to be in company like that by any measure. Cool. But, as Danny points out, what is even cooler is that George Mason is one of only a handful of ... Antitrust at George Mason
Proxy Access Defense #1
I’ve been spending my summer trying to get ahead of the ball on proxy access and consider the types of defenses Boards might employ against insurgents making use of the federal proxy access provision in the Dodd Bill. An article will hopefully be shipped to editors by mid-August. I first started thinking about the various ... Proxy Access Defense #1
The Supreme Court partially decriminalizes agency costs
In the Skilling-Black case, the Court struck down “honest services” wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. 1346 in the absence of bribery/kickback allegations and remanded for determinations whether the errors in applying the statute justify reversals. But the Court also held that adverse pretrial publicity and community prejudice did not prevent Skilling from obtaining a fair ... The Supreme Court partially decriminalizes agency costs
Congratulations to the GMU Law and Economic Center’s Samantha Zyontz: Samsung-Stanford Patent Prize Competition Winner
Congratulations to Samantha Zyontz, a Senior Research Associate at the Searle Civil Justice Institute here at George Mason. Samantha and two co-authors, Michael Mazzeo (Kellogg) and Jonathan Hillel (Northwestern), are one of several recipients of the Inaugural Samsung-Stanford Patent Prize for their paper Are Patent Infringement Awards Excessive?: The Data Behind the Patent Reform Debate. ... Congratulations to the GMU Law and Economic Center’s Samantha Zyontz: Samsung-Stanford Patent Prize Competition Winner
Long-Term Research Agendas in Economics (and Law and Economics?)
The NSF has posted responses to its call for “Long-Term Research Agendas.” HT: Peter Klein. The entire set is available here. Here’s the description: This is a compendium of fifty-four papers written by distinguished economists in response to an invitation by the National Science Foundation’s Directorate for the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (NSF/SBE) to ... Long-Term Research Agendas in Economics (and Law and Economics?)
Single Member Board Committees
Today’s W$J has an article describing some of the option granting practices at Brocade (see here). Among them was the creation of a one member compensation committee consisting of Brocade’s CEO, Greg Reyes. The article gives the following as the reasoning: The process of granting stock options was cumbersome because the compensation committee met only ... Single Member Board Committees
Agent McConnell and My Generation’s “Greatest Mind on Antitrust Law”
If we’ve learned anything from the pending IRS scandal, it’s that bureaucrats matter. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell apparently thinks so. According to a recent National Review article, McConnell, unlike most minority leaders, has put a great deal of effort into recommending highly qualified individuals for spots on the more than 100 bipartisan agencies and commissions in the federal bureaucracy. He views ... Agent McConnell and My Generation’s “Greatest Mind on Antitrust Law”
