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Cheap Donuts, Expensive Broccoli and Soda Taxes
David Leonhardt’s NY Times column laments the fact that the price of healthful foods has increased relative to unhealthful foods. He presents this useful chart: The fact that relative prices have changed is often invoked in support of various “fat taxes,” e.g. consider the recent salvo of proposed soda taxes (For example, here and here). ... Cheap Donuts, Expensive Broccoli and Soda Taxes
Brantley and its Implications for the Proposed Consumer Choice Antitrust Standard
Thom‘s excellent post highlights the Ninth Circuit’s recent decision in Brantley and describes its implications both in terms of rejecting Professor Elhauge’s claim that metering ties and mere surplus extraction amount to competitive harm for the purposes of antitrust and also for the future of the quasi-per se rule of tying. Thom, in my view ... Brantley and its Implications for the Proposed Consumer Choice Antitrust Standard
Corporate jets: the new backdating?
Looks like a new scandal is brewing. A WSJ article co-written by one of the backdating reporters (Mark Maremont) looks through FAA flight records to find that dozens of jets operated by publicly traded corporations made 30% or more of their trips to or from resort destinations, sometimes more than 50%. Often, these were places ... Corporate jets: the new backdating?
LLCs are not corporations
Nor are they the redundant fictional entity, “limited liability corporations.” This is a lesson that courts and commentators are finally, slowly, learning. I highlighted this point last fall in discussing CML V, LLC v. Bax, 6 A.3d 238 (Del. Ch. Nov. 3, 2010), where VC Laster denied a creditor standing to sue derivatively for an LLC, ... LLCs are not corporations
The new associates
The WSJ reports on contract lawyering: When he decided to become a lawyer, Jose Aponte followed a familiar path: He took the LSAT, spent more than $100,000 on law school, took a grueling bar exam and paid for continuing education. * * * For 10 to 12 hours a day—and sometimes during graveyard shifts—contract attorneys ... The new associates
What’s really motivating the pursuit of Google?
I have an op-ed up at Main Justice on FTC Chairman Leibowitz’ recent comment in response the a question about the FTC’s investigation of Google that the FTC is looking for a “pure Section Five case.” With Main Justice’s permission, the op-ed is re-printed here: There’s been a lot of chatter around Washington about ... What’s really motivating the pursuit of Google?
TechFreedom Search Engine Regulation Event today
Today at 12:30 at the Capitol Visitor Center, TechFreedom is hosting a discussion on the regulation of search engines: “Search Engine Regulation: A Solution in Search of a Problem?” The basics: Allegations of “search bias” have led to increased scrutiny of Google, including active investigations in the European Union and Texas, a possible FTC investigation, ... TechFreedom Search Engine Regulation Event today
Making a statement under 10b-5
Janus Investment Fund’s (JIF) prospectus included a misstatement about market timing. Its investment adviser and administrator is Janus Capital Management (JCM). Plaintiff shareholders in the parent company, Janus Capital Group (JCG) argue in the Supreme Court that JCM should be liable as JIF’s manager for “mak[ing] an[] untrue statement of a material fact” in violation ... Making a statement under 10b-5
THIS THURSDAY: The Law and Economics of Search Engines and Online Advertising at GMU Law
The Henry G. Manne Program in Law & Economics Studies and Google present a conference on The Law and Economics of Search Engines and Online Advertising to be held at George Mason University School of Law, Thursday, June 16th, 2011. The conference will run from 8:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. OVERVIEW: This conference is organized ... THIS THURSDAY: The Law and Economics of Search Engines and Online Advertising at GMU Law
AALS Financial Institutions Section Call for Papers
Rubber Hits Road: Implementing Dodd-Frank amid Reform Fatigue This program will take place one and a half years after the Dodd-Frank Act was signed into law. The law left many of the details of financial reform to be filled in by regulators, raising the risk of capture. Some of the most important rule makings have ... AALS Financial Institutions Section Call for Papers
Where have all the lawyers gone: working for hedge funds every one
Dan Fisher discusses how Ecuadorean villagers financed a pollution lawsuit against Chevron with money from a hedge fund, Burford Group. This is yet another example of how lawyers are capitalizing and packaging their skills rather than just selling it by the hour to clients. Fisher discusses how the plaintiffs’ lawyer had gone through $6 million in financing ... Where have all the lawyers gone: working for hedge funds every one
In Defense of Delaware’s Business Judgment Rule
In a recent Dealbook post, Steven M. Davidoff complains that Delaware’s business judgment rule is too lenient. Davidoff contends that “[a] Delaware court is not going to find [directors] liable no matter how stupid their decisions are. Instead, a Delaware court will find them liable only if they intentionally acted wrongfully or were so oblivious ... In Defense of Delaware’s Business Judgment Rule
