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Antitrust Trial Concerning Athletes’ IP Rights Poses New Major Challenge to NCAA Cartel Arrangements
The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA’s) longstanding cartel-like arrangements once again are facing serious legal scrutiny. On June 9 a federal antitrust trial opened in Oakland featuring college athletes’ attempt to enjoin the NCAA from exploiting the athletes’ names, images, and likenesses (“rights of publicity”) for profit. Rights of publicity are a well-recognized form of ... Antitrust Trial Concerning Athletes’ IP Rights Poses New Major Challenge to NCAA Cartel Arrangements
Welcome new TOTM bloggers Gus Hurwitz and Ben Sperry
We’re delighted to welcome two new bloggers to Truth on the Market: Gus Hurwitz and Ben Sperry. Gus is an assistant professor of law at the University of Nebraska. His work looks at the interface between law and technology and the role of regulation in high-tech industries. He has a particular expertise in telecommunications law and ... Welcome new TOTM bloggers Gus Hurwitz and Ben Sperry
“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
Dear DOJ: Take a Look at the Law Schools.
The U.S. Department of Justice sued eBay last week for agreeing not to poach employees from rival Intuit. According to the Department’s press release, “eBay’s agreement with Intuit hurt employees by lowering the salaries and benefits they might have received and deprived them of better job opportunities at the other company.” DOJ maintains that agreements among ... Dear DOJ: Take a Look at the Law Schools.
Attention Economists and Economics Graduate Students: Want to Go to Law School for Free?
I have recently joined my colleague Bruce Johnsen as co-director of the Robert A. Levy Fellowship in Law and Liberty at GMU Law. It is a very generous fellowship — a tuition waiver plus a generous stipend — for economists who have their PhD’s or “ABD” status to come to law school on our dime along with ... Attention Economists and Economics Graduate Students: Want to Go to Law School for Free?
GMU Law & Economics Center Presents “Unlocking the Law: Building on the Work of Professor Larry Ribstein”
I’m very pleased to announce the George Mason Law & Economics Center is hosting a program focusing on our friend and colleague Larry Ribstein’s scholarship on the market for law. Henry Butler and Bruce Kobayashi have put together a really wonderful program of folks coming together not to celebrate Larry’s work — but to ... GMU Law & Economics Center Presents “Unlocking the Law: Building on the Work of Professor Larry Ribstein”
A Two-Tier Plan By Any Other Name?
Paul Fain has an interesting update today on the issue of two-tier pricing for California’s community college system. Santa Monica College rocked the boat in March when it announced plans to start using a two-tier pricing schedule that would charge higher tuition rates for high-demand courses. Santa Monica–and most all community colleges in California apparently–have ... A Two-Tier Plan By Any Other Name?
Olin-Searle-Smith Fellows in Law
I am pleased to pass along the following information regarding Olin-Smith-Searle Fellowships for the upcoming 2012-13 academic year. The application deadline is March 15, 2012. 2012 – 2013 The Program The Olin-Searle-Smith Fellows in Law program will offer top young legal thinkers the opportunity to spend a year working full time on writing and developing their ... Olin-Searle-Smith Fellows in Law
The AALS doesn’t want to hear about the future of law teaching
The AALS each year selects a few “hot topics” program proposals for discussion of “late-breaking” subjects at the January meeting. This year I agreed to be included in a hot topics panel described as follows: Law schools have long kept a comfortable distance from the concerns of the practicing bar. Earlier calls for reform such ... The AALS doesn’t want to hear about the future of law teaching
UCLA Law’s Lowell Milken Institute Law Teaching Fellowship Now Accepting Applications
I’m pleased to pass along the following information from the Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law: Introduction The Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law is now accepting applications for the Lowell Milken Institute Law Teaching Fellowship. This fellowship is a ... UCLA Law’s Lowell Milken Institute Law Teaching Fellowship Now Accepting Applications
An academic’s day in court
About a month ago I discussed a case in which I had written an amicus brief: Last year I wrote here about Roni LLC v Arfa, which I cited as an example of the ”troubling lawlessness of NY LLC law.” In brief, the court sustained a non-disclosure claim based on “plaintiffs’ allegations that the promoter ... An academic’s day in court
The NYT on why law school is expensive
It’s Sunday so the NYT has another David Segal screed on legal education. This time he presents the insight that law school is expensive because of accreditation standards that prevent law schools from containing costs even if they wanted to. Segal says, “[t]he lack of affordable law school options, scholars say, helps explain why so ... The NYT on why law school is expensive
