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Taxicabs in Milwaukee
I’ve often discussed the wonderful world of professional licensing beyond lawyers and its perverse effects on entrepreneurship. The posts have covered licensing of witches, horse teeth floaters, cat...
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New York Taxis
The New York Times reports that the most recent price for a taxi in New York medallion is $1,000,000. Wikipedia reports that there are 13,237 licensed cabs in New York. (A “medallion” is the...
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Deregulating lawyers: not more incompetent lawyers but fewer lawyers
Jordan Weissman is scared about Winston & Crandall’s plan to deregulate all the lawyers. He admits that the idea has some appeal, but concludes that “a lot of it is also completely bunk.” He says...
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Wal-Mart lawyers
Yesterday’s WSJ discussed Wal-Mart’s (possible) plan to dominate the industry of primary health-care clinics: Wal-Mart said in its proposal document that it is interested in offering services,...
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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...
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Hot off the press: Law’s Information Revolution
You’ve seen the blog posts (e.g., here) and the working paper. Now you can get the published article here. Let me know if you want a reprint. Filed under: intellectual property, lawyers, legal...
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Is Dental Care a Preventive Measure Health Insurers Must Cover? Let’s Hope Not.
I recently heard an ominous NPR story on the rise in trips to the emergency room by people seeking dental treatment. In 2009 alone, Tennessee’s emergency rooms had more than 55,000 dental-related...
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The DOJ’s Problematic Attack on Property Rights Through Merger Review
The DOJ’s recent press release on the Google/Motorola, Rockstar Bidco, and Apple/ Novell transactions struck me as a bit odd when I read it. As I’ve now had a bit of time to digest it, I’ve grown to...
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Mayor Bloomberg is 1 for 2
Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York is being justly criticized for his rather silly idea of banning sales of sugar drinks in sizes larger than 16 ounces in various public venues. Most of the critics...
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GMU Law & Economics Center Presents “Unlocking the Law: Building on the Work...
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...
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Epstein on Posner’s “Patent Adventurism” in Apple v. Motorola
Richard Epstein replies to Judge Posner’s Apple v. Motorola opinion and follow-up article in The Atlantic. The anti-patent sentiment has just been fueled by a remarkable opinion by Judge Richard...
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Free Uber
From the NY Times: Uber, a company based in San Francisco, is introducing a smartphone app to New York that allows available taxi drivers and cab-seeking riders to find one another. The company said...
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Taxicabs in Milwaukee
I’ve often discussed the wonderful world of professional licensing beyond lawyers and its perverse effects on entrepreneurship. The posts have covered licensing of witches, horse teeth floaters, cat...
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New York Taxis
The New York Times reports that the most recent price for a taxi in New York medallion is $1,000,000. Wikipedia reports that there are 13,237 licensed cabs in New York. (A “medallion” is the...
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Policy Debates On Patents Should Focus On Facts, Not Rhetoric (Forbes.com Op-Ed)
A heavily revised and expanded verison of one of my earlier blog postings was just posted as an op-ed on Forbes.com. This op-ed addresses how the FTC and DOJ have let themselves become swept up in...
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The SHIELD Act: When Bad Economic Studies Make Bad Laws
Earlier this month, Representatives Peter DeFazio and Jason Chaffetz picked up the gauntlet from President Obama’s comments on February 14 at a Google-sponsored Internet Q&A on Google+ that “our...
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“A Line in the Sand on the Calls for New Patent Legislation,” by Wayne Sobon
Over at the blog for the Center for the Protection for Intellectual Property, Wayne Sobon, the Vice President and General Counsel of Inventergy, has posted an important essay that criticizes the slew...
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The FTC and Innovative Business Models for Patented Innovation
The Federalist Society has started a new program, The Executive Branch Review, which focuses on the myriad fields in which the Executive Branch acts outside of the constitutional and legal limits...
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Adam Mossoff’s Senate Testimony on PAEs, Demand Letters and Patent Litigation
Below is the text of my oral testimony to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, the Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance Subcommittee, at its November 7, 2013 hearing...
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Permissionless innovation does not mean “no contracts required”
UPDATE: I’ve been reliably informed that Vint Cerf coined the term “permissionless innovation,” and, thus, that he did so with the sorts of private impediments discussed below in mind rather than...
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