Why Don’t Judges Appoint Experts in Antitrust Cases?
Judge Posner’s decision to appoint a expert in the patent dispute before him in the Seventh Circuit between Apple and Motorola has received some attention. . . .
Biweekly FTC Roundup: Throwing Stones in Glass Containers Edition
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The shareholder wealth maximization myth
In a recent speech at the Netroots Nation, Senator Al Franken tried to frighten the crowd by trotting out the corporate bogeyman that greedily makes . . .
GE “Slashes” Earnings: Free Advice from Nowicki for GE Exec. Jeffrey Immelt!
The Financial Times reported yesterday that an embarrassed GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt had to tell GE shareholders that the 10% growth in earnings for 2008 . . .
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Gus Hurwitz on Gonzalez v Google
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Brian Albrecht on Economic Theory
ICLE Chief Economist Brian Albrecht was a guest on The Hub Dialogues podcast to discuss the utility of economic theory, reasons to be skeptical about . . .
No, Chevron Deference Will Not Save the FTC’s Noncompete Ban
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced in a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) last month that it intends to ban most noncompete agreements. Is that a good . . .
Brian Albrecht Discusses Noncompete Agreements on the Cato Daily Podcast
ICLE Chief Economist Brian Albrecht joined the Cato Daily Podcast to discuss non?compete agreements in labor markets: why they exist, how they work, and the . . .
Brian Albrecht on the FTC’s New Ban on Noncompete Agreements
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Biweekly FTC Roundup: A Guide for the Perplexed Edition
In a prior post, I made the important if wholly unoriginal point that the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) recent policy statement regarding unfair methods of competition (UMC)—perhaps a . . .
Why I’m a Skeptic of a Noncompete Ban
Under a recently proposed rule, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) would ban the use of noncompete terms in employment agreements nationwide. Noncompetes are contracts that workers . . .
Gus Hurwitz on Noncompetes and the FAA’s System Outage
ICLE Director of Law & Economics Programs Gus Hurwitz joined Steptoe & Johnson LLP’s The Cyberlaw Podcast, offering two explanations for the Federal Aviation Administration recent . . .