An agreement to waive the intellectual-property rights underpinning Covid-19 vaccines—a prospect poor countries have hoped would ease supplies to the developing world—is becoming increasingly unlikely,...

President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced his plans to tap acting Federal Communications Commission Chair Jessica Rosenworcel as the agency’s permanent chief…

The Food and Drug Administration authorized a set of e-cigarette products for sale in the United States for the first time on Tuesday after it...

The Federal Trade Commission is considering strengthening online privacy protections, including for children, in an effort to bypass legislative logjams in Congress.

Small- and medium-sized e-cigarette makers and vendors are fighting to keep their doors open after the Food and Drug Administration ordered them to stop selling...

The Federal Trade Commission took new aim at Facebook on Thursday, beefing up its accusations that the company was a monopoly that illegally crushed competition…

In June, President Biden issued a new executive order directing the federal government to review the security threats posed by foreign-controlled software applications. On September...

“This case gives the Court an opportunity for a major ruling on one of the country’s most impactful environmental laws.”

“If courts progress down this path, social media companies may one day be severely limited in moderating lawmakers’ social media accounts.”

“…two proposals, if adopted, would throw the door wide open to transforming the Federal Communications Commission into the Federal Computer Commission…”

“Discouraging private space exploration would be a step backwards and undo positive reforms that have made space more accessible and affordable.”

Matthew Heiman points to two recent items on net neutrality from Tom Hazlett.

An expert panel debates the future of the FTC.

A panel of experts discusses the FTC’s statutory authority, processes and procedures, and likely upcoming actions.

A panel of experts debates the pros and cons of a proposed HUD rule regarding disparate impacts.

Professor David Hyman interviews Dr. Richard Williams about Dr. Williams’ new book, “Fixing Food: An FDA Insider Unravels the Myths and Solutions.”  

A distinguished panel joins us to discuss a new paper that examines the legal implications of the rise of “ESG” investing.

Experts explore the rationales behind telemedicine regulations and examine how reforms and lawsuits might transform how patients receive care.

The authors of this paper assess how Emergency Management Acts have been used during the COVID-19 pandemic and offer suggestions for how they can be adjusted to better prepare state and local governments for future emergencies.

In this paper, the authors examine a proposal to exempt COVID-19 vaccines and treatments from international intellectual property protections, and argue that such an exemption is unnecessary and could threaten innovation.

In this paper, the authors advocate for an approach to antitrust and intellectual property that “appropriately protect[s] the legitimate property rights of patent holders and [shields] their unilateral patent licensing decisions from unwarranted antitrust attack.”

In this paper, the authors lay out how copyright law and state sovereign immunity have recently come into conflict, explain why that conflict matters, and propose a legislative solution.

In this paper, the authors argue that land use restrictions limit housing supply and increase housing costs, lay out why the judiciary is unlikely to solve this problem, and evaluate several potential legislative solutions.

The authors argue that the U.S. must remain an active participant in 5G technological development through its antitrust and intellectual property policies to ensure the safety of the systems on which the U.S. military relies and avoid cybersecurity vulnerabilities.