George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School - Founders Hall Auditorium
3351 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22201
3351 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22201
This symposium was co-sponsored by the Regulatory Transparency Project and took place at the Antonin Scalia Law School on February 2, 2018
Government regulation is intended to improve the efficiency of markets and protect people from harms they cannot identify or prevent on their own. But, for decades, advocates have debated whether the regulatory process and rules developed through it are too strict or too lax; whether they properly account for all the things society values; and even whether they make society better or worse off on balance. The Journal of Law, Economics & Policy’s Symposium on Regulatory Reform, Transparency, and the Economy will explore these and related questions as leading scholars and practitioners examine a number of recent regulatory proposals impacting a broad swath of the American economy – from banking and finance to energy and the environment, and from employment law to the internet economy. Speakers will consider and debate how well these proposals would perform their intended functions and how they might be improved.
The symposium will feature discussions of research papers prepared by experts working on the Federalist Society’s Regulatory Transparency Project. The proceedings of the Conference will be published in a special symposium issue of George Mason’s Journal of Law, Economics & Policy.
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9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Financial Innovation and Innovative Financial Regulators
14th Annual Symposium of the Journal of Law, Economics & Policy
| Topics: | Administrative Law & Regulation • Financial Services • Regulatory Transparency Project |
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George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School - Founders Hall Auditorium
3351 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22201
3351 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22201
Event Video
Description
This symposium was co-sponsored by the Regulatory Transparency Project and took place at the Antonin Scalia Law School on February 2, 2018.
Welcome & Introduction:
- Bonnie Kelly, Editor in Chief, Journal of Law, Economics & Policy
- Devon Westhill, Director, Regulatory Transparency Project, The Federalist Society
Authors:
- Charles J. Cooper, Partner, Cooper & Kirk
Regulating in the Shadows: How Agencies Achieve Indirectly that Which they have No Authority to Achieve Directly - Todd Zywicki, George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
Consumer Protection at the FTC and the CFPB
Discussants:
- Deepak Gupta, Founding Principal, Gupta Wessler PLLC
- David C. Vladeck, A.B. Chettle Chair, Georgetown University Law Center
Moderator:
- Paolo Saguato, Assistant Professor of Law, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speakers.
Speakers
10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
21st Century Business Models Meet 20th Century Regulation
14th Annual Symposium of the Journal of Law, Economics & Policy
| Topics: | Administrative Law & Regulation • Corporations, Securities & Antitrust • Regulatory Transparency Project |
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George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School - Founders Hall Auditorium
3351 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22201
3351 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22201
Event Video
Description
This symposium was co-sponsored by the Regulatory Transparency Project and took place at the Antonin Scalia Law School on February 2, 2018.
Authors:
- Stewart A. Baker, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson
- Justin ‘Gus’ Hurwitz, Assistant Professor of Law and Co-Director of Space, Cyber, and Telecom Law Program, University of Nebraska College of Law
Regulators in Cyberia
Discussants:
- Alan Butler, Senior Privacy Counsel, Electronic Privacy Information Center
- Brenda Leong, Senior Counsel and Director of Strategy, Future of Privacy Forum
Moderator:
- Sandra Aistars, Senior Scholar and Director Copyright Research & Policy, Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property; Clinical Professor, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speakers.
Speakers
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Luncheon Keynote Address by Philip K. Howard
14th Annual Symposium of the Journal of Law, Economics & Policy
| Topics: | Administrative Law & Regulation • Regulatory Transparency Project |
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George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School - Founders Hall Multipurpose Room
3351 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22201
3351 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22201
Event Video
Description
This symposium was co-sponsored by the Regulatory Transparency Project and took place at the Antonin Scalia Law School on February 2, 2018.
Keynote Speaker:
- Philip K. Howard, Senior Counsel, Covington & Burling, LLP, and Founder, Common Good
Introduction:
- Gregory Conko, Interim Executive Director, Law & Economics Center
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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.
Speakers
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Regulating the Modern Workforce
14th Annual Symposium of the Journal of Law, Economics & Policy
| Topics: | Administrative Law & Regulation • Labor & Employment Law • Regulatory Transparency Project |
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George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School - Founders Hall Auditorium
3351 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22201
3351 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22201
Event Video
Description
This symposium was co-sponsored by the Regulatory Transparency Project and took place at the Antonin Scalia Law School on February 2, 2018.
Authors:
- James C. Cooper, Associate Professor of Law and Director, Program on Economics and Privacy, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
State Licensing Boards, Antitrust, and Innovation - Clark Neily, Vice President for Criminal Justice, Cato Institute
Occupational Licensing Run Wild
Discussants:
- Ryan Nunn, Fellow in Economic Studies, Brookings Institution
- Gabriel Scheffler, Regulation Fellow, Penn Program on Regulation, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Moderator:
- John M. Yun, Associate Professor of Law and Director of Economic Education, Global Antitrust Institute George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speakers.
Speakers
3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Creative Regulators and Environmental Protection
14th Annual Symposium of the Journal of Law, Economics & Policy
| Topics: | Administrative Law & Regulation • Environmental & Energy Law • Regulatory Transparency Project |
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George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School - Founders Hall Auditorium
3351 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22201
3351 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22201
Event Video
Description
This symposium was co-sponsored by the Regulatory Transparency Project and took place at the Antonin Scalia Law School on February 2, 2018.
Authors:
- C. Boyden Gray, Founding Partner, Boyden Gray & Associates
Regulating in the Shadows: How Agencies Achieve Indirectly that Which they have No Authority to Achieve Directly - Adam J. White, Director, Center for the Study of the Administrative State and Adjunct Professor of Law, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
Restoring Meaningful Limits to “Waters of the United States”
Discussants:
- Robert L. Glicksman, Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law, George Washington University Law School
- Nathan Richardson, Assistant Professor of Law, University of South Carolina
Moderator:
- Caroline Cecot, Assistant Professor of Law, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speakers.
