COVID-19: Responsibility, Accountability, Liability, and Health Care Provider Duties of Care in a World of Rationing
Release Date: 12/14/2020
Louisiana Land Loss Lawsuits Head to SCOTUS: Examining the Underlying Claims in Chevron v. Plaquemines Parish and Related Cases
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Recorded on Tuesday, September 23, 2025 On June 16, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition for certiorari in , Nos. 23-30294, 23-30422, agreeing to decide during this October Term 2025 whether defendant energy producers are entitled to remove the cases filed in state courts to a federal forum to resolve the nature of their federal rights and immunities as federal contractors. Background Since 2013, local Louisiana parishes have filed forty-three lawsuits alleging that energy company activities associated with energy production caused harm by, among other things,...
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Civil Justice Preview of the Supreme Court's 2025 – 2026 Term
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Recorded Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Time Stamp of Cases Previewed (in Order of Discussion): (05:03): Berk v. Choy, No. 24-440 (15:32): Hain Celestial Grp. v. Palmquist, No. 24-724 (25:44): Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Par., No. 24-813 (43:50): Coney Island Auto Parts Unlimited v. Burton, No. 24-808 Q&A: (54:41) Description: With the Supreme Court starting to hear cases for the upcoming year on October 6, a balanced panel of experts previewed some of the most interesting and potentially consequential cases for the coming year. The panelists focused on the civil justice-related...
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Delaware Disrupted (?): The Battle for Corporate America
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Recorded on Friday, May 30, 2025 Delaware has long been the unrivaled home of American corporate law—but Senate Bill 21 may signal the start of a shift. This webinar examined the controversy surrounding SB 21 and what it reveals about deeper tensions in Delaware’s approach to corporate governance and litigation. Our panel of experts analyzed recent legislative moves and their potential consequences, and asked: Is Delaware’s dominance in jeopardy, and if so, who—or what—might come next? Panelists: , Professor of Law and Director, John W. Glynn Jr. Law & Business Program,...
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What’s Next for the Antitrust Agencies with a New Administration?
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This discussion was Panel 4 of the 28th Annual George Mason Law Review Antitrust Symposium. Moderator: , Assistant Professor; Director of Competition, Law & Economics Center, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School Panelists: , Senior Managing Director, Compass Lexecon; , The University of Chicago Booth School of Business , Partner, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP , Vice President, Cornerstone Research
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Third Party Litigation Financing & Litigation Transparency Roundtable
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On Wednesday, March 26, the Law & Economics Center held a roundtable on Third Party Litigation Financing & Litigation Transparency, discussing transparency in our civil justice system, especially when it comes to third party litigation financing (TPLF)—an increasingly used and similarly scrutinized mechanism for financing lawsuits. Speakers included Moderator: , Judge, US District Court for the District of Columbia , Vice Dean of Intellectual Life and Associate Professor of Law, Seattle University School of Law , Founder & Executive Director, National...
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The Clash of AI Competition and Copyright Law Panel Discussion
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This discussion was Panel 2 of the 28th Annual George Mason Law Review Antitrust Symposium. Moderator: , Director, Advanced Analytics Lab, Berkeley Research Group; Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University; Editor, American Bar Association; External Expert; Romanian National Council for Scientific Panelists: Mark Gray, Copyright Policy Counsel, OpenAI , H. Laddie Montague Jr. Chair in Law; Associate Dean for Research and Innovation; Director, Intellectual Property (IP) Law and Innovation Initiative, Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law , Attorney, Bureau of...
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Commissioner Holyoak and Judge Doug Ginsburg - Fireside Chat
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FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak joined Judge Douglas Ginsburg of the DC Circuit Court for a fireside chat. This converation ended the 29th Annual George Mason Law Review Antitrust Symposium.
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Privacy Policy in the New Administration
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A panel of experts provides a discussion on some of the important developments under the Biden administration, and what to expect in this area from the new Trump administration.
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Civil Justice Preview of the Supreme Court’s 2024 – 2025 Term
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With the Court starting to hear cases for the upcoming year on October 7, 2024, a balanced panel of experts previewed some of the most interesting and potentially consequential cases for the coming year. The panelists focused on the civil justice-related cases on the docket, the cases where economic analysis is most at play, and those cases likely to have the most substantial economic impact or require adjustment to business activity. Panelists: , Of Counsel, Litigation; Mass Torts, Insurance and Consumer Litigation, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP , President, Center for...
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The Intersection of Antitrust & Privacy: A Deep Dive into the U.S. v. Apple Antitrust Case
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This one-hour talk examined the recent Department of Justice (DOJ) complaint against Apple, which alleges that Apple has designed and structured its iPhone platform in a manner that violates Section 2 of the Sherman Act. Join us as Professor James Cooper of George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School, Professor Erika Douglas of Temple University Beasley School of Law, Professor Thom Lambert of the University of Missouri School of Law, and moderator Professor John Yun of George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School discuss the scope of a platform’s duty to deal, the relevance of...
info_outlineListen to today's episode of The Marketplace of Ideas to hear Robert Jerry, Floyd R. Gibson Missouri Endowed Professor Emeritus of Law at University of Missouri School of Law, and David Hyman, Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Health Law & Policy at Georgetown University Law Center, discuss Professor Jerry's recent article on "COVID-19: Responsibility and Accountability in a World of Rationing" in the Journal of Law and the Biosciences.
Robert H. Jerry, II is the Floyd R. Gibson Missouri Endowed Professor of Law-Emeritus at the University of Missouri School of Law. From 1998 to 2003, he held the Floyd R. Gibson Missouri Endowed Professorship at the University of Missouri School of Law. From 2003 to 2014, he served as dean of the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where he also held the Levin Mabie and Levin Professorship (through 2015). He returned to MU Law as the Isidor Loeb Professor of Law in 2015, a position he held until his retirement on September 1, 2019 as the Gibson Missouri Endowed Professor-Emeritus. At the University of Missouri School of Law, he has been affiliated with the Center for Dispute Resolution as a Senior Fellow since 2003. As an emeritus faculty member, he maintains an active research agenda. He received his JD from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was a member of the Michigan Law Review, and his undergraduate degree from Indiana State University.
Dr. David Hyman focuses his research and writing on the regulation and financing of health care. He teaches or has taught health care regulation, civil procedure, insurance, medical malpractice, law & economics, professional responsibility, and tax policy. He is the author of dozens of scholarly articles in leading legal and medical journals, and several books including Overcharged: Why Americans Pay Too Much For Health Care published by the Cato Institute in 2018 and co-authored with Charles Silver, and the Economics of Health Law published by Edward Elgar in 2016 and co-authored with Ronen Avraham and Charles Silver. Hyman received his BA, JD and MD from the University of Chicago.