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• Bill Introduced: S.3665 A bill to amend chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, to modify ...

  A bill to amend chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, to modify the rate of accrual of annual leave for administrative law judges, contract appeals board members, and immigration judges.
  (September 29, 2008)

• Bill Signed by President: S.3295 A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, and the ...

  A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, and the Trademark Act of 1946 to provide that the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, shall appoint administrative patent judges and administrative trademark judges, and for other purposes.
  August 11, 2008: Signed by President.
  (August 10, 2008)

• Bill Introduced: H.R.6362 To amend title 35, United States Code, and the Trademark Act of 1946 ...

  To amend title 35, United States Code, and the Trademark Act of 1946 to provide that the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, shall appoint administrative patent judges and administrative trademark judges, and for other purposes.
  (June 23, 2008)

• Bill Introduced: S.3086 Credit Card Fair Fee Act of 2008

  A bill to amend the antitrust laws to ensure competitive market-based fees and terms for merchants' access to electronic payment systems.
  (June 3, 2008)

• Bill Introduced: S.2831 Federal Trade Commission Reauthorization Act of 2008

  A bill to reauthorize the Federal Trade Commission, and for other purposes.
  (April 6, 2008)

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Articles

• Optimal Specificity in Environmental Standard-Setting

  CRITICAL ISSUES IN ENVIRONMENTAL TAXATION: INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPTCTIVES, Vol. III, pp. 730-745, C. Dias Soars, J.E. Milne, H. Ashiabor, L. Kreiser, K. Deketelaere, eds., Oxford University Press, 2010 , Maastricht Faculty of Law Working Paper Forthcoming MICHAEL G. FAURE University of Maastricht - Faculty of Law, Metro Date Posted: February 01, 2012 Working Paper Series 4 downloads Adaptive Mitigation in the Electric Power Sector Brigham Young University Law Review, p. 2115, 2011, San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 12-080 Lesley K. McAllister University of San Diego School of Law Date Posted: January 30, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 7 downloads Enforcement Without Foundation? - Insider Trading and China's Administrative Law Crisis Nicholas Calcina Howson University of Michigan Law School Date Posted: January 29, 2012 Last Revised: February 16, 2012
  (February 15, 2012)

• Free Speech and the Myth of the Internet as an Unintermediated Experience

  George Washington Law Review, Vol. 78, Pg. 697, 2010, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 09-33, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 09-26, TPRC 2009 Christopher S. Yoo University of Pennsylvania Law School Date Posted: September 22, 2009 Last Revised: February 07, 2012
  (February 6, 2012)

• 3p – Legal and Instututional Implications in Ex Socialist States

  Borut Strazisar Fakulteta Za Komercialne in Poslovne Vede Date Posted: February 16, 2012 Working Paper Series 2 downloads An American Perspective on the New Japanese Act on General Rules for Application of Laws Japanese Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 59, pp. 298-313, 2009, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper Ronald A. Brand and Tabitha S. Fish University of Pittsburgh - School of Law and Saxon, Gilmore, Carraway & Gibbons, P.A. Date Posted: February 16, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 3 downloads Financial Supervisors in Small Markets – Independency or Mergers Borut Strazisar Fakulteta Za Komercialne in Poslovne Vede Date Posted: February 16, 2012 Working Paper Series 4 downloads Public Private Partnerships on a Local Level Borut Strazisar Fakulteta Za Komercialne in Poslovne Vede Date Posted: February 16, 2012 Working Paper Series 2 downloads Reform of the Nigerian Banking System – Assessment of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) and Recent Developments Duncan Alford University of South Carolina - Coleman Karesh Law LibraryUniv. of South Carolina School of Law Date Posted: February 16, 2012 Working Paper Series 3 downloads Outsourcing Covert Activities Journal of National Security Law & Policy, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2012, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-9, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2012-9 Laura Dickinson George Washington University - Law School Date Posted: February 15, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 14 downloads Defining and Measuring Search Bias: Some Preliminary Evidence International Center for Law & Economics, November 2011, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 12-14 Joshua D. Wright George Mason University School of Law Date Posted: February 14, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 15 downloads Engaging Business in the Regulation of Nanotechnology GOVERNING UNCERTAINTY: ENVIRONMENT REGULATION IN THE AGE OF NANOTECHNOLOGY, Christopher J. Bosso, ed., Resources for the Future Press, 2010, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 12-07, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 12-12 Cary Coglianese University of Pennsylvania Law School Date Posted: February 13, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 2 downloads Meta-Regulation and Self-Regulation THE OXFORD HANDBOOK ON REGULATION, Martin Cave, Robert Baldwin, Martin Lodge, eds., 2010, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 12-11, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 12-06 Cary Coglianese and Evan Mendelson University of Pennsylvania Law School and University of Pennsylvania Law School Date Posted: February 13, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 12 downloads Process Choice Regulation and Governance, Vol. 5, pp. 250, June 2011, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 12-05, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 12-08 Cary Coglianese University of Pennsylvania Law School Date Posted: February 13, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 4 downloads Trouble Reports as an Indicator of Service Quality: The Influence of Competition, Technology, and Regulation Telecommunications Policy, Vol. 24, pp. 947-967, 2000 Trevor R. Roycroft and Martha Garcia-Murillo Ohio University - J. Warren McClure School of Communication Systems Management and Syracuse University - School of Information Studies Date Posted: February 13, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 1 downloads Supreme Court Sluggers: Introducing the Scalia, Fortas, and Goldberg/Miller Trading Cards Journal of Law, Vol. 2, (Journal of Legal Metrics, Vol. 1), No. 1, 2012 Ross E. Davies , Craig D. Rust and Adam Aft George Mason University School of Law , George Mason University, School of Law, Alumni and George Mason University - School of Law, Alumni Date Posted: February 10, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 106 downloads The Drugs Stop Here: A Public Health Framework to Address the Drug Shortage Crisis Food and Drug Law Journal, Forthcoming, Case Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-4 Sharona Hoffman Case Western Reserve University School of Law Date Posted: February 10, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 6 downloads A Short Note on Corruption in Telecommunications in the Kingdom of Morocco Ewan Sutherland University of Witwatersrand, LINK Centre Date Posted: February 09, 2012 Working Paper Series 6 downloads Regulatory Enforcement, Politics, and Institutional Distance: OSHA Inspections 1990-2010 Michael D. Makowsky and Juergen Jung Towson University - Department of Economics and Towson University - Department of Economics Date Posted: February 08, 2012 Working Paper Series 5 downloads Will Gene Patents Derail the Next-Generation of Genetic Technologies?: A Reassessment of the Evidence Suggests Not Christopher M. Holman University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law Date Posted: February 08, 2012 Working Paper Series 36 downloads Beyond Compliance: Explaining Business Participation in Voluntary Environmental Programs U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 12-04, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 12-06 Jonathan C. Borck and Cary Coglianese Analysis Group, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts and University of Pennsylvania Law School Date Posted: February 07, 2012 Working Paper Series 11 downloads International Payments Law Reform: Introduction of Global Code of Payments Banking & Finance Law Review, Vol. 25, No. 3, p. 405, June 2010 Julius Kiss Charles University in Prague - Law Faculty Date Posted: February 07, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 6 downloads Is Principle Based Legislation Smart Choice for Capital Market’s Regulation? Borut Strazisar Fakulteta Za Komercialne in Poslovne Vede Date Posted: February 07, 2012 Working Paper Series 6 downloads Revisiting the Impact of Judicial Review on Agency Rulemakings: An Empirical Investigation William and Mary Law Review, Vol. 53, 2012 Wendy E. Wagner University of Texas - School of Law, The Center for Global Energy, International Arbitration, and Environmental Law Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 2 downloads Flexible Environmental Regulation OXFORD HANDBOOK OF U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, Sheldon Kamieniecki and Michael E. Kraft, eds., Oxford University Press, 2012, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 12-03, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 12-05 Lori Snyder Bennear and Cary Coglianese Duke University - Nicholas School for the Environment and University of Pennsylvania Law School Date Posted: February 05, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 22 downloads A Test of Prohibition's Effect on Alcohol Production Using Crop Yields Griffin Sims Edwards and Brent Travis Howe Southern Utah University - Department of Economics and Finance and Northwestern University - Department of Economics Date Posted: February 04, 2012 Working Paper Series A Short Note on Corruption in Telecommunications in Kenya Ewan Sutherland University of Witwatersrand, LINK Centre Date Posted: February 02, 2012 Working Paper Series 6 downloads Food and Drug Law: Federal Regulation of Drugs, Biologics, Medical Devices, Foods, Dietary Supplements, Cosmetics, Veterinary and Tobacco Products R. Termini, FOOD AND DRUG LAW: FEDERAL REGULATION OF DRUGS, BIOLOGICS, MEDICAL DEVICES, FOODS, DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS, COSMETICS, VETERINARY AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS, Forti Publications, 2012 Roseann B. Termini Widener University - School of Law Date Posted: February 02, 2012 Accepted Paper Series American Finance and American Democracy: Towards an Institutionalist 'Law and Economics' Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper No. 418 Tamara Lothian Columbia University - Center for Law and Economic Studies Date Posted: February 01, 2012 Last Revised: February 02, 2012
  (February 1, 2012)

• A Sustainable Future for Corporate Governance Theory and Practice

  Shann Turnbull International Institute for Self-Governance Date Posted: January 19, 2012 Working Paper Series 24 downloads Another Nero Wolfe Cookbook George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 12-06, Green Bag Almanac and Reader, pp. 473-514, 2012 Ross E. Davies George Mason University School of Law Date Posted: January 19, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 28 downloads The Failed Reform of Ontario's Mining Laws Journal of Environmental Law and Practice, Vol. 23, p. 1, 2011 Bruce Pardy and Annette Stoehr Queen's University (Canada) - Faculty of Law and affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: January 19, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 21 downloads A Short Note on Corruption in Telecommunications in Greece Ewan Sutherland University of Witwatersrand, LINK Centre Date Posted: January 18, 2012 Working Paper Series 8 downloads Legal Issues in College and University Internship Programs Academy of Legal Studies in Business Journal of Employment and Labor Law, Vol. 12, pp. 58-70, Spring 2011 Tammy Cowart and Mildred Blowen University of Texas at Tyler and affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: January 18, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 27 downloads OIRA, Regulatory Review, and Capture Michael A. Livermore and Richard L. Revesz New York University and New York University - School of Law Date Posted: January 18, 2012 Working Paper Series 27 downloads A House of Cards Falls: Why 'Too Big to Debar' is All Slogan and Little Substance Fordham Law Review Res Gestae, Vol. 80, No. 49, 2012, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-8, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2012-8 Jessica Tillipman The George Washington University Law School Date Posted: January 17, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 54 downloads The Puzzling Uniformity of Lawyers’ Contingent Fee Rates: An Assortative Matching Solution Eyal Zamir , Barak Medina and Uzi Segal Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Faculty of Law , Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Faculty of Law and Boston College - Department of Economics Date Posted: January 17, 2012 Last Revised: January 27, 2012
  (January 26, 2012)

• A Short Note on Telecommunications in Scotland - Devolution and Independence

  Ewan Sutherland University of Witwatersrand, LINK Centre Date Posted: January 25, 2012 Working Paper Series 26 downloads Competitive Neutrality in Public Procurement and Competition Policy: An Ongoing Challenge Analised in View of the Proposed New Directive 5th International Public Procurement Conference, August 2012 Albert Sánchez Graells Comillas Pontifical University Date Posted: January 25, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 7 downloads Do Expert Agencies Outperform Generalist Judges? Some Preliminary Evidence from the Federal Trade Commission Joshua D. Wright and Angela Diveley George Mason University School of Law and affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: January 25, 2012 Working Paper Series 95 downloads Political Drivers and Signaling in Independent Agency Voting: Evidence from the FCC Adam Candeub and Eric Hunnicutt Michigan State University College of Law and Michigan State University - Department of Economics Date Posted: January 25, 2012 Working Paper Series 1 downloads Rolling Spot Forex Trading – Financial Problem or Ponzi? Borut Strazisar Fakulteta Za Komercialne in Poslovne Vede Date Posted: January 25, 2012 Working Paper Series 17 downloads A Note on Optimum Labour Market Regulation in Developing Countries: A Law and Economics Perspective Rahul Suresh Sapkal II affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: January 23, 2012 Working Paper Series 7 downloads Rising from the Ashes: A Governance Perspective on Emerging Systemic Risks GOVERNING DISASTERS: THE CHALLENGES OF EMERGENCY RISK REGULATION, pp. 246-262, Alberto Alemanno, ed., Edward Elgar, 2011 Giuliano G. Castellano Bocconi University - Law Department Date Posted: January 23, 2012 Accepted Paper Series Brief of Amicus Curiae Professor Kristin E. Hickman in Support of Respondents, United States v. Home Concrete & Supply, LLC (United States Supreme Court) Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper Kristin E. Hickman University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - School of Law Date Posted: January 22, 2012 Working Paper Series 4 downloads Effective, Proportional and Dissuasive Penalties in the Implementation of the Environmental Crime and Shipsource Pollution Directives: Questions and Challenges European Energy and Environmental Law Review, pp. 256-278, 2010 MICHAEL G. FAURE University of Maastricht - Faculty of Law, Metro Date Posted: January 22, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 5 downloads Legislative Proposals to Address the Negative Consequences of the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Provisions Marcia Narine University of Missouri at Kansas City - School of Law Date Posted: January 22, 2012 Working Paper Series 8 downloads Enforcement of Environmental Law in the Flemish Region European Energy and Environmental Law Review, pp. 60-79, 2010, Maastricht Faculty of Law Working Paper Forthcoming MICHAEL G. FAURE and Katarina Svatikova University of Maastricht - Faculty of Law, Metro and Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Rotterdam Institute of Law and Economics Date Posted: January 20, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 14 downloads Vague Notions in Environmental Criminal Law Environmental Liability, Vol. 4, pp. 119-133, 2010 , Environmental Liability, Vol. 5, pp. 163-170, 2010 , Maastricht Faculty of Law Working Paper Forthcoming MICHAEL G. FAURE University of Maastricht - Faculty of Law, Metro Date Posted: January 20, 2012 Last Revised: January 26, 2012
  (January 25, 2012)

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