Via Al Roth's Market Design Blog comes news of a proposed French law that "has some familiar and some novel features." Reuters has the story: PARIS, May 27 (Reuters) -…
I was very happy to see this guest editorial: Pursuing Fair and Just Compensation for Research Participants: An Open Letter to the Research Ethics Community. From the paper: Concerns over…
Via Northwestern Law: Professor Zachary D. Clopton has been appointed interim dean of Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law for two years beginning July 22, 2025. The announcement was made…
As reported by Reuters here: An attorney defending artificial-intelligence company Anthropic in a copyright lawsuit over music lyrics told a California federal judge on Thursday that her law firm Latham…
From Al Roth's Market Design Blog: The deceased donor waiting list for kidneys to transplant is congested: offers, which take time to evaluate, are often rejected, while cold ischemia time…
In Italy. The FT has the story: Italy’s constitutional court has upheld a long-standing ban on single women undergoing treatment for in vitro fertilisation, dealing a big setback to many…
At least for now. I had not been following Commonwealth v. Garafalo, but it is an interesting case in the latest battles over "trafficking creep" and the Massachusetts Supreme Court…
In the latest example of Goodhart's Law, a recent paper finds evidence that researchers are purchasing citations in order to boost their citation metrics. From the paper: In this study,…
Orin Kerr reminds us of the joint statement by law reviews, back in 2005, to limit article length. The plan, shall we say, didn't work :-) Updated 5/26: Over at…
Reuters spoke to 7 biotech executives, investors, & consultants who said that "the staff departures & policy changes at the FDA had prompted some firms to consider launching trials in…