Professor Goodman speaks about the meaning of friction as a regulatory strategy in social media and smart cities.
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Prof. Michael Carrier testifies before House Energy & Commerce Committee
Prof. Carrier testified before the House Energy & Commerce Committee in support of legislation that would lower drug prices by targeting “pay-for-delay” settlements and citizen petitions. This was the second time he testified in Congress in the past week. https://energycommerce.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/hearing-on-negotiating-a-better-deal-legislation-to-lower-the-cost-of
Prof. Michael Carrier testifies before House Judiciary Committee
Prof. Carrier testified before the House Judiciary Committee in support of antitrust legislation that would lower drug prices. He offered proposals on product hopping, pay-for-delay settlements, citizen petitions, biosimilar disparagement, and pharmaceutical mergers. In response to questioning from Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Prof. Carrier discussed his work with Rutgers Law alum Carl Minniti on citizen petitions. … Continue reading Prof. Michael Carrier testifies before House Judiciary Committee…
In Hearing, Senator Coons takes up Professor Ellen P. Goodman’s Circuit Breaker Proposal to Disrupt Social Media Virality
In a Senate Commerce Committee Hearing on Social Media Algorithms, Senator Chris Coons asked witnesses to comment on a proposal first developed by Ellen P. Goodman to deploy circuit breakers to disrupt the virality of social media posts, so as to subject the fastest spreading content to human review.
5th Circuit takes position Prof. Michael Carrier suggested in amicus brief
The Fifth Circuit today gave the FTC (and U.S. consumers) a huge win today in finding that Endo and Impax entered into a pay-for-delay settlement that delayed the entry of opioid Opana ER. The opinion reached the result suggested by Prof. Michael Carrier in his brief on behalf of 82 professors. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3504773 Link to opinion…