Professor Ellen P. Goodman to Co-Lead Workshop on Algorithmic Auditing

On April 27, 2021, RIIPL and Carnegie UK Trust will host a workshop, co-led by Ellen P. Goodman and Professor Lorna Woods, Essex University, with dozens of policymakers, researchers, and civil society members in the US and UK to address algorithmic auditing. What are the harms algorithms can impose? How should algorithms e audited? How … Continue reading Professor Ellen P. Goodman to Co-Lead Workshop on Algorithmic Auditing

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…

On behalf of 65 professors, Prof. Michael Carrier co-authors Supreme Court brief

On behalf of 65 professors, Prof. Michael Carrier filed a Brief of Amici Curiae 65 Professors of Law, Business, Economics, and Sports Management that supported the student-athletes in NCAA v. Alston. The brief has three main points. First, the Petitioners (the NCAA and athletics conferences) seek to unwind a century of antitrust law by obtaining … Continue reading On behalf of 65 professors, Prof. Michael Carrier co-authors Supreme Court brief

Prof. Michael Carrier published “Rescuing Antitrust’s Role in Patent Holdup” in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online

Standards, common platforms allowing products to work together, are ubiquitous in our economy. But imagine that a company: (1) has a patent needed to use a standard, (2) promises to license the patent on reasonable terms, and then (3) says it was just kidding as it seeks to block the product or charge an exorbitant … Continue reading Prof. Michael Carrier published “Rescuing Antitrust’s Role in Patent Holdup” in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online