Corporate & Securities Law

GMU/Microsoft Conference on the Law & Economics of Innovation

For the third year, Josh and I have organized the annual George Mason Law School/Microsoft Conference on the Law and Economics of Innovation.  The conference is at the Arlington Hilton on May 7; registration is free. 

This year’s conference is on “Online Markets vs. Traditional Markets,” and once again we have a stellar line-up.  The (beautifully re-designed) conference website is here.  You can register for the conference here. 

This year features a keynote address from Susan Athey (Harvard Economics; Clark Medal winner), as well as the following presentations:

Peter Klein (Missouri Economics)? Does the New Economy Need a New Economics?
Thomas W. Hazlett (George Mason Law) - The Role of Exclusive Spectrum Rights in Wireless Network Innovations: Of Newtons, Blackberries, iPhones & G-Phones
Eric Goldman (Santa Clara Law) ? The Economics of Reputational Information

Florencia Marotta-Wurgler (NYU Law) ? Does Anyone Read Fine Print? A Test of the Informed Minority Hypothesis
Howard Beales (George Washington Business) ? Public Goods, Private Information, and Anonymous Transactions: Providing a Safe and Interesting Internet
Peter Swire (Ohio State Law) ? Privacy and Antitrust

Philip J. Weiser (Colorado Law; DOJ)? Re-evaluating the Theory and Realities of Online Contracts
Randal C. Picker (Chicago Law) ? The Mediated Book
F. Scott Kieff (Wash U. Law (moving to George Washington Law)) ? Commerce in the Shadow of the Commons: Business Models in Cyberspace

We’ll also have an industry roundtable to reflect on the day with representatives from Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook.

Should be a great conference–Please join us!

Full post as published by Truth on the Market on April 12, 2009 (boomark / email).