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Recorded on Tuesday, June 9, 2026 Background: On April 17, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an 8-0 decision in Chevron USA Incorporated, et al., Petitioners v. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, et al., holding that Chevron and other energy producers may remove Louisiana coastal damage actions from state court to federal court under the federal officer removal statute, 28 U.S.C Section 1442(a)(1),...

Recorded on Friday, May 29, 2026 Background: Prediction markets—only a few years ago relegated to academic discourse—are now in the news almost daily and at the center of a vibrant policy debate. Bringing together subject matter experts to examine this fast-moving legal landscape, this webinar explored how these markets operate and how they have evolved into platforms for trading on real-world out...

Event Page on the LEC Website Recorded on Wednesday, February 11, 2026 The past year has seen major shifts in privacy policy at both the FTC and in the states. Under the Trump administration, the FTC has abandoned some prior approaches while preserving others, creating a mix of change and continuity. At the same time, state lawmakers continue to move quickly on privacy and AI regulation. In this v...

Event Page on LEC Website Recorded on Tuesday, September 23, 2025 On June 16, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition for certiorari in Chevron USA Incorporated, et al., Petitioners v. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, et al. , Nos. 23-30294, 23-30422, agreeing to decide during this October Term 2025 whether defendant energy producers are entitled to remove the cases filed in state courts t...

https://masonlec.org/?p=6754 Recorded Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Time Stamp of Cases Previewed (in Order of Discussion): (05:03): Berk v. Choy, No. 24-440 (15:32): Hain Celestial Grp. v. Palmquist, No. 24-724 (25:44): Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Par., No. 24-813 (43:50): Coney Island Auto Parts Unlimited v. Burton, No. 24-808 Q&A: (54:41)  Description: With the Supreme Court starting to hea...

Recorded on Friday, May 30, 2025 https://masonlec.org/events/delaware-disrupted-the-battle-for-corporate-america/ Delaware has long been the unrivaled home of American corporate law—but Senate Bill 21 may signal the start of a shift. This webinar examined the controversy surrounding SB 21 and what it reveals about deeper tensions in Delaware's approach to corporate governance and litigation. Our p...

This discussion was Panel 4 of the 28th Annual George Mason Law Review Antitrust Symposium.  Moderator: Abbott (Tad) B. Lipsky, Jr. , Assistant Professor; Director of Competition, Law & Economics Center, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School Panelists: Dennis W. Carlton , Senior Managing Director, Compass Lexecon; David McDaniel Keller Professor of Economics Emeritus , The University o...

On Wednesday, March 26, the Law & Economics Center held a roundtable on   Third Party Litigation Financing & Litigation Transparency ,  discussing transparency in our civil justice system, especially when it comes to third party litigation financing (TPLF)—an increasingly used and similarly scrutinized mechanism for financing lawsuits. Speakers included Moderator: The Honorable Trevor N. McFadden...

This discussion was Panel 2 of the 28th Annual  George Mason Law Review Antitrust Symposium.  Moderator: Ai Deng , Director, Advanced Analytics Lab, Berkeley Research Group; Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University; Editor, American Bar Association; External Expert; Romanian National Council for Scientific Panelists: Mark Gray, Copyright Policy Counsel, OpenAI Daryl Lim , H. Laddie Montague Jr. Chair in...

FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak joined Judge Douglas Ginsburg of the DC Circuit Court for a fireside chat.  This converation ended the 29th Annual George Mason Law Review Antitrust Symposium. 

A panel of experts provides a discussion on some of the important developments under the Biden administration, and what to expect in this area from the new Trump administration.

With the Court starting to hear cases for the upcoming year on October 7, 2024, a balanced panel of experts previewed some of the most interesting and potentially consequential cases for the coming year. The panelists focused on the civil justice-related cases on the docket, the cases where economic analysis is most at play, and those cases likely to have the most substantial economic impact or re...

This one-hour talk examined the recent Department of Justice (DOJ) complaint against Apple, which alleges that Apple has designed and structured its iPhone platform in a manner that violates Section 2 of the Sherman Act. Join us as Professor James Cooper of George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School, Professor Erika Douglas of Temple University Beasley School of Law, Professor Thom Lambert...

Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Law & Economics Center at the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School, Donald J. Kochan, moderates a discussion about Climate Change Lawsuits and Preemption or Displacement of State Law: An Analysis of the Sunoco Cert Petition. This conversation, recorded in May, 2024, features Phil Goldberg of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Catherine M. Shark...

Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Law & Economics Center at the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School, Donald J. Kochan, moderates a discussion about the Standards for Judicial Education on Scientific Topics. This conversation, recorded in January, 2024, features David Faigman of the University of California College of Law, Jonathan Klick of the University of Pennsylvania...

Luncheon Panel at the Fifteenth Annual Judicial Symposium on Civil Justice Issues in Charleston, SC