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Resolving The Dilemma Of Non-Justiciable Causation In Failure To Warn Litigation, Aaron D. Twerski, Neil B. Cohen Nov 2010

Resolving The Dilemma Of Non-Justiciable Causation In Failure To Warn Litigation, Aaron D. Twerski, Neil B. Cohen

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Locating The Regulation Of Data Privacy And Data Security, Edward J. Janger Oct 2010

Locating The Regulation Of Data Privacy And Data Security, Edward J. Janger

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Locating The Regulation Of Data Privacy And Data Security, Edward J. Janger Oct 2010

Locating The Regulation Of Data Privacy And Data Security, Edward J. Janger

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Consumer Credit And Competition: The Puzzle Of Competitive Credit Markets, Edward J. Janger, Susan Block-Lieb Apr 2010

Consumer Credit And Competition: The Puzzle Of Competitive Credit Markets, Edward J. Janger, Susan Block-Lieb

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Virtual Territoriality, Edward J. Janger Jan 2010

Virtual Territoriality, Edward J. Janger

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Standardization Of Standard-Form Contracts: Competition And Contract Implications, Mark R. Patterson Jan 2010

Standardization Of Standard-Form Contracts: Competition And Contract Implications, Mark R. Patterson

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Standard-form contracts are a common feature of commercial relationships because they offer the advantage of lower transaction costs. This advantage of standard contracts is increased when there is a second layer of standardization under which multiple firms agree on a standard contract. Trade associations and similar entities often effect standardization of this kind through collective agreement on a standard contract, sometimes under the aegis of state actors. Multifirm contract standardization can provide not only the usual transaction-cost advantages of standard-form contracts, but also increased competition among firms, because a standard contract makes comparison among firms’ offerings easier. But standardization among …


Balancing Of Markets, Litigation And Regulation, Keith N. Hylton, Larry E. Ribstein, Paul H. Rubin, Todd J. Zywicki Jan 2010

Balancing Of Markets, Litigation And Regulation, Keith N. Hylton, Larry E. Ribstein, Paul H. Rubin, Todd J. Zywicki

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In addition to judicial education programs that the Law and Economics Center conducts, we also have a division that focuses on public policy research, known as the Searle Civil Justice Institute. In November, we held a public policy roundtable where we commissioned a variety of research and brought together a group of experts, both academic and practitioner experts, to discuss the issue of balancing the appropriate roles of markets, litigation, and regulation. And the notion there is that each one - markets, litigation, and regulation - can and probably should play a role in addressing various consumer harms.