We’ll occasionally be posting event announcements here, as well as calls for papers, etc. that are likely to be of interest to our readership. Speaking of which, one such announcement came in today (from Fritz Allhoff…
by Jonathan J. Darrow The expiration of the patent on $11-billion-per-year Lipitor® (atorvastatin calcium) last November received wide media attention and was eagerly greeted by consumers, reflecting public excitement that seems to have not yet…
[posted on behalf of Al Roth] Al will be cross-posting here from his Market Design blog, and he’s let us know that he plans to follow-up soon on the circumcision debate around the world. For…
By Cassie Chambers The addition of Paul Ryan to the Republican presidential ticket has brought the healthcare proposals of both parties to the forefront. To listen to the Sunday morning talk shows, you’d think the…
By Michelle Meyer In legal scholarship and education, innovation law and policy is virtually synonymous with intellectual property in general, and with patent law in particular. This is curious and, I think, misguided. We expend…
by Nir Eyal Yesterday, Boston public radio station WBUR interviewed a Massachusetts primary care physician who refuses to admit new obese patients. She claims that it’s because she lacks proper equipment, but she seems to have mixed motives. Earlier she had admitted…
Interesting decision (H/T Wall Street Journal Law Blog ) from the D. Mass ordering the state to pay for a sex change operation for a prisoner. I’ll have more to say on the case soon…
by Glenn Cohen As America’s attention focused on the Republican Convention and the Obama campaign tries to portray a “Republican War on Women” at the Democratic one, last week Mitt Romney tried to clarify his…
[posted on behalf of Richard Epstein] The entire question of the FDA’s tobacco regulation is likely to spur extended commentary, given the split of opinions between the D.C. Circuit, which knocked out the packaging labels by…
The Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School is in an exciting phase of expansion. One of our new initiatives is this blog, which we hope you’ll visit regularly for insightful commentary on current issues in health law…
