Reg-Markets Center

Agenda

Regulation Through Litigation
April 26-27, 2001
8:30a.m.-5:00 p.m., April 26
8:30a.m.-2:00p.m., April 27
Falk Auditorium, Brookings Institution

On April 26th and 27th, the Joint Center will bring together some of the nation’s leading legal authorities to discuss the wisdom and implications of setting important national policies (on tobacco, guns, auto safety, etc.) through litigation. The lunch address on April 27th will be given by Philip Howard, author of The Lost Art of Drawing the Line (forthcoming).

Thursday, April 26th - Morning Session

8:30-8:50a.m.
Coffee and Registration

8:50-9:00a.m.
Welcome and Introduction
          W. Kip Viscusi
          Robert W. Hahn
          Robert E. Litan

9:00-10:15a.m.
Guns
          Authors: Philip Cook, Duke University
                       Jens Ludwig, Georgetown University
          Discussant: Jim Leitzel, University of Chicago

10:30-11:45a.m.
Breast Implants
Author: Joni Hersch, Harvard Law School
Discussant: Peter Schuck, Yale Law School

Thursday, April 26th - Afternoon Session

1:00-2:15p.m.
Tobacco
Author: W. Kip Viscusi, Harvard Law School
Discussant: John Calfee, American Enterprise Institute

2:15-3:30p.m.
Lead Paint
Author: Randall Lutter, Joint Center
Discussant: Thomas Kniesner, Syracuse University

3:45-5:00p.m.
HMOs
          Authors: Dan Kessler, Stanford University
                        Mark McClellan, Stanford University
          Discussant: Patricia Danzon, Wharton-UPenn

Friday, April 27th - Morning Session

8:30-9:00a.m.
Coffee

9:00-10:15a.m.
Insurance
Author: Kenneth Abraham, University of Virginia Law School
Discussant: David Cummins, Penn, visiting at NY Fed

10:45-12:30
Overview Papers: Class Actions, Pro and Con
          Authors: Richard Epstein, University of Chicago Law School
                        David Rosenberg, Harvard Law School
          Discussants: Jim Wooten, Chamber of Commerce
                               Gary Schwartz, UCLA Law School

12:30-2:00p.m.
Luncheon Speaker
          Philip Howard, Covington and Burling
                    Author of The Death of Common Sense
                    Author of The Lost Art of Drawing the Line (forthcoming)