Videos tagged with Stuart Benjamin

  • Cass Sunstein (Harvard Law School). Introduced by Stuart Benjamin (Duke Law).

  • Cass Sunstein (Harvard Law School), Stephanie Bornstein (University of Florida Levin College of Law), Jed Stiglitz (Cornell Law School), panelists. Moderated by Stuart Benjamin (Duke Law).

  • There is great interest across government, industry, and academia in improving the U.S. innovation system, particularly in light of competitive threats from countries like China. American universities have long been a foundation of U.S. leadership in science, technology, and innovation. As with other U.S. innovation institutions, however, universities face complex challenges. This conference aims to outline a new framework for America’s universities in the context of the country’s long-term competitive future.

  • The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law's next "Conversations on Innovation: New Thinking and New Approaches" examines the ramifications of the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (approved by the Senate and pending in the House) and the larger innovation and competition issues surrounding it. How will we know if the Act is achieving its goals? What else will need to be done to ensure the future competitiveness of the American economy? The program features Dr. Ronnie Chatterji, Chief Economist at the U.S.

  • The Supreme Court will hear argument in United States v. Arthrex, Inc. on March 1, 2021. The issue before the Court is the application of the Appointments Clause to judges of the Patent Trial and Appeals Board, a tribunal established by Congress in 2012 within the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The decision below by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that administrative patent judges were principal officers under the Constitution.

  • Duke Law's Center for Innovation Policy held an inaugural conference to address "New Approaches & Incentives in Drug Development" on Nov. 22, 2013.

    The first panel discussed "The Current Incentive Landscape." Speakers included Arti Rai, Duke Law School, Stuart Benjamin, Duke Law School, Michael Carrier, Rutgers Law School, Bhaven Sampat, Columbia School of Public Health, and Bret Dickey, executive vice president at Compass Lexecon.

  • Duke Law Journal presents: 43rd Annual Administrative Law Symposium: A Happiness Approach to Cost-Benefit Analysis which focuses on the role of well-being analysis in administrative law. The symposium concludes with an interdisciplinary panel discussing the merits of cost-benefit analysis versus well-being analysis. Panel participants include Jennifer Nou (University of Chicago), Lisa Robinson (Harvard Kennedy School), and Kip Viscusi (Vanderbilt Law). Moderated by Dan Bowling (Duke University School of Law). Closing remarks by Duke Law Professor Stuart Benjamin.

  • Duke Law Professors Neil Siegel, Stuart Benjamin, Joseph Blocher, Marin Levy, and Ernest Young discuss the most significant decisions of the past term of the U.S. Supreme Court (2010 term), focusing on civil cases.

  • Duke Law professors Neil Siegel, Stuart Benjamin, Guy-Uriel Charles, and Lisa Kern Griffin discussed some of the most important Supreme Court decisions from the October 2008 Term.

    Recorded on September 24, 2009.

  • This event will bring together local practitioners and Duke faculty to review recent legal developments that take social media into account, including the Supreme Court's 2012 decision in United States v. Antoine Jones.

  • September 16, 2011 - Second Session - Constitutional Limits of Congress's Enumerated Powers

    Ilya Somin (George Mason University School of Law), "A Mandate for Mandates: Is the Individual Health Insurance Case a Slippery Slope?"
    Introductory remarks by Gillian Metzger (Columbia Law School), moderator

    Stuart Benjamin (Duke Law School), "Bootstrapping"
    Introductory remarks by Matt Adler (University of Pennsylvania School of Law)

    Panelists: Jamie Boyle (Duke Law School), Erwin Chemerinsky (UC-Irvine School of Law)