The Open Market Blog

• By: Hans Bader
• 06/25/2008

The Supreme Court today struck down Louisiana’s law allowing courts to sentence convicted child-rapists to death.  The facts of the case are horrific: the…

• By: Alex Harris
• 06/25/2008

A DC law firm just published a report claiming that the US is falling behind other countries in broadband deployment. The report, like…

• By: Alex Harris
• 06/25/2008

Ars reports that New York is very close to passing a video game law that would require video game companies to do what they’re…

• By: Hans Bader
• 06/25/2008

The Supreme Court cut, but did not eliminate, the punitive damage award against Exxon in the Exxon Valdez oil spill case, as I…

• By: Alex Harris
• 06/24/2008

Ars reports on a Congressional hearing called to address the failings of the Universal Service Fund, which is supposed to provide telephone access to…