The Open Market Blog

• By: Hans Bader
• 04/24/2008

The House Speaker is seeking to dump the House version of a bill in favor of a much more draconian Senate version preferred by…

• By: Hans Bader
• 04/24/2008

The Senate majority yesterday did not achieve the 60 votes needed to cut off further debate and summarily pass the Lilly Ledbetter Fair…

• By: Hans Bader
• 04/24/2008

Today, the Senate will consider (and almost certainly pass) the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act.  Earlier, I discussed the irrational fears behind this law, and…

• By: Ryan Radia
• 04/23/2008

After changing its mind about throttling Bittorrent traffic last month, Comcast has pulled a 180° on network neutrality. Last week, Comcast announced plans to publish…

• By: Cord Blomquist
• 04/23/2008

Just as pink was the new black and The Backstreet Boys were the new New Kids on the Block, the FCC is now turning “Localism”…

• By: Hans Bader
• 04/23/2008

George Mason University Law Professor David Bernstein has a thought-provoking post on the seizure of hundreds of children, including nursing infants, from their mothers,…