Will Federal Banking Regulations Force Online Casinos to Fold? Until recently, online casinos operated outside of the reach of the United States Government. Now, in an innovative effort at law making, Congress has charged banks and other financial institutions with preventing the operation of online casinos in the US market. By requiring banks to shun transactions from gambling sites, Congress hopes to cut off the interaction between sites and their customers on US soil. Whether this will be successful is unknown. This discussion will explore what the new regulations will do to both the banking and gaming industries. More importantly it will examine whether this is an appropriate and acceptable form of law enforcement. Will this law overburden banks by making them the agents of the federal government, or will it be an easy to incorporate standard that will make banks more secure? Should online gambling be outright prohibited in the United States or should Congress merely regulate and tax this activity? These and many other questions will be explored during the lecture. Speakers include: Steve Verdier, Senior Vice President and Director of Congressional Relations Group for the Independent Community Bankers of America Houman Shadab, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center Regulatory Studies Program Michael Borden, Office of Congressman Jim Leach Moderated by: Gavin Young, Counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee. Music performed by Two Violins and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0. LESS

The Journal of Law, Economics, & Policy at George Mason University School of Law is pleased to present a panel discussion of the empirical analysis of e-commerce from the Anticompetitive Barriers to E-Commerce Symposium. Moderator: Jerry Ellig, Mercatus Center "Public versus Private Restraints on the Online Distribution of Contact Lenses: A Distinction with a Difference" - James C. Cooper, Federal Trade Commission "Real Estate Brokerage and E-Commerce: A Framework for Empirical Analysis" - R. Richard Geddes, Cornell University Commenters: * Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D., President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation * Ken Heyer, Economics Director & Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economic Analysis - Antitrust Division, United States Department of Justice Music performed by Two Violins and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0. LESS

The Journal of Law, Economics, & Policy at George Mason University School of Law is pleased to present a panel discussion of the market for Caskets from the Anticompetitive Barriers to E-Commerce Symposium. Moderator: David E. Harrington, Kenyon College "Protectionism as a Rational Basis? The Impact on E-Commerce in the Funeral Industry" - Asheesh Agarwal, US Department of Justice "Casket Sales Restrictions and the Funeral Market" - Daniel Sutter, University of Oklahoma Commenters: Donald J. Boudreaux, Chairman, Department of Economics, George Mason University Brian Higginbotham, Economist, Joint Economic Committee Music performed by Two Violins and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0. LESS

The Journal of Law, Economics, & Policy at George Mason University School of Law is pleased to present a panel discussion of the market for Automobiles from the Anticompetitive Barriers to E-Commerce Symposium. Moderator: Todd J. Zywicki, George Mason University School of Law "Automobile Distribution Restrictions: An Economic Perspective" Debra J. Holt, Federal Trade Commission "A Competitive Analysis of Regulatory Barriers to Internet Auto Sales" John T. Delacourt, Kelley Drye Collier Shannon Commenters: Joseph M. Johnson, Economist, United States Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy Martin Johnson, Senior Economist, International Trade Administration Department of Commerce Music performed by Two Violins and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0. LESS

Moderator: Donald J. Boudreaux, George Mason University "The Economics of Direct Wine Shipping" Jerry Ellig, Mercatus Center at George Mason University Alan E. Wiseman, Ohio State University "What Next in the Wine War?" James Alexander Tanford, Indiana University School of Law Commenters: Maureen K. Ohlhausen Director of the Office of Policy Planning Federal Trade Commission Todd J. Zywicki Professor of Law George Mason University School of Law Senior Fellow James Buchanan Center Music performed by Two Violins and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0. LESS

A Symposium Presented by: the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, the George Mason University School of Law, & the Journal of Law, Economics, and Policy Featuring Keynote Speaker Kenneth Starr Dean, Pepperdine University School of Law Music performed by Two Violins and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0. LESS

Mr. Gerald Laporte, Chief, Office of Small Business Policy, Division of Corporation Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Mr. Michael See, Assistant Chief Counsel, Office of Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration, Mr. John Berlau, Fellow in Economic Policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and moderator Kristina M. Husar, 3rd Year Law Student at George Mason University and member of the Journal of Law, Economics, and Policy discuss the effects of the legislation, both intended and unintended, with a focus on Section 404, the internal-controls provision, and the policies of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). LESS

The Honorable David B. Sentelle, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, M.E. (Spike) Bowman, Director, Intelligence Issues Group, F.B.I., Guy Dubois, Vice President for Operational Technologies and Solutions in the Intelligence and Information Systems Division of Raytheon Corporation, Linda Lourie, Associate Deputy Counsel, Department of Defense, Office of the General Counsel, International Affairs, and Jeremy Kidd, Robert A. Levy Fellow and Student at George Mason University School of Law discuss "A Law and Economics Perspective of Terrorism." LESS

The Honorable John Graham, OIRA Administrator, The Honorable Sally Katzen, former OIRA Administrator, Clinton Administration, Barry Pineles, Counsel, US House of Representatives, Small Business Committee, and James Gattuso, Research Fellow in Regulatory Policy, The Heritage Foundation, discuss the impact of federal regulation on the economy and small business, and shed light on some of the key proposals for regulatory reform. LESS