SLS Law and Political Economy (LPE)
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SLS Law and Political Economy (LPE)
All the President’s Regulators: Trump and the Future of the Federal Trade Commission: October 20, 2025
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesMore than a century ago, Congress established the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to combat corporate consolidation and rising monopoly power. Designed as an independent agency, the FTC was tasked with enforcing civil antitrust laws. This independence was intentional—Commissioners could only be fired by the President for cause, and the Commission itself could not become dominated […]
The Lawyerly Society and the Engineering State: January 21
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin us at 12:45 p.m. on January 21 for a discussion with Dan Wang, author of the New York Times bestseller Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future. A roundtable […]