Jonathan Masur

Jonathan S. Masur is the John P. Wilson Professor of Law, the David and Celia Hilliard Research Scholar, and Director of the Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Program in Behavioral Law, Finance and Economics at the University of Chicago Law School. His research interests include administrative law and intellectual property law. He has written more than fifty articles and two books on law and legal theory.

The Business Interests That Promoted Cost-Benefit Analysis and Originalism Will Also Kill Them

In a new paper, Jonathan Masur and Eric Posner argue that although cost-benefit analysis and originalism seem to belong to different legal worlds, they share a common political history of support from many of the same business interests. In recent years, both have gained wide acceptance across the political spectrum. But the ground may be shifting beneath them, and they now face uncertain futures.

The FTC Noncompete Ban Is Legal

Jonathan Masur and Eric Posner argue that the Federal Trade Commissions’ recent ban on noncompete clauses is lawful under the plain language of the Federal Trade Commission Act, longstanding court precedent, and well-established administrative law principles.

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