Effective July 1, 2010, Jeffrey MacKie-Mason will serve as dean of the School of Information. As a founding faculty member, MacKie-Mason was among the visionaries who designed the School of Information in the mid-1990’s. “We are confident that Dr. MacKie-Mason will provide impressive leadership for the School of Information, strengthening the school’s international reputation of excellence […]
News America Marketing, a division of the News Corporation that publishes coupon inserts for newspapers and sells in-store advertising in supermarkets, had been sued in three jurisdictions by Valassis, a competitor based in Livonia, Michigan, which accused it of anticompetitive behavior. The company agreed to pay $500 million to settle the litigation. Read New York Times article.
Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade recently won a Second Circuit ruling affirming a previously granted preliminary injunction against certain regulations proposed by the New York City Taxicab & Limousine Commission. applEcon, working with Professor Jim Levinsohn of Yale University, provided economic analysis and testimony that was instrumental to the initial grant of preliminary injunction. […]