March 24, 2017
A missing Oxford comma became rather expensive when an appellate court used it to interpret Maine's overtime labor law in favor of a dairy's drivers.
March 23, 2017
Because unauthorized immigrants pay billions of dollars in payroll taxes, they are one solution to the Social Security solvency problem.
March 21, 2017
When the tiny box is robin egg blue or the delivery truck is brown, those color trademarks convey an identity that makes color more meaningful.
March 17, 2017
Although The Codfather violated New England's catch share system, the overfishing that results from the tragedy of the commons has been minimized.
March 16, 2017
March 13, 2017
Last weekend, our daylight saving time dilemmas began again as we lost an hour of sleep but gained evening time to shop, exercise and go to athletic events.
March 7, 2017
Surprisingly significant, the EU's opposition to blue wine reflects how regulation constrains the innovation that creates productivity and economic growth.
March 2, 2017
Even in North Dakota where there is a ban on parking meters along town and city streets, there is no such thing as free parking.
February 23, 2017
January 26, 2017
When German farmers got a chicken tax to protect them from U.S. poultry imports in the 1960s, the results were unexpected.
January 17, 2017
When our sugary drink consumption exceeds federal guidelines, we need to decide how much of a nudge we want from government to reduce what we drink.
January 15, 2017
Soon to become big business, marijuana branding is helped by catchy names but restricted because of trademark constraints.