Nothing new under the sun is to be found in Spirit Airlines v. Department of Transportation, but the facts are interesting.Although the U.S. air transportation market is largely deregulated, DOT retains the authority to prohibit “unfair or deceptive practice[s] . . . in air transportation or the sale of air transportation”. They issued a new […] Read more

One of the drivers of the development and application of doctrine in administrative law is the concept of the principles of good administration. On one view, courts and administrators work collaboratively to produce rational and efficient policies and decisions.Fleshing out the principles of good administration is an interest of mine, so I was intrigued to […] Read more

Interesting paper here from Arden Rowell (University of Illinois). One of the difficulties with regulators performing cost-benefit analyses lies in determining what should go into the analysis. Some things we can count quite easily: to use Rowell’s example, the cost of installing rear-view cameras on cars; and the benefits in terms of lives saved (although […] Read more