by Benjamin Lepak | Jan 6, 2020 | Blog
To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical. Oklahoma law requires attorneys to join and pay dues to the Oklahoma Bar Association in order to practice their occupation. The folly of...
by Mike Davis | Dec 4, 2019 | Blog
Why does accepting payment for a service make an otherwise-benign activity suddenly illegal? Accepting money is what distinguishes cutting a friend’s hair for free from a criminal mastermind who takes money for illegally performing cosmetology or barbering without a...
by Mike Davis | Nov 22, 2019 | Research
Fully Loaded: Oklahoma’s Car Dealer Licensing Cartel Author Mike Davis Abstract This paper describes why “(t)here may not be a clearer example of naked protectionism in the laws of Oklahoma than the protection afforded to car dealers.” The law puts car...
by Mike Davis | Nov 13, 2019 | Research
New Car Dealer Licensing in Oklahoma Author Mike Davis Abstract This paper briefly describes Oklahoma’s new car dealer licensing law and concludes that it affords no protections to Oklahoma’s new car consuming public. In fact, the law disfavors Oklahomans...
by Mike Davis | Nov 13, 2019 | Blog
Imagine you wanted to open a restaurant. Imagine you were allowed to cook the food yourself, but you were prohibited by law from serving it to customers yourself; instead, you were forced to hire a waiter. Next, imagine that the waiter wasn’t pulling his weight, but...