There is a free symposium from 9am-2pm tomorrow Friday at American University Law School. The symposium is called Dangerous Products: From Lead Toys to Tainted Drugs, A Discussion for Consumer Protection Professionals and the Media. It's co-sponsored with the American Association for Justice and is in Room 603 of the AU Law School, 4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW - Washington, DC 20016 -- 202-274-4000. Here is the agenda. Among the highlights-- two professors will discuss new papers: The Social Costs of Dangerous Products: An Empirical Investigation, by Prof. Sidney Shapiro of Wake Forest School of Law, and Unavailable and Unaccountable: A Free Ride for Foreign Manufacturers of Defective Goods, by Prof. Andrew F. Popper of American University Washington College of Law.