Oxford Business Law Blog

There is an ongoing debate among regulators and investors on the risks posed by climate change to the financial services industry and potential adverse effects on systemic stability. One source of...

A lot has already been said about the EU draft regulation for Artificial Intelligence (the ‘Regulation’), published by the European Commission on 21 April 2021. What has however remained little...

A recent incident involving Japanese conglomerate Toshiba bears important lessons for corporate governance in Japan, in particular shareholder activism and the possibility to acquire shares in...

Whether a guarantee issued by a guarantor in order to secure contractual obligations of a main debtor constitutes a regular suretyship guarantee, triggering liability for the guarantor (in accordance...

The use of AI to drive efficiency and business improvement has increased significantly in the last five years across multiple sectors. While a decade ago AI might have been thought of primarily in...

The COVID-19 pandemic is the largest public health disaster the world has experienced in a century. Its economic fallout will exceed that of the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. The fallout has...

In my recent article published in the Journal of Corporate Law Studies—‘British Social Enterprise Law’—I take a fresh look at the UK’s community interest company (CIC). In so doing, I make several...

The UK is examining proposals for ‘dual class share’ structures in premium listed companies on the London Stock Exchange. The Kalifa Review and Hill Review suggested this could be desirable, and the...

Given the increased involvement of corporations in a wide array of activities and practices across the globe, the corporate overregulation through a plethora of legal obligations at both national and...

The COVID-19 pandemic obviously caused massive disruption in the global economy, and both advanced economies and emerging economies/developing countries (EMDEs) alike experienced major economic...

A vibrant green bonds market is desirable for China because it promotes environmental protection and sustainability even amid rapid economic development. Over the past 40 years of reform, economic...

What does it mean to say a business association is a legal person? The question, phrased in different ways, has threaded through the law of business organizations for at least two centuries. When we...

The amount of capital in sustainable investing funds has risen in recent years, as investors’ awareness towards Environmental Social and Corporate Governance (‘ESG’) heightened related issues. This...

In the early hours of the morning of 14th June 2017 a fire broke out in one of the fourth-floor flats at a recently renovated tower block at Grenfell Tower, London, a social housing complex of almost...

The German Regional Court of Mannheim dealt in Case 2 O 34/19 dated 18 August 2020 with Daimler’s alleged infringement of Nokia’s Standard Essential Patents (‘SEPs’) and found that Daimler was using...

Corporate governance reforms in India have undergone a significant overhaul since the late 1990s. In 2000, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) introduced the first set of comprehensive...

In the United States and around the world, politicians, academics, and businesses often rail against burdensome and costly rules that they claim hamper innovation and economic growth. Sometimes these...

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