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Blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) are often referenced as key developments for the boardrooms of the future. An increasing amount of academic literature is being produced to examine the...

Autonomous Systems and the Law (C.H. Beck/Nomos 2019) by Nikita Aggarwal, Horst Eidenmüller, Luca Enriques, Jennifer Payne, and Kristin van Zwieten (eds) is a collection of papers dealing with the...

For the past several years, the US Congress has been considering various versions of a legislative reform that would amend the Bankruptcy Code to facilitate the prompt reorganization of systemically...

In 2018, the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU or Court) in Achmea (C-284/16) shook the world of investment arbitration to the core. By contrast to Advocate General (AG)...

The EU Revised Shareholder Rights Directive (SRD II) is currently required to be implemented by 10 June 2019. It seeks to encourage long-term shareholder involvement through increased transparency...

On 23 January 2019, Advocate General Szpunar delivered his opinion in Plessers, a case before the European Court of Justice that concerns the protection of employees in a Belgian insolvency...

With the UK’s planned exit from the European Union on March 29, 2019 looming and the likelihood of an exit without a withdrawal agreement (a so-called 'No Deal' Brexit) increasingly probable, merging...

The Gibbs Rule is back in the global spotlight. This English common law rule dates back to a decision in Anthony Gibbs & Sons v La Societe Industrielle et Commerciale des Metaux issued in 1890...

The Conference on European Restructuring and Insolvency Law (CERIL) published a report on ‘Cross-border Restructuring and Insolvency post-Brexit’ on 12 December 2018. The report highlights the...

The online digital economy has benefitted us with waves of innovation, transforming the way we search, shop, communicate and consume information. Be it on our computer, tablet or mobile device, the...

In a highly anticipated decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a U.S. bankruptcy court order dismissing a chapter 11 case filed by a corporation (once one of the largest...

It is often said that transactions made on the blockchain are immutable: once the transaction is done, it is done. And in principle they are indeed immutable. Aside from security breaches, changes to...

Although various authorities in the US have repeatedly claimed that they do not wish to over-regulate cryptoassets or to stifle innovation in the space, overlapping regulations produced by a...

On 11 September 2018, the European Court of Justice (‘ECJ’) heard arguments in Google, Inc. v CNIL, a case that concerns the territorial scope of European data protection law. Among the questions...

Humans as a Service: The Promise and Perils of Work in the Gig Economy (OUP 2018) by Jeremias Prassl is an engaging, illustrative, and thought-provoking book. The book argues that gig-economy...

A project of the British Academy - 'The Future of the Corporation’ reached a major milestone on November 1, 2018 with the public discussion of a framework and supporting papers. The project is led by...

It is now twenty years since the publication of La Porta et al’s “Law and Finance” paper in the Journal of Political Economy. Although the methodology used in early law and finance papers attracted...

“Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.” Carl Philipp Gottfried von Clausewitz A Prussian general and the author of On War may...

On 26 June 2018, the Insolvency Regulation (Recast) (hereafter, EIR 2015) celebrated its first anniversary. It covers (i) the international jurisdiction of a court in a member state to open...

The European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) featured a Focus Panel on ‘Common Ownership: Antitrust Meets Corporate Governance’ at their Annual Members’ Meeting in Berlin, in May 2018. The...

One of the most controversial topics in corporate law scholarship has been whether there is a ‘short-termism problem’ in equity capital markets, and if there is such a problem, how to remedy it. One...