Oxford Business Law Blog

The statement that reciprocal loyalty encourages collaboration needed for contract performance is a truism, practically a cliché. Courts have long emphasized the significance of honesty, cooperation...

In a recent chapter in the Research Handbook on EU Environmental Law, edited by Marjan Peeters and Mariolina Eliantonio, we review a number of initiatives at EU level that seek to integrate...

The right to an independent and impartial judge in the determination of one’s civil rights or a criminal charge against them is recognized in all advanced legal systems. It is also often said that...

This post is based on my new working paper, ‘Bad Money’. Today, only a small fraction of the money in circulation is made up of physical notes and coins issued by sovereign governments. Instead, the...

Mandatory disclosure is a foundation of modern securities law, both in the United States and around the world. But is it really necessary? After all, corporate promoters wishing to sell securities...

Online financial fraud targeted at consumers through phishing attacks and identity theft, for example, is a growing problem. The increased risk of fraud is linked with digitalisation of financial...

Online financial fraud targeted at consumers through phishing attacks and identity theft, for example, is a growing problem. The increased risk of fraud is linked with digitalisation of financial...

Domain names are easy-to-remember alphanumeric codes, such as www.amnesty.org. Domain names can lead to disputes, especially when they are perceived as insulting or, allegedly, infringing trademarks...

Firms that find themselves in dire circumstances can improve their situation by proactively implementing strategic change to stem survival-threatening performance decline. Asset restructuring is a...

The problems in global financial markets are often similar, even though the capital market structure across jurisdictions differs significantly. The beginning of the 21st century was marked by a...

Modern finance is fast moving, extremely complex, and contributes to pervasive unknowns. Yet the processes governing how finance is regulated are typically slow, highly deliberative, and often...

In recent years, the rate of innovation has increased dramatically, and new technologies are being introduced in almost all markets around the globe. Disruptive innovations such as blockchain,...

Corporate groups have been the subject of much research and debate, but mostly focussing on the position of the controlled companies, eg, the subsidiaries, rather than focussing on the parent company...

Faced with the challenges posed by the rise and evolution of disruptive technologies and innovations, countries have adopted differing regulatory approaches and adapted institutional structures and...

For years, Zappos—an Internet shoe and clothing retailer—has been offering its employees money to quit their job. From the initial $100, this one-time offer has now reached $2000. The stated purpose...

Methodology has not received sufficient attention in the field of comparative law. All too often, comparative legal scholars proceed on the assumption that placing regulatory structures from multiple...

Disclosure is an extremely valuable aspect of the current corporate law landscape, and scholars have been increasingly referring to it and engaging with in-depth discussions on the topic. The...

In my latest paper ‘Normative Goals in Merger Control’, I deal with the recent calls for extending the scope of merger appraisal to normative goals outside the realm of the consumer welfare paradigm...