The shareholder wealth maximization myth
In a recent speech at the Netroots Nation, Senator Al Franken tried to frighten the crowd by trotting out the corporate bogeyman that greedily makes . . .
UK Payment System Regulator Market Reviews: Initial Concerns
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Fix the Supply Side
Do the Merger Guidelines need revision? No. Thanks for having me. OK. Yes–and market definition/market shares, and in particular the effective incorporation of supply-side effects, . . .
GE “Slashes” Earnings: Free Advice from Nowicki for GE Exec. Jeffrey Immelt!
The Financial Times reported yesterday that an embarrassed GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt had to tell GE shareholders that the 10% growth in earnings for 2008 . . .
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UK Payment System Regulator Market Reviews: Initial Concerns
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Brussels Effect or Brussels Defect: Digital Regulation in Emerging Markets
The blistering pace at which the European Union put forward and adopted the Digital Markets Act (DMA) has attracted the attention of legislators across the globe. In . . .
Biden’s Data Flows Order: Does It Comport with EU Law?
European Union officials insist that the executive order President Joe Biden signed Oct. 7 to implement a new U.S.-EU data-privacy framework must address European concerns about U.S. . . .
Regulación a las comisiones de tarjetas de pago
[The attached was published by La Academia de Centroamérica, a private, nonprofit research center based in Costa Rica, as an adaptation of the ICLE issue . . .
A way out of the war in Ukraine?
Responding to the Ukrainian offensive that has liberated Kharkiv and thousands of square miles of territory previously occupied by Russia, Vladimir Putin has taken steps recently that, . . .
The Folly of Land Acknowledgements
“Land acknowledgements” are all the rage. For those who haven’t been to a graduation or university lecture in Blue America, a “land acknowledgment” is the . . .
Regulating Payment-Card Fees: International Best Practices and Lessons for Costa Rica
Executive Summary In 2020, the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica passed Legislative Decree 9831, which granted the Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR) authority to . . .
China’s Sanctions and Rule of Law: How to Respond When China Targets Lawyers
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has begun to use sanctions against people who speak out against its policies, including even lawyers in their . . .
Mikołaj Barczentewicz on Russian cyber threats
ICLE Senior Scholar Miko?aj Barczentewicz joined the Warsaw Enterprise Institute to discuss cyber-security threats arising from the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The full video (in Polish) is . . .