Teaching courses revolving around business law and ethics is a daunting challenge. Students need real-world examples to make the difficult topics and concepts come to life. This article explores legal negotiation and negotiation ethics in the context of the National Hockey League Lockout of...

Imagine if we stopped deciding basketball games by baskets alone. Instead, victory would be determined by a combination of baskets, rebounds, steals, and fouls. Each of these is universally acknowledged as a critical component of the game. Why not reward them directly instead of indirectly, by...

Since the UsedSoft ruling of the CJEU in 2012 there has been the distinct feeling that – like the big bang - UsedSoft signals the start of a new beginning. As we enter this brave new world, the Copyright Directive will be read anew: Misalignments in the treatment of physical and digital...

With three waves of internal energy market legislation already adopted and a fourth just tabled, a key question is “do we have an institutional structure that can effectively deliver the ambitious goals of the EU energy and climate change policy?”. To answer this question, the chapter...

By the early 1990s, employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) had become as prevalent in unionized firms as in nonunionized firms. However, little research has been devoted to examining the implications of ESOPs for collective bargaining or, more generally, for cross ownership. In this paper, we...

Der Streik der Krankenhausärztinnen entwickelte sich nach dem Ausscheiden der Tarifgemeinschaft der Länder aus den Verhandlungen um den TvöD im Sommer 2005 aus selbstorganisierten Aktivitäten junger KrankenhausärtzInnen neben Abwehrkämpfen von ver.di-Mitgliedern aus anderen Berufsgruppen....

Salini v. Morocco sparked one of the liveliest controversies in the dynamic field of international investment disputes. Salini held that the word investment in the ICSID Convention, although undefined, has an objective meaning that limits the ability of member states to submit disputes to ICSID...

Interest arbitration, or third-party arbitration, is an essential element of the Canadian industrial relations system, with considerable impact on the public interest, particularly in relation to public-sector industries. As an instrument of labour relations policy, interest arbitration has...

Many governments have banned strikes in public transportation. Whether this can be justified depends on whether strikes endanger public safety or health. We use time-series and cross-sectional variation in powerful registry data to quantify the effects of public transit strikes on urban...