This short paper examines the recent history of election financing laws in Canada, and then looks briefly at three distinct aspects of the Harper decision: the irony of Stephen Harper's position in the case, evidential and conceptual problems associated with equating commercial speech with...

This paper presents a mathematical model to evaluate the risks of arbitration in contractual disputes to decide whether or not to raise an arbitration case for a claim. It adds the ingredient of a regret theory approach for taking that decision, if an amicable settlement amount is not agreed....

As businesses move their confidential information onto computers, sensitive data gains the protection not only of state trade secret law, but also potentially of federal computer misuse statutes. The interaction between those two bodies of law, however, is more problematic than any commentator...

The European small claims procedure was the first uniform adversarial procedure in the EU, introduced to increase the efficiency and to reduce the costs of cross-border small claims litigation in the Member States. The European Commission regards this procedure as an important potential...

The recently enacted Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act of 2015 makes sweeping changes to the insolvency framework of the United Kingdom, supplanting much of the 1986 Insolvency Act, which had already undergone substantial amendment since its original passage. These changes illustrate...

This paper is a brief summary of the research work developed on the effects of agreements reached through mediation for Emedeus European Project. The first legal effect is the novation of the relationship which arises with the new agreement, with new bonds or commitments replacing the previous...

The financial crisis has placed executive pay at center stage in the corporate governance reform debate in the United States and around the world. We consider whether a judge-made solution to the problem will support the regulatory reform effort to reduce or eliminate excessive compensation. In...