On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organisation declared the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Alongside quarantines, travel restrictions and bans, businesses have been confronted with limited access to global human capital and unreliable...

President Trump is now three-fourths through his initial term as U.S. President. Between the U.S. House of Representatives' December 2019 decision to charge him with two articles of impeachment, which results in a referral to the Senate for further investigation and deliberation, and a looming...

Mattel's Barbie doll is more than just a trademarked toy produced for child consumption-Barbie has entered public discourse and taken on a life of her own as a cultural phenomenon. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has referred to Mattel's Barbie doll as "possibly the most famous toy in...

As businesses emerge into the post-pandemic world, insolvency proceedings offer practical solutions to businesses aiming to recover from the recent global economic fallout. These businesses hope to repay their debts, restructure and reorganize their assets, and generally manage their operations....

As social media is inundated with everything from the banal to the ridiculous, sifting through the social media landscape for brand protection intelligence can seem like a task of Herculean proportions. While some postings are retweeted like wildfire, garnering global exposure, others sit buried...

In October 2018, Trump, alongside his Mexican and Canadian counterparts, delivered what many have dubbed “NAFTA 2.0.” But the new U.S.–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) adopts not only a new name, but also a new approach to ISDS within its Chapter 14. On November 30, 2018 the leaders of...

This chapter builds the case for Delaware, the ‘First State,’ as an important next generation hub for international arbitration practice in the United States. It argues that the international arbitration community should more inquisitively and systematically engage with the state, its body...

This document comprises abstracts of each of the chapters for the forthcoming book: Esmé Shirlow and Kiran Nasir Gore (eds), The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties in Investor-State Disputes: History, Evolution, and Future (Kluwer, mid-2022). It also contains the book's foreword by Meg...

From 1994 to 2020, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) enabled a free trade zone in the region. Its early days were undoubtedly successful. NAFTA was credited with stimulating trade, economic growth, and cooperation among Canada, Mexico, and the US. Yet, NAFTA was not without...