Global convergence has been a central theme in competition law for more than two decades. It has provided a way of understanding where competition law is and where it is going. Until very recently, most observers have assumed it would continue to play that role. Brexit, Trump and other...

This paper looks at different elements within the negotiated text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement that govern various aspects of the digital economy and seeks to appraise the possibility for these rules to serve as a set of generally applicable benchmarks for future trade rules...

This chapter examines the issue of coexistence of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) alongside conventional and organic crops. The central focus is on whether there is a veritable opportunity for coexistence of all three types of crops, which allows for freedom of choice by both farmers and...

The EU-Turkey Statement of 18 March 2016, widely known as “the deal” or the EU-Turkey deal, has been one of the most controversial policy steps taken by the EU in recent years. This policy brief, which also aims to serve as an amicus curiae brief, examines two interrelated aspects of the...

At the World Economic Forum more than 800 executive and technology experts were asked when they thought a particular “tipping point” would be reached – when would we see a government collect tax with blockchain? The agreed date was 2023 (on average). A full 73% of the respondents however,...

CO2 MTIC fraud is an exceedingly fast moving, quickly mutating fraud. Litigation has moved rapidly from the UK to Germany. The litigation line stretches from Dosanjh's £39m (€41,039,261) fraud in the first three months of 2009 to CITIBank's £9,893,821 fraud in July 2009, and then jumps to...

This three-part paper considers three MTIC fraud cases in CO2 permits, the Dosanjh, CITIBank, and Deutsche Bank cases. Dosanjh was convicted of stealing £39m from January 20 through May 6, 2009, CITIBank is presently responding to allegations that it improperly claimed £9,893,821 in input...

The first part of this paper considered traditional MTIC fraud (push MTIC) in CO2 permits. The fraud in that case (Dosanjh) was swiftly put down. The traditional design of the fraud did not mean it was “garden variety.” Sweeping arrests in the early morning hours of August 19, 2009, followed...

The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 forms the centrepiece of the UK's domestic legal preparations for its departure from the European Union. The Act aims to capture and domesticate large swathes of EU law so as to safeguard legal continuity upon Brexit. This paper examines the process by...