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May 4, 20236 min read

The Luxembourg beneficial owner register and ECJ's ruling

Beneficial Owner Registries (BOR) have become a rule due to demands from international bodies that aim to promote tax transparency. The...

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Mar 24, 20235 min read

Culture clash or culture embrace? A quick look at how culture can make or break a negotiation

International commercial transactions require skilful negotiators to come to fruition. Despite commercial negotiators increasingly coming...

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Oct 20, 202211 min read

One missed opportunity and a never-ending debate: should the UK ratify the CISG?

The CISG[1] has thus far attracted 94 signatories, thanks to its accommodating legal framework, as it encompasses cross-border...

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Feb 25, 202215 min read

Art 7 CISG: an interpretation challenge or a pretext for non-adoption? The CISG through UK lenses

Now that Brexit is official, the cut-off date has passed, and the UK is on its own, it is time to think about the future. What trade...

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Feb 10, 20225 min read

Friends of the Earth Netherlands v Royal Dutch Shell PLC: a trendsetter for corporate liability?

International legal scholarship has long dealt with an important legal blackhole; whether corporations possess international legal...

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Feb 2, 20224 min read

Protecting algorithms as trade secrets. Time for change?

Google is one of the most popular and innovative companies in the world. But the question remains. How does Google work, and how does its...

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Jan 15, 20224 min read

Regulating the business model of social media companies; is it possible?

As with everything new, during the early days of the internet, there was no regulation of the digital sphere. Some twenty years later, a...

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Nov 22, 20217 min read

Surveillance capitalism and social media companies; has the time for regulation finally come?

Even if knowledge on surveillance capitalism is spreading, notably via Shoshana Zuboff”s book and documentaries, such disguised processes...

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