The increase in multinational corporations and the globalization of industries has led to a greater number of international investigations by United States administrative agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ). Agencies such as these often seek...

This study assesses the effects of industrial disputes legislation and the dispute-settlement process on informal versus formal employment in India. It uses indicators of pro-worker court awards and court efficiency as well as amendments to the Industrial Disputes Act (IDA) at the level of...

I examine enforcement and capacity building in international cooperation. In a game-theoretic model, a wealthy donor gives foreign aid in exchange for policy implementation by a poor recipient. The recipient has limited capacity to comply with international agreements, so the donor is not sure...

There are very few industries that can attract the attention of Congress, multiple federal and state agencies, consumer groups, economists, antitrust lawyers, the business community, farmers, ranchers, and academics as the agriculture workshops have. Of course, with intense interest from...

In this paper, we take an organizational view of organized crime. In particular, we study the organizational consequences of product illegality attending at the following characteristics: (i) contracts are not enforceable in court, (ii) all participants are subject to the risk of being punished,...

International intellectual property (IP) law has moved from the absence of any obligations on criminal IP enforcement in the ‘pre-TRIPS era’ to a flexible international minimum standard embodied in Art.61 of the WTO Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)....

This article explores the enforcement policy adopted by the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA). Due to the lack of any published guidelines in this regard the author traces its policy through the publications made by the ECA and a number of key cases. It is revealed that there are some...

As evidenced by widely adopted international agreements, treaties and conventions, the law of nations encompasses core labor rights. This paper advocates for the use of the Alien Tort Claims Act as a way of raising international labor standards, while also acknowledging its limitations. Part I...

Private enforcement of competition law is gaining ground in Europe. The European Commission has made a number of reform attempts aimed at harmonizing and further endorsing private enforcement on a European scale. This paper discusses the key solutions proposed by the European Commission in its...

Amidst the recent record-breaking spike in oil prices, many resource-rich countries have moved aggressively to increase national control over large, internationally-financed hydrocarbon projects. Commentators have sensationalized these breaches as politically-motivated moves toward resource...