Right now, the EU stands ready to adopt a set of strict rules in yet another area of free expression: political advertising in the online and traditional media.

In the last few years, there has been a significant momentum behind imposing mandatory obligations on multinational enterprises (MNEs) to respect human rights and the environment. In 2017,…

In February 2022 the European Commission launched a proposal for an EU corporate sustainability due diligence directive (‘CSDDD proposal’). Companies will be mandated, under threat of sanctions,…

On 23 February 2022, the European Commission (EC) published a proposal for a directive on corporate sustainability due diligence (proposal). The proposal has already attracted much scholarly and…

The European Union (“EU”) is considering the adoption of a new “anti-coercion” instrument.  A proposal for the adoption of a “Regulation of the European Parliament and of the…

On 18th January 2019, the European Commission published the draft negotiating mandates for its trade talks with the United States, which followed the US-EU Joint Statement…