Historically, intellectual property (IP) owners could rely on injunctive remedies to prevent continued infringement. The Supreme Court's eBay v. MercExchange decision changed

this, however. After eBay, patent courts no longer apply presumptions that push the deliberative scales in favor of injunctions (or “property rule” protection). [...]

The Supreme Court's recent decisions interpreting the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) in the employment context generally prioritize arbitration over workers’ labor law rights.

The majority in Epic Systems Corporation v. Lewis upheld mandatory individual employment arbitration agreements despite their conflict with the labor law right to [...]

In the Industrial Revolution, machines took on the burden of physical labor; in the Big Data Revolution, machines are taking on the tasks of making decisions. Algorithms are

the rules and processes that enable machines to make those decisions. Machines will make many decisions that affect general well‐being. [...]

AbstractChapter II of the European Pillar of Social Rights envisages fair working conditions that are further spelled out in two principles on secure and adaptable employment

(Principle 5) and information about employment conditions and protection in dismissals (Principle 7). [...]

AbstractIn this article, the authors assess the decision of the European Commission, in March 2018, not to implement a European Framework agreement concluded at sectoral level

(the Hairdressers Agreement), despite a joint request to do so from the signatory parties. [...]

AbstractWe use recent research and two 2018 arbitration cases to argue that the 2013 Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety represents a regulatory model that is in

principle worthy of extension to other countries and sectors. It has achieved considerable membership from purchasing multinationals and other stakeholders, and has [...]

AbstractThis article considers the potential for implied terms in the contract of employment to protect employees’ human rights. The slim prospects of legislative action

in this area make it important to consider common law means of protecting human rights at work. [...]

AbstractThe Equality Act 2010 provides that people with severe disfigurements are deemed to be disabled. Through the lens of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

and models of disability, this article highlights a number of difficulties with the the Act’s approach , including the problematic ‘severity’ threshold, the [...]