Foreign investment in U.S. companies benefits the economy, but poses risks to national security. Critical emerging and foundational technologies are especially attractive to foreign exploitation. Given the unique opportunities and challenges posed by emerging technologies, the National...

The protection afforded to franchisees differs widely across the world. Nations with economically strong franchise sectors typically regulate the contract’s bargaining phase and post-formation. Responding to the European Parliament’s call for a review of regulations governing Europe’s...

The hedge fund industry in the United States evolved from a niche market participant in the early 1950s to a major industry operating in international financial markets. Hedge funds in the United States were originally privately-held, privately-managed investment funds, unregistered and exempt...

In this paper, we describe the development and current status of anti-manipulation rules as they apply to wholesale electricity and natural gas markets in the United States and the European Union, including the institutions that are responsible for overseeing these rules. We then compare and...

This short technical report provides an empirical analysis of the level of institutional block ownership overall, and of foreign block ownership, at a broad set of publicly traded corporations. Disclosed institutional blockholders of every company in the Standard & Poor's 500 index are analyzed,...

Baseball, America's National Pastime, provides an apt illustration of the North American model of sports and how U.S. professional sports leagues are internally governed and externally regulated by public laws. This article describes how U.S. law has influenced the development of U.S....

The recent challenge by state attorneys general (“State AGs”) to the DOJ’s settlement in T-Mobile/Sprint has rekindled the enduring debate regarding the appropriate role for State AGs in federal antitrust enforcement. That debate has relied primarily upon theories of antitrust federalism...