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Activism risk and corporate self‐regulation: Investigating how anti‐SLAPP laws impact firms' institutional corporate social performance

open access: yesStrategic Management Journal, Volume 47, Issue 3, Page 831-859, March 2026.
Abstract Research Summary This research investigates how firms attempt to preempt activism before it mobilizes into an active threat. Employing a difference‐in‐differences design, we examine the quasi‐exogenous enactments of laws that prevent Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (anti‐SLAPP laws) in the United States.
Zhiyan Wu, Garry Bruton, Ryan Krause
wiley   +1 more source

Directors’ Duties and Corporate Social Responsibility under German Law – Is Tort Law Litigation Changing the Picture?

open access: yesNordic Journal of Commercial Law, 2017
This article discusses the right and a potential duty of directors to pursue CSR policies under German law. It first explains the two main duties of directors: to make sure that the company complies with its legal obligations, which has been broadly ...
Peter Rott
doaj   +1 more source

Administrative Liability for Causing Damage to Selected Components of the Environment

open access: yesPublic Governance, Administration and Finances Law Review, 2020
The article deals with one of the most important and recent issues of the contemporary law of the Member States and the EU in the field of environment, which is criminal liability for environmental crimes which serves as a tool for promoting ...
Branislav Cepek
doaj   +1 more source

TORTIOUS LIABILITY OF LEGAL ENTITIES

open access: yesPravo, 2015
Тhe history of tortious acts had known individuals as the only entities who, through their specific actions, performed the different types of legal dishonesty.
Marko Stanković
doaj  

Informed Consent as a Human Right in the Inter‐American Human Rights System (IAHRS)

open access: yesDeveloping World Bioethics, Volume 26, Issue 1, Page 11-16, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Informed consent is presented as a fundamental right and principle in modern medical practice. It involves obtaining permission from a patient before any medical procedure, treatment, or research protocol. Although not explicitly recognized as a standalone right in international human rights instruments, informed consent in healthcare is ...
Diana Rocío Bernal‐Camargo   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Distortion in the Communication of Nonsignificant Primary Outcomes: The Spin Strategy in Multiple Sclerosis Trials

open access: yesAnnals of Neurology, Volume 99, Issue 2, Page 316-327, February 2026.
Objective Spin refers to reporting strategies that highlight the benefits of an experimental treatment or divert attention from nonsignificant primary outcomes. We aimed to assess spin in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on pharmaceutical efficacy in multiple sclerosis (MS) and explore associated factors.
Marta Mascareñas‐García   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Criminalising ‘Conversion Therapy’

open access: yesThe Modern Law Review, Volume 89, Issue 1, Page 28-62, January 2026.
An increasing number of jurisdictions have introduced legal bans on so‐called ‘conversion therapy’ practices. Yet significant uncertainty and disagreement persist among legal scholars, policymakers and advocates about whether criminal law is an appropriate tool in this area and, if so, how it should be used.
Ilias Trispiotis, Stuart Goosey
wiley   +1 more source

Is the Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023 Sufficient to Promote the Uptake of Paperless Trading Systems?

open access: yesThe Modern Law Review, Volume 89, Issue 1, Page 125-157, January 2026.
In September 2023, the Electronic Trade Documents Act (ETDA) came into force in the UK. It aims to facilitate paperless trade by allowing certain trade documents in electronic form to have the same legal functionality as their paper counterparts. The question this article poses is whether the ETDA, and similar legislative initiatives in other countries,
Ilias Ioannou
wiley   +1 more source

TRANSFORMATION OF TORT LIABILITY IN THE ERA OF DIGITALIZATION OF TRANSPORT AND THE APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGIES [PDF]

open access: yesLegal Bulletin
This article examines the problem of determining the scope of entities bearing civil liability for the creation and use of unmanned (autonomous, automated) vehicles.
BOYARSKAYA YULYA
doaj   +1 more source

Tort Litigation against Transnational Corporations in the English Courts: The Challenge of Jurisdiction

open access: yesUtrecht Law Review, 2018
In recent decades, some jurisdictions have shown a growing trend of private claims alleging direct liability of parent companies for overseas human rights abuses (‘Tort Liability Claims’).
Ekaterina Aristova
doaj   +1 more source

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