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The ۲ݮƵ Business Law Meter Blog

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On 1 November 2021, ۲ݮƵ's Faculty of Law launched the ۲ݮƵ Business Law Meter, a blog for timely commentary and discussion of current developments in Canadian and transnational business law. Under the editorial leadership of the inaugural holder of the Professorship of Business Law, Peer Zumbansen, ۲ݮƵ Law students engage with hot button issues in corporate and securities, labour and commercial law, investment law, international economic law and private international law. The Meter welcomes feedback and commentary as well as submissions from guest writers. Guest submissions and inquiries should be sent to: peer.zumbansen [at] mcgill.ca

The latest in the Business Law Meter

3 Jan 2023
This post explores how corporations navigate political controversy. It argues that the old debate about whether they should engage in political controversy is giving way to a new conversation about how they can do so — both to manage risk and exploit opportunity. The old binaries between engage/disengage and stakeholder/shareholder are of little assistance when charting a course through today’s unpredictable business landscape.
3 Jan 2023

Through Bill C-27, the Canadian Federal Government has signaled a desire to update our legislative framework to account for the radical changes technology has had on our society. But is it enough?

3 Jan 2023
Tiktok is used by many political candidates and advocates to “democratize” political messaging and reach young voters – but is Tiktok’s algorithmic model compatible with democratic values?
1 Dec 2022
The following blog post is based on a research project on the regulation of CSR and ESG, undertaken as part of the course in Business Associations at ۲ݮƵ’s Faculty of Law in the Fall 2022 semester. Members of the group included Sofia Watt Sjöström, Spencer Williams, Aidan Carpio-Lanthier, Soraia Afshar and Joey Carrier, the course was convened by Professor Peer Zumbansen.
9 Nov 2022
The business of emotion recognition is a lucrative one—but is it based on an unsound premise?
17 Oct 2022
Artificial intelligence (AI) will never be as good as human – it will be even better.

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