Global market platforms play an increasingly critical role in the world’s economy. In 2023 alone, nearly $575 billion worth of merchandise was sold through Amazon. Notably, over 60% of that merchandise was sold not by Amazon itself, but by third-party sellers using Amazon’s platform. With roughly 4.5 billion items sold by U.S.-based sellers alone in 2023, the question arises: who is responsible for the quality and legality of these products? If a product is faulty or counterfeit, is Amazon liable, or is it exempt from responsibility as a platform? Where can consumers seek legal redress, and which governments are responsible for oversight?

These questions are not unique to Amazon. Similar issues arise with other global e-commerce platforms such as Temu, Wish, and AliExpress, meal delivery platforms such as Grubhub and Just Eat, and ride-hailing platforms such as Uber and Lyft.

Join the UCLA Anderson Center for Global Management (CGM) and the UCLA School of Law’s Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy (LMI) in hosting Christopher S. Tang, Edward W. Carter Chair of Business Administration and Faculty Director of the CGM and Michael Dorff, Professor of Practice and Executive Director of the LMI for a thought-provoking and interactive conversation on the broad landscape of business and legal challenges posed by global platforms that will explore these timely and relevant issues as they relate to physical goods and services and e-commerce and social media platforms.

We are proud to feature this discussion as part of
UCLA’s 2024 International Education Week.

Speakers:

Michael Dorff, Professor of Practice and Executive Director, Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy, UCLA School of Law

Christopher S. Tang, UCLA Distinguished Professor, Edward W. Chair in Business Administration and Faculty Director, Center for Global Management, UCLA Anderson School of Management

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