Karol Nawrocki will be Poland’s next president after he defeated Rafał Trzaskowski in the Polish presidential election on 1 June. Bartłomiej Kot writes that Nawrocki is likely to promote closer alignment with Donald Trump and a tougher stance on both Ukraine and the EU. Karol Nawrocki’s narrow victory in Poland’s presidential election marks more than…
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Rules concerning legal malpractice litigation are unique, difficult and adhered to. Rules about appellate records are even more specific and adhered to. In Lubin v Arnold E. DiJoseph, P.C. 2025 NY Slip Op 03057 Decided on May 21, 2025 the Appellate Division, Second Department dismissed a pro-se appeal from a pro-se litigation of a legal…
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By Lisanne Hummel* Introduction Europe’s capacity for innovation has come under intense scrutiny in recent years, recently fueled by reports from Draghi and Letta that highlight a widening innovation gap between Europe, China, and the U.S. With escalating geopolitical tensions and the increasing urgency for Europe to maintain independent competitiveness in especially digital markets, the…
.TOP Registry is off the ICANN naughty step, almost a year after it became the first registry to be hit by a public contract-breach notice over ICANN’s latest rules on DNS abuse. The Org took the highly unusual step yesterday of publishing a blog post drawing attention to what it clearly sees as a big…
It is the New Year, and with that comes resolutions, gift returns, tax returns and new laws. This is a short guide to help landlords and tenants navigate the new rental protections laws that the City Counsel of Redwood City approved in 2018 and are effective as of January 1, 2019. Minimum Lease Terms As…
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In the Acadian Society of New Brunswick v The Right Honorable Prime Minister of Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) will decide whether the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick must be bilingual [41398]. Overturning the decision by the Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick (“NBQB”), the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick (“NBCA”)…
New York law protects surviving spouses from being completely disinherited. If you’re a spouse who was left out of a will or left less than a fair share of your late partner’s estate, you may still have a legal right to claim a portion of the assets under New York’s Right of Election statute. What…
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Professor Steve Peers, Royal Holloway University of London Photo credit: Bologna, taken by Ввласенко, via Wikimedia Commons Introduction The world is increasingly bleak for those concerned about civil liberties, poverty or climate change – including for those concerned about the right to asylum and the rights of migrants more generally in Europe. Constraints on those…
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Anyone who follows this blog knows that I love Agreements for Sale (AFS)! It’s a seller financing strategy that is so, so relevant in today’s tough Canadian real estate market. AFS is a classic way of buying property with very little money out of your own pocket. On November 17th, we’re running a special AFS…
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Once espoused by a US Supreme Court Justice in the historical Jacobellis case, the iconic “I know it when I see it” principle doesn’t only apply to censorship. I would argue that we can apply it to well-constructed legal documentation as well. [Image by Amy Lloyd] Have you ever looked at a document, any document,…
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