On June 2, 2025, proposed rules (“Proposed Rules”) were published under New Jersey’s Data Privacy Act (“NJDPA”). The Proposed Rules elaborate on what constitutes “personal data” and detail a number of compliance obligations, some of which parallel existing requirements under data privacy laws in California and Colorado. Like many other state data privacy laws, the…
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12 June 2025 r.classen/Shutterstock.com The High Court has found in favour of aircraft lessors (AerCap, DAE and Falcon, Merx and Genesis) in joined insurance claims relating to aircraft that were grounded in Russia when Ukraine was invaded- [2025] EWHC 1430. Global Sanctions reported on previous AerCap judgments in 2024. Other aircraft insurance claims related to…
Written by Clare Ferguson with Olga Dunderberg. The agenda for the European Parliament’s June 2025 plenary session has a strong focus on the rule of law and advances several important files through the legislative procedure. The Commission will make statements on the following week’s NATO summit, and on the recently adopted European Oceans Pact. His…
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Following some pushback, the European Commission postponed the release of the EU’s 2040 emission reduction target and appears to consider weakening the proposed 90% emission reduction as compared to 1990. However, weakening the EU’s ambition is not compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). This blogpost explains why the European Court of Human…
Corruption in healthcare is an enduring problem in many countries across Europe. Iva Parvanova argues that while investing in institutional reforms can achieve results, even well-designed policies will fall short if they fail to address the social norms that sustain corrupt practices. Corruption – the abuse of public office for private gain – is more…
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By Maria, Guilherme, Emilie and Chris Source: https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en Still Relevant After 50 Years: A Reality Check for Cedefop Cedefop turns 50! Source: Pinterest In a world where labour markets are evolving rapidly, driven by digital transitions, demographic shifts, and green ambitions, it is vital that EU education and skills development is set up for success….
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Dr Samira-Asmaa Allioui, Research fellow, Centre d’études internationales et européennes, Université de Strasbourg Photo credit : Chabe10, via Wikimedia Commons The applicants in the European Court of Human Rights judgment in Deforrey and others v France are three French nationals who allege reverse discrimination (ie, treating issues subject to EU law more favourably than…
Last week, the Trump administration sanctioned four judges of the International Criminal Court, who were subjected to an asset freeze and a travel ban simply for doing their job. Yesterday, the governments of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom sanctioned two extremist Israeli ministers, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, for inciting violence…
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By Sharon Coen, Associate Professor of Media Psychology at the University of Salford and Thalia Magioglou, Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Westminster On May 22nd 2025 nine representatives of European countries have co-signed an open letter in which they are arguing that the current interpretation of the European Convention of Human…
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