Recurring breaches and non-enforcement of international law have persisted since the adoption of the UN Charter and the establishment of the post-World War II (WWII) legal order, which remains in place today. Scholars have repeatedly issued death certificates to Article 2.4 of the UN Charter and have raised fundamental questions about the weaknesses of this…
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During the course of a 30 minute hearing today, Chief Justice Morawetz listened to and agreed to the request for his approval of a small amendment to the plan which would resolve the lawsuits facing Canada’s tobacco companies. The amendment in question (pasted below) would end the inter-company wrangling over dividing the check. With it,…
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The University of Strasbourg, the Fondation René Cassin and the European Court of Human Rights are co-organising an international conference in their home city on 14 March. The conference is entitled ‘The European Convention on Human Rights as a Living Instrument’. This is the programme which can also be found here: 9:00 – 9:30 Welcoming…
The fired CEO of a telehealth company sued his former employer’s customer, alleging that the customer wrongfully pressured his employer to fire him after a video went viral of him confronting a boy wearing a prom dress. The lower court granted summary judgment and dismissed the plaintiff’s tortious interference claims. Plaintiff sought review with the…
Although you do not literally need to shout out that you are interested in a speaking role, you should tell people about this interest. Inject the speaking opportunity you seek into someone’s mind. They may be approached for speaking engagements they are unable to accept (such as due to timing) or for speaker suggestions from…
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On 23 June, the EU published its latest package of restrictive measures against Russia, which includes a new anti-circumvention tool that aims to stop third countries and companies from circumventing existing EU sanctions and imposes a transit ban via Russia on additional goods and technology, which might aid Russia’s military or security sectors. As part…
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Jackson Simmer, Unsplash On February 14, 2025, NLRB Acting General Counsel William B. Cowan rescinded a number of active General Counsel Memoranda citing an increasing “backlog of cases [grown] to the point where it is no longer sustainable.” Among those rescinded were a pair of memos issued by recently ousted NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo…
Earlier today I answered a question from a reader about whether or not it is worth it to take an executor to court for taking money from the estate, selling off assets too cheaply, and doing other slippery things such as telling people they are not in the will when in fact they are. The…
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Kurz vor der Bundestagswahl protestierten bundesweit tausende Menschen gegen die CDU. Wenig später entbrannte eine politische und rechtliche Debatte darüber, in welchem Rahmen Nichtregierungsorganisationen, die teilweise durch den Staat finanziert sind, solche Demonstrationen mitorganisieren dürfen. Vieles ist dabei noch unklar, insbesondere die Frage, ob möglicherweise mittelbar staatliche Gelder für die Organisation der Demonstrationen genutzt wurden….
by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy This summer, I wrote that the jury trial between Ryanair and Booking Holdings ended in the strangest way possible. The jury returned a verdict that Booking Holdings had caused exactly $5,000 in legally cognizable “loss” to Ryanair under the CFAA—the statutory minimum to establish a CFAA claim. Of course, there’s…
