The European Law Unbound Society (ELU-S) exists for its members. The goal is to build an open community of scholars interested in law in Europe, where everyone is welcome, regardless of career stage, academic interests, or perspective on European law. The Annual Conference is the central activity of ELU-S. It should become a welcoming and…
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Five years ago when I started as a social media consultant for lawyers, the challenge was getting lawyers to be comfortable with the idea of using social media. Although more lawyers have now embraced the use of social media, they need to overcome their hesitancy in posting videos of themselves on social networking platforms. Expect…
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Alvaro Oleart and Juan Roch argue the EU’s “othering” of Palestine demonstrates clear double standards when compared to Europe’s treatment of Ukraine. Ursula von der Leyen promised a “geopolitical” European Commission in 2019. She did not disappoint. Beyond the impact of COVID-19, von der Leyen’s time in office has been marked by two acute crises:…
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Overview: Telehealth providers are uniquely positioned to monitor for human trafficking when interacting with patients. Survivor records indicate that health services are among the most common points of access to help trafficked persons, and nearly 70% of human trafficking survivors report having had access to health services at some point during their exploitation. While there’s…
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I recently read a story online about Doreen Lofthouse that I find interesting. Mrs. Lofthouse was the powerhouse who turned the Fisherman’s Friend brand of cough drops into an incredibly successful business. The story I read talked about how she recently passed away leaving her personal estate of 41 million pounds (around $70 million Canadian…
Over the past decade, no firm has faced more scrutiny for violating competition laws than Google. The avalanche of cases against the firm—over 100 around the world—is almost unprecedented. In that light, the question facing competition authorities is increasingly not whether Google has broken the law, but rather what to do about it. Although consumers…
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Blacklock’s has filed its Memorandum in its appeal from Justice Roy’s decision earlier this year that meticulously ruled against it holding that : 1. It is hereby declared that, having purchased the only type of subscription available, which was allowing the acquisition of the password needed to access articles produced by Blacklock’s Reporter, Parks Canada’s use of…
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Dr. Ceren Kasım, Postdoctoral Research and Teaching Fellow, University of Hildesheim, Germany Photo credit: MesserWoland, via Wikimedia Commons INTRODUCTION The first-ever binding European Union (EU) legal instrument to combat violence against women and domestic violence was approved on the 14th of May 2024 by the EU and has already been published…
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Originally posted 2015-01-30 04:30:10. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Commuter Host Steve Baird says initial interest confusion is “the real thing” and in the process seeks to “add life” to Professor McCarthy’s famous “evil highway road sign” analogy: Whatever the criticisms might be to the doctrine of Initial Interest Confusion, including those detailed by our friends Ron Coleman, Marty Schwimmer, and Eric Goldman, in…
While employers enjoy some flexibility in making decisions about an employee’s job, there are a number of obligations that apply to the termination of employment. Generally, where an employer terminates the employment relationship, that employee is presumptively entitled to reasonable notice of the termination of their employment at common law (or pay in lieu thereof)….
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