In the aftermath of the recent military escalation involving Iran and the United States, questions concerning the future of international law, humanitarian norms, and the credibility of the post-World War II legal order have once again moved to the center of global debate. At a time when governments, legal scholars, and international organizations continue to [...]

Mihai Coca-Constantinescu, who holds an International and European Law LLB from the University of Groningen and an International Trade and Investment Law LLM from the University of Amsterdam, is a PhD candidate in Transboundary Legal Studies at the University of Groningen, based in the Netherlands, where he covers legal developments in Romania as a JURIST [...]

Two years ago, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo removed the interpretive buffer that once indirectly protected municipalities relying on federal agency interpretations. Last week, I argued that municipalities need a pre-adoption risk assessment tool—a way to evaluate regulatory text before it takes effect. But Loper Bright is not the only structural change municipal attorneys need [...]

Officials from 24 states and the District of Columbia on Monday filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the DC Superior Court concerning the use of data about people receiving anti-poverty aid from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, arguing that this constitutes an illegal use of data intended [...]

A coalition of 78 civil rights, labor, consumer protection, technology accountability and community organizations on Monday urged the US Senate to remove artificial intelligence (AI) sandbox provisions from the proposed Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act), warning that the measure could allow financial institutions to test AI systems without legal protections for consumers, making [...]

Apple filed a motion on Monday asking a US judge for a preliminary injunction barring two former employees, both now working for OpenAI, and OpenAI,  the company that created and maintains ChatGPT, from accessing, acquiring, using or disclosing alleged confidential information as ‌it moves ahead with its trade secrets case. Last month Apple sued OpenAI [...]

India’s arrest safeguards are again under scrutiny after police arrested more than 100 students two days after the government promised in writing to withdraw cases against non-violent demonstrators, organisers said. The July 25 assurance had ended seven weeks of protests at Jantar Mantar. Such episodes undermine the legitimacy of law enforcement and erode public trust [...]

Mobs in South Africa have looted foreign-owned shops, forced migrants out of townships and displaced tens of thousands of African nationals, conduct that breaches the equality and dignity guarantees of the country’s own constitution and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and that repudiates the Pan-African solidarity that sustained the anti-apartheid struggle. At [...]

A group of 25 mainly democratic states on Monday sued the Trump administration over its latest attempt to implement sweeping global tariffs. The lawsuit, filed in the International Trade Court (CIT), argues that the tariffs are arbitrary, capricious, and contrary to the law under which they were ostensibly imposed. President Trump invoked the tariffs in [...]