The European Commission proposed Friday to amend its EU Single Market legislation to ensure the continued flow of medicines between Britain and Northern Ireland. The Commission has made this proposal to facilitate the implementation of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland on the ground. The Protocol is part of the Brexit divorce agreement to ensure a [...]

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul reports on recent statements by Taliban officials about the forthcoming national budget, their first under the new government. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding his name. [...]

Robert Scott Palmer of Largo, Florida, was sentenced in federal court to 63 months in prison on Friday for assaulting law enforcement with dangerous weapons during the January 6 breach of the US Capitol. Palmer is the first defendant from the breach of the Capitol to be sentenced for assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers with [...]

India’s Joint Parliamentary Committee Thursday published its report on the 2019 Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill in both houses of Parliament. The report is a clause-by-clause examination of the proposed law with more than 80 recommendations and 150 drafting changes to allow Members of Parliament to debate and vote on the country’s first data protection [...]

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul reports on protests and a death related to the country’s developing economic crisis. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding his name. The text has been only [...]

The Biden Administration scored a victory Friday in its ongoing battle to enforce a nationwide vaccine mandate for businesses when the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals dissolved a stay, allowing the rule to move forward. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) had issued an emergency temporary standard (ETS) on November 5, requiring all businesses [...]

In an unprecedented move, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) Friday suspended the approval given for Amazon’s 2019 investment in Future Coupons Private Limited (FCPL), claiming that the US e-commerce giant concealed critical information while seeking regulatory clearance. It also levied a penalty of ₹202 crores on Amazon. In November 2019, the CCI had permitted [...]

Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding this law student’s name and institutional affiliation. The text has been only lightly edited [...]

The United Kingdom and Australia Friday signed a new free trade agreement. This is the first UK trade agreement to be negotiated and signed since their formal withdrawal from the European Union in 2020. The trade agreement will remove the majority of tariffs on goods exported from the UK to Australia. The tariffs removal will “unlock £10.4 billion [...]

The Supreme Court of Canada announced Thursday  they would hear the appeal of a lower court ruling that re-implemented Canada’s Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) with the United States. That appellate court ruling followed a federal judge’s 2020 decision that struck the agreement down for violating the Canadian Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms. The [...]