The European Parliament launched a lawsuit Friday against the European Commission for a mechanism that allows the freezing of EU payments to member states which failed to respect the rule of law principles. The mechanism in question links EU funds to the rule of law breaches. The lawsuit brought by the European Parliament will put [...]

A Russian national had his first appearance in an Ohio court Thursday following his extradition from South Korea for his alleged role in a cybercriminal organization. Vladimir Dunaev is accused of being part of a transnational group that deployed a suite of malware programs known as Trickbot. The malware employed trojans and ransomware to infect millions [...]

The Associated Press (AP) has released an investigative report revealing that the Myanmar military has been torturing prisoners in a “methodical and systematic” manner since taking over the government in February. The report is based on interviews with 28 people who were recently released by the military. AP’s investigation covered images, sketches, and letters, as [...]

Facebook employees have warned for years that the company was failing to police abusive content in countries where it was likely to cause harm, according to a report by Reuters. In recent years, Facebook has faced legal action for its role in enabling violence in certain countries. In 2021, the Gambia brought a genocide claim [...]

A German steelmaker argued before the US Court of International Trade (CIT), a specialized trial court, that the US had improperly classified an EU and German climate change program as an illegal subsidy. The US Department of Commerce (DOC) placed duties on German forged steel fluid end blocks in May 2020. The steel products are imported [...]

The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday sanctioned three Lebanese individuals for involvement in corruption in Lebanon. The designated individuals are two businessmen, Jihad al-Arab and Dany Khoury, and a member of parliament, Jamil Sayyed. The individuals named by OFAC were added to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list, which bars US [...]

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – 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 offers observations on the current posture of Afghanistan’s troubled banking system under the Taliban. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding his name and [...]

At a hearing before the UK Court of Appeal on Wednesday, US authorities assured that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could serve any prison sentence imposed upon him in his native Australia in exchange for his extradition to the US. A lower court refused an American extradition request over the publication of US military documents related to [...]

The Italian Senate on Wednesday blocked a proposed amendment that sought to punish violent acts against members of the LGBTQ+ community through a secret vote, according to the Italian newspaper The Local. The law, informally known as “DDL Zan” (disegno di legge Zan), named after the member of parliament that proposed it, was brought to [...]

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ordered Poland on Wednesday to pay 1,000,000 euros per day until Poland complies with the obligations arising from its July 14 Order, which held that the disciplinary regime for judges in Poland was not compatible with EU law. The court had further asked Poland to suspend [...]