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JURIST Journalist in Residence and VOA Chief National Correspondent Steve Herman among journalists banned from Twitter
Steve Herman (@W7VOA), the Chief National Correspondent for Voice of America (VOA) and JURIST's 2022-2023 Journalist in Residence, was among a group of high-profile journalists suspended from Twitter late Thursday. According to VOA Seoul Bureau Chie (More) |
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UK sanctions Russia commanders, Iran businessmen following strikes on Ukraine territory
The UK Wednesday announced 16 new sanctions against Russian commanders and Iranian businessmen in response to missile and drone strikes on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure. The sanctions are in response to the continuing Russian occupation and seizu (More) |
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India's Aarogya Setu App - Compromising Privacy in a Pandemic?
As society grapples to stay on top of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a heightened responsibility on governments to effectively deal with this public health crisis, in a manner that is least-restrictive towards the civil liberties of its citizens. Th (More) |
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Global Court Functioning and the Impact of COVID-19 on Arbitration
Health and safety are the highest concern today for all as the ongoing impact of COVID-19 continues to expand every day. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic also has the unavoidable and related effect of delaying existing contested settlement process (More) |
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Avianca airline files for bankruptcy in US court
Colombian airline Avianca filed for bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York on Sunday, following financial difficulty during the COVID-19 pandemic. The second largest airline in Latin America, Avianca has been grounded since March amidst reg (More) |
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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 28 April 2018
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US House Intelligence Committee released its final report absolving the Trump campaign from involvement in Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election. In the almost 250-page r (More) |
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Supreme Court wraps up final argument session of term with travel ban case
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Trump v. Hawaii [transcript, PDF; audio], challenging the latest version of President Donald Trump's ban on entry to the US from certain Muslim-majority countries. When granting certiorari (More) |
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Supreme Court hears arguments on tribal fishing rights
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday morning in two cases: the first concerns tribal fishing rights, and the second asks whether certain costs are compensable losses under the Mandatory Victim Restitution Act. The first case, Washin (More) |
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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 17 February 2018
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: A federal grand jury in Washington, DC, indicted 13 Russian citizens and three Russian organizations for interfering in the 2016 US presidential election. Nine local government and health care o (More) |
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Fourth Circuit upholds preliminary injunction of third Trump travel ban
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a lower court's preliminary injunction preventing enforcement of US President Donald Trump's most recent travel ban . The appellate court concluded, based on "official statements from Preside (More) |
Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery
On September 3, 1838, abolitionist and human rights advocate Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery in Baltimore by posing as a free sailor and boarding a train bound for Philadelphia. Read Douglass' 1881 tract My Escape from Slavery.
