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The Taliban Control Afghanistan, Now What?
September 25, 2021
By Zack Taylor As the final C-17 lifted from Hamid Karzai International Airport at 11:59 PM on 30 August 2021, the United States’ military involvement...
The Long Jurisdictional Reach of Picard
May 14, 2021
By Ethan Yaro Near the end of 2019 the Second Circuit reached a decision in In re Irving H. Picard, Tr. for Liquidation of Bernard...
Notice of Termination in the U.S. and Canada: Two Contrasting Approaches
May 14, 2021
By Lindsey Drozd In the United States, there is a common understanding that employees must give their employers two weeks’ notice before they resign. Two...
Looking for American Action on Climate Change after the Paris Agreement? Don’t Look to the United States’ Judiciary.
May 13, 2021
By Tanner Sparrow As global carbon emissions continue to rise following the Paris Agreement and the earth continues to speed towards irreversible climate change, the...
Sanctions and Counter-sanctions Between the West and China over Xinjiang
May 13, 2021
By Wesley Cong Cao On March 22, the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Canada imposed sanctions on Chinese officials over human...
Bluetooth Instead of GPS Should Be Utilized to do Contact-tracing During the Covid-19 Pandemic
April 23, 2021
By Jinke Pu According to Article 17 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the right to privacy is one of the...
The Power of Regulatory Takings Claims: A Note of Caution on the Pack the ISDS Tribunal Debate
April 23, 2021
By Danielle Hoffman In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, many countries party to international investment agreements (IIAs) imposed reactive measures restricting the export of...
An Attempt at Effective EU Enforcement: Rule of Law Conditionality
April 23, 2021
By Jordan Ziehr The last decade has seen a number of European Union Member States experience significant democratic backsliding, which has presented a challenge to...
The Biden Airstrike and the Need to Update the Legal Regime Governing Use of Force Against Non-State-Actors
April 14, 2021
By Jesse Calo On February 25, President Biden ordered an airstrike in Syria against Iranian-backed militias in response to their rocketing of U.S. targets in...
TikTok, WeChat, and IEEPA
April 12, 2021
By Jiaying Zhang On February 10 th, 2021, the Biden Administration decided to halt two executive orders, which were signed by his predecessor, which banned...