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Public procurement of AI between opportunities and risks — guest post by Giuseppe Bitti — How to Crack a Nut – Go Health Pro

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Public procurement of AI between opportunities and risks — guest post by Giuseppe Bitti — How to Crack a Nut – Go Health Pro

This guest post by Giuseppe Bitti* explores the broad policy approaches that can be followed to slow down AI adoption by the public sector, with a focus on risk mitigation and management. It was submitted to the ‘a book for a blog’ competition and has won Giuseppe a copy that will soon be on the … Read more

Copyright case: Affordable Aerial Photography, Inc. v. Property Matters USA, LLC, USA – Go Health Pro

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Copyright case: Affordable Aerial Photography, Inc. v. Property Matters USA, LLC, USA – Go Health Pro

The district court erred in taking the statute of limitations into account in determining who was the prevailing party. A defendant in a copyright infringement action is not the prevailing party for purposes of the attorney fee statute where the plaintiff has voluntarily dismissed its case without prejudice—even if that plaintiff would be barred by … Read more

“Not only legally dubious but also ineffective” – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

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“Not only legally dubious but also ineffective” – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

Five Questions to Lilian Tsourdi Germany is once again controlling all of its national borders, triggering fears that this could put the European project at risk. In Germany, the measures are being discussed as a necessary response to the knife attack in Solingen, where three people were killed by an asylum seeker. At the same … Read more

How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter, by Kate Conger and Ryan Mac – Go Health Pro

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How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter, by Kate Conger and Ryan Mac – Go Health Pro

Professor Steve Peers, Royal Holloway University of London Photo credit: mikemacmarketing, image via vpnsrus   Full disclosure first: After exactly ten and a half years, I stopped posting on X (formerly Twitter) on August 10, 2024. I could not accept the owner’s view that those encouraging race riots in Britain online should not be punished, his … Read more

CfP Ljubljana Sanctions Conference; Secondary Sanctions and the International Legal Order Discussion; The Law of International Society Lecture; CfS Cyber Law Toolkit; ICCT Live Webinar – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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CfP Ljubljana Sanctions Conference; Secondary Sanctions and the International Legal Order Discussion; The Law of International Society Lecture; CfS Cyber Law Toolkit; ICCT Live Webinar – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

1. Call for Papers: Ljubljana Sanctions Conference. The Ljubljana Sanctions Conference will be held on 25 – 26 September 2025 at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana. The event aims to encourage interdisciplinary discussions by bringing together practitioners, scholars, and experts to explore various aspects of sanctions in international and European law, politics, and economics. The organisers invite abstracts covering a wide range of topics, including the evolution of international sanctions practices, theoretical and practical perspectives on sanctions, challenges in national sanctions implementation, sanctions and human rights, legal issues surrounding the confiscation of state and private property, sanctions as geo-political and geo-economic tools, links between sanctions and investment law, sanctions and humanitarian action, critical views on sanctioning policies and double standards, and TWAIL perspectives on sanctions. Paper and panel proposal up to 500 words must be submitted by 31 December 2024. The call for papers and submission portal is available here.

2. Secondary Sanctions and the International Legal Order Panel Discussion. The T.M.C. Asser Instituut is hosting the free event “Secondary Sanctions and the International Legal Order” at 18:00 CET on 5 November 2024 in The Hague, the Netherlands. Register here.

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