On April 23, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order entitled, “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy,” which dramatically scales back enforcement of the anti-discrimination provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”). Title VII applies to private and public sector employers … Read more
Combating sabotage of submarine cables and pipelines is first and foremost a matter of law enforcement. The problem is that the international law of the sea, as traditionally understood, does not provide coastal States with sufficient authority to effectively respond to sabotage activities beyond their territorial waters (for an in-depth discussion, see here). The European … Read more
On Tuesday this week, the European Court of Justice rendered two judgments (here and here) on whether Article 22 TFEU gives mobile EU citizens the right to join a national party in order to exercise effectively their right to stand in municipal and European elections. The Court’s judgments are groundbreaking. However, this is not because … Read more
In case CJEU, C-510/23, Trenitalia v. Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, the Court of Justice took a stand on the necessity to ensure that time limits enshrined in national procedural laws concerning administrative proceedings shall not impair the ability of effectively tackling anti-competitive or anti-consumer behavior. The case concerns a sanction addressed by … Read more
Feb 11, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Ransomware Source: The Nation A coordinated law enforcement operation has taken down the dark web data leak and negotiation sites associated with the 8Base ransomware gang. Visitors to the data leak site are now greeted with a seizure banner that says: “This hidden site and the criminal content have been … Read more