Justice

Brown, Goldstein & Levy commemorates Martin Luther King Jr. Day by celebrating and continuing his lifelong fight for justice and equality. – Go Health Pro

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Brown, Goldstein & Levy commemorates Martin Luther King Jr. Day by celebrating and continuing his lifelong fight for justice and equality. – Go Health Pro

On January 20, 2025, Brown, Goldstein & Levy celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day, honoring Dr. King’s lifelong commitment to justice, service, and advocacy. As a leading figure in the Civil Rights Movement, Dr. King spearheaded pivotal moments in history, including the 1963 March on Washington, and became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace … Read more

Beyond the Courtroom: Attorneys Attend Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman’s Annual Reception, Maryland Association of Community Services and The Arc Maryland’s Town Hall, and FreeState Justice Jazz Brunch. – Go Health Pro

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Beyond the Courtroom: Attorneys Attend Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman’s Annual Reception, Maryland Association of Community Services and The Arc Maryland’s Town Hall, and FreeState Justice Jazz Brunch. – Go Health Pro

Welcome to another installment of our “Beyond the Courtroom” series: a recap of recent events our attorneys have attended. From conferences and lectures to summits and symposiums, and more, the BGL team is proud to stay connected to the legal and local communities. Andy Freeman, Sharon Krevor-Weisbaum, and Jessie Weber attended Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman’s … Read more

The Court of Justice on GDPR enforcement (Case C-21/23, Lindenapotheke) – Go Health Pro

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The Court of Justice on GDPR enforcement (Case C-21/23, Lindenapotheke) – Go Health Pro

      Alessandra Fratini and Giorgia Lo Tauro, Fratini Vergano European lawyers Photo credit: via Wikimedia Commons Introduction On 4 October 2024, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union issued its judgment in Lindenapotheke (Case C-21/23), a case concerning the online sale of pharmacy-only medicinal products and its implications … Read more

Not Having Your International Law and Eating It. On the Nicaragua Moment of International Criminal Justice   – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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Not Having Your International Law and Eating It. On the Nicaragua Moment of International Criminal Justice   – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

You probably assume that you know what the word “expat” means. The writer Lucy Mushita first heard that word from European and American professionals who had come to work in her home country (Zimbabwe); they used it to describe themselves. She looked it up in a dictionary and found out that “expat” designates someone who goes to live or work in a country that is not his or her own. Later, however, she discovered that the word had a more limited scope than what its dictionary meaning suggested. “When I arrived in France and introduced myself as an expat, people looked at me with wide eyes,” she describes in her latest book Expat Blues. “They asked me if I’d fled poverty, misery or war, and I replied that I hadn’t. I was an expat. I was an expat who had followed her husband to France. But I realized that the word didn’t work for black people in the Western world.”

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A moment for accountability? Syria and the pursuit of entrepreneurial justice after Assad – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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Not Having Your International Law and Eating It. On the Nicaragua Moment of International Criminal Justice   – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

For those Syrians waking up to a shattered country devoid of its dictator or those exiled by war, no superlative can quite capture the enormity of events that have transpired in the last few days. Assad’s fall not only marks the end of the Ba’ath regime (as occurred across the border in Iraq in 2003), but it also signals a seismic shift in the fortunes of the country’s 14-year civil war and 54 years of brutal rule by father and by son. I myself lived in Damascus in 2008-2009 studying Arabic. The personal security and safety I had experienced during my time there before the civil war was only possible through palpable fear and extreme repression. An unspoken rule – or a ‘social contract’ of sorts – seemed to prevail: I could only continue to presume that the chances of being mugged or assaulted were miniscule while I continued to observe the requirement of political silence. In exchange for everyday safety as provided by an authoritarian regime, Syrians had to sacrifice any scope for criticising or challenging the nature of Ba’ath rule. Memories of the Sunni rebellion in 1982, which resulted in the regime’s annihilation of Hama’s old town and its population, prompted most Syrians to repress all political inclinations. Infamous interrogation centres and prisons were located in suburban streets or on the edge of towns, serving as ready reminders of the repercussions that would result in the wake of any form of dissent. Yet while this edifice of securitised repression appeared impregnable to me and to many Syrians, this illusion was shattered in 2011 once the regime responded to peaceful protests in the wake of Tunisia’s and Egypt’s uprisings with overwhelming force and depravity. Perhaps the level of brutality came as a shock, but once the regime responded so harshly, it was impossible to rewind the clock: violence spawned more violence such that once again the space for any form of political expression radically narrowed. The country soon slid into a stereotypically-wrenching civil war that was made far worse by an assortment of intervening states.

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