Professor Steve Peers, Royal Holloway University of London Photo credit: Julian Herzog, via Wikimedia Commons Introduction Advocates of Quebec’s independence from Canada have long argued that their plan would not entail complete separation from Canada, but rather a fusion of independence and continuing links that they described as ‘sovereignty-association’. Conversely, opponents of Quebec separation … Read more
Brown, Goldstein & Levy partner Jamie Strawbridge recently served as a guest instructor with myLawCLE, teaching part of a CLE course that offered legal professionals an in-depth look at disability laws in the United States and reasonable accommodations. Jamie led the first session of a multi-part course. Jamie’s session provided a foundational overview of key … Read more
In Case C-630/23 of 30 April 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled on the consequences of the removal of a term relating to exchange rate risk in a leasing agreement denominated in a foreign currency. Facts of the case In June 2007, ZH and KN concluded a leasing agreement denominated in … Read more
The Grand Chamber’s judgment in Commission v. Malta (C-181/23), delivered on 29 April 2025, marks a decisive step in the European Union’s effort to uphold the integrity of Union citizenship. The Court of Justice held that Malta violated Articles 20 TFEU and 4(3) TEU by operating an investor citizenship scheme that granted nationality in exchange … Read more
Toronto, Canada, Apr. 28, 2025, CyberNewswire — Windscribe, a globally used privacy-first VPN service, announced today that its founder, Yegor Sak, has been fully acquitted by a court in Athens, Greece, following a two-year legal battle in which Sak was personally charged in connection with an alleged internet offence by an unknown user of the … Read more