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MSC Flaminia’. CJEU follows its AG on ships waste carve-out in the Basel Convention (and EU law). – gavc law – geert van calster – Go Health Pro

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MSC Flaminia’. CJEU follows its AG on ships waste carve-out in the Basel Convention (and EU law). – gavc law – geert van calster – Go Health Pro

A short note (on the day the UKSC appeal in MSC Flaminia is being heard) on the CJEU judgment in C‑188/23 Land Niedersachsen v Conti  11. Container Schiffahrts-GmbH & Co. KG MS ‘MSC Flaminia’. The Court essentially followed the Opinion of Capeta AG which I discussed here. The operative part reads Article 1(3)(b) of Regulation (EC) … Read more

Aon, Swiss Re & Floodbase unveil parametric storm surge solution for US hurricane protection – Go Health Pro

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Aon, Swiss Re & Floodbase unveil parametric storm surge solution for US hurricane protection – Go Health Pro

Re/insurance broking giant Aon has announced the launch of a new parametric insurance solution that is designed to address and mitigate losses from hurricane-related storm surge along the coast of the United States, developed in partnership with Floodbase, a specialist in parametric flood risk, and global commercial insurer, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions.A key aspect of … Read more

The AI Act provisions relating to copyright – Possibility of private enforcement? Germany as an example – Part 2 – Go Health Pro

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The AI Act provisions relating to copyright – Possibility of private enforcement? Germany as an example – Part 2 – Go Health Pro

Image by Aristal Branson from Pixabay Part 1 of this post provided an overview of the relevant provisions of the AI Act and explored enforcement via Section 823(2) of the German Civil Code. This part 2 will look at enforcement via Section 3a of the German Act Against Unfair Competition, compare the two methods of … Read more

Router maker Zyxel tells customers to replace vulnerable hardware exploited by hackers – Go Health Pro

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Router maker Zyxel tells customers to replace vulnerable hardware exploited by hackers – Go Health Pro

Taiwanese hardware maker Zyxel says it has no plans to release a patch for two actively exploited vulnerabilities affecting potentially thousands of customers.  Threat intelligence startup GreyNoise warned late last month that a critical-rated zero-day vulnerability impacting Zyxel routers was being actively exploited. GreyNoise said the flaws allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands on affected … Read more

Remembering Democracy – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

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Remembering Democracy – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

How Belarusian “Artivists” Reclaim the past to Forge a Future In the years following the brutal suppression of pro-democracy protests in Belarus in 2020 and 2021, a wave of politically engaged Belarusian artists –  visual artists, musicians, filmmakers, poets and novelists – have been driven into exile. Many have been branded as “extremists” by the … Read more