Neocolonial ISDS, Abused, Biased, Costly, and Grossly Unfair
Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions in trade pacts – long abused by opportunists – are slowly being rejected by governments.
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The Maidan Cookie Has Crumbled – Ukraine Study Finds Most Multinational Companies Still in Russia
A new study claims that a substantial majority of foreign businesses in Russia that were supposed to exit due to sanctions are still there.
Read more...Why Elon Musk’s ‘Self-Driving’ of Tesla’s Board and Its Decision to Pay Him $56B Collided with the Law – and What Happens Next
Elon Musk learned a costly lesson: he is not bigger than the law, here administered by a Delaware court judge.
Read more...The Concept of Just War and Outlines of the Just War Theory in International Relations
A primer on the development of the concept of a just war and what it is considered to mean today.
Read more...The Real Reason Your Grocery Bill Is Still So High
Big Ag price gouging is driving still elevated grocery store prices. When will that become a political issue?
Read more...The FTC Is Attacking Drugmakers’ ‘Patent Thickets’
The FTC is scoring some early wins in challenging drug company overreach via using patents on delivery methods to extend drug patent life.
Read more...International Court of Justice Rules Forcefully Against Israel in Landmark Genocide Ruling, Including Restricting Military Action
Surprisingly, in a good way, the ICJ issued as forceful a set of provisional measures as it reasonably could in the Israel genocide case.
Read more...The U.S. Finally Started to Crack Down on Crypto in 2023
An overdue clean-up in crypto has finally started. But will it go very far?
Read more...For South Africa, Defending Palestine Is Personal
South Africa’s case against Israel at the ICJ has restored pride among its people
Read more...On Plagiarism and Related Issues
Better tools make it easier to detect most types of plagiarism than in even the recent past. But where should gatekeepers go with that?
Read more...Further Discussion of the South Africa Genocide Case Against Israel: Evaluating What the Court Might Do
Why, despite the seemingly overwhelming evidence of Israeli genocide from South Africa and the press, the ICJ may not impose strong remedies.
Read more...In This Oklahoma Town, Most Everyone Knows Someone Who’s Been Sued by the Hospital
By Mitchell Black and Noam N. Levey. Cross posted from KFF Health News. It took little more than an hour for Deborah Hackler to dispense with the tall stack of debt collection lawsuits that McAlester Regional Medical Center recently brought to small-claims court in this Oklahoma farm community. Hackler, a lawyer who sues patients on […]
Read more...The Brave New World of Employment Under AI……What About Countervailing Forces?
Why AI still has some growth pains coming.
Read more...Israel’s War on Palestine and the Global Upsurge Against It
More discussion of the broader implications of Israel’s and the US’s refusal to change course (much) regarding Israel’s war crimes in Gaza.
Read more...Israel Raises Major Procedural Problem with South Africa Filing, Challenges “Genocidal Intent” by Citing Policies, Relief
Israel may have found some real chinks in South Africa’s genocide filing.
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