You Don’t Have to Go Home, But You Can’t Stay Here: How the U.S.’s Remain in Mexico Protocol Violates the Convention Against Torture
By Lexie Robinson The Migrant Protection Protocols (known as the ‘Remain in Mexico’ protocol) “authorizes the Government to return certain third-country nationals arriving in the United States to Mexico or Canada for the duration of their removal proceedings.”[1] This means that asylum seekers traveling through Mexico from other countries can
The Implications of the Rwandan Government Sentencing Paul Rusesabagina, Who Saved 1,268 People During the Rwandan Genocide, to Prison on Terrorism Charges
By Min Ji Kim Over a span of 100 days in 1994, an estimated 800,000 to one million people were slaughtered during the Rwandan Genocide.[1] The genocide arose from hundreds of years of conflict between the Hutus and the Tutsis, two ethnic groups of Rwanda, exacerbated by Belgian and German
I Don’t Know About You, But Merging Companies Might Not Be Feelin’ 22
By Hattie Van Metre Merging companies are facing higher scrutiny from the European Union’s competition regulatory body, creating uncertainty for transactions that might have otherwise escaped review. In September 2020, Commissioner Margrethe Vestager of the European Commission (“EC”)[1] announced that the EC would begin evaluating mergers “worth reviewing at the
An Evolving Regulatory Framework For Microtransactions: Loot Boxes and Gacha Games
By Noah C. Hummel-Hall Video games are now an inextricable part of the modern American social fabric. Nearly 227 million Americans play video games for at least one hour a week.[1] Seventy-seven percent of those 227 million play three or more hours a week.[2] And these “gamers” do not live
Can International Law Address Crises Like the Poland-Belarus Border Crisis?
By Elizabeth Mathie Thousands of migrants who had been camped between the borders of Poland and Belarus, not permitted to return to Belarus and kept from entering Poland, were cleared from the border and given shelter in Belarussian warehouses on Nov. 18.[1] Though this action has eased somewhat the humanitarian
Nestlé USA, Inc. v. Doe, The Alien Tort Statute and Corporate Human Rights Liability
By Carlos A. Alonso Gayon On June 17, 2021, the United States Supreme Court reversed and remanded a Ninth Circuit decision admitting an Alien Tort Statute (ATS) claim against Nestlé USA Inc. and Cargill Inc.[1] The suit was filed by three Malian former child slaves that have been forced to
Combatting the International Supply Chain Issues
By Jett Malkowski COVID-19 has changed the supply and demand chain to a point where companies are unsure of what the actual demand is currently. This post will discuss what has caused these issues, what can and has been done legally about the issues, and how companies can potentially combat
Chinese Crackdown of Cryptocurrency and Implications for the Future of Crypto
By Jimmy Pierce Over the past two decades, China has become an economic powerhouse, with its GDP soaring from $1.211 trillion in 2000 to $14.723 trillion in 2020.[1] China’s increase in economic prosperity has coincided with a newfound role on the international stage, and with international projects such as the
The Taliban Control Afghanistan, Now What?
By Zack Taylor As the final C-17 lifted from Hamid Karzai International Airport at 11:59 PM on 30 August 2021, the United States’ military involvement in Afghanistan came to a close.[1] In the final month of the US withdrawal, the Taliban launched a lightning offensive against the government of Afghanistan,
The Long Jurisdictional Reach of Picard
By Ethan Yaro Near the end of 2019 the Second Circuit reached a decision in In re Irving H. Picard, Tr. for Liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities (hereinafter “Picard”), holding that a United States bankruptcy court has jurisdiction over international transfers between two international entities.[1] The Picard case