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Call for the 2025 Peter Nygh Hague Conference Internship

Conflict of Laws

Applications for the 2025 Nygh Internship are now open , and close on 31 July 2024. With over 80 members (including the European Union) representing all major regions and legal systems, The Hague Conference is a global intergovernmental organisation. Please see below for more information about the award and how to apply.

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India Supreme Court reserves 1/3 of seats in Bar Association committee for women

JURIST

India’s Supreme Court (SC) reserved Thursday one-third of the seats in the executive committee of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) for women. The SCBA is an Indian bar association comprising practicing lawyers who work in the Supreme Court of India. Setalvad, C. Daphtary, and K.

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Clients Are Spending More on Legal Tech: Can Smaller Firms Keep Up?

Attorney at Work

Legal teams are being pressed to control costs and better respond to changing regulatory and risk management obligations. In fact, legal technology is far more accessible and affordable than even two years ago. Increasing complexities in a number of industries are creating the need for high-value legal expertise.

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The Rights of Nature — Can an Ecosystem Bear Legal Rights?

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It is led by activists advocating for ecosystems such as rivers, lakes, and mountains to bear legal rights in the same, or at least a similar, manner as human beings. How would such a legal system work, and could giving rights to nature help in the legal battle against climate change? A few case studies offer some insight.

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Important Update Regarding the Corporate Transparency Act Filing Requirements

The IP Law Blog

On March 1, 2024, a lower Alabama federal court held that the Corporate Transparency Act, which requires certain businesses to file a BOI Report with FinCEN that includes information about their beneficial owners, is unconstitutional.

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The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: What Happens Now?

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Photo by Mathias Reding on Unsplash Climate change litigation has finally reached the world’s highest court. On March 29, 2023, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the obligations of States with respect to climate change.

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Why UK Lawyers are Going on Strike

The Crime Report

But the police pay raise has only increased the discontent of those who help keep the British court system operating smoothly. Trial court barristers, who prosecute or defend those charged with the most serious crimes in front of a judge and jury, have announced plans to strike beginning Sept. Clogged Courts.

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