China: Supreme Court Issues Rules on Internet Courts, Allowing for Blockchain...
(Sept. 21, 2018) On September 3, 2018, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) issued a judicial interpretation on the hearing of cases by the country’s newly created internet courts. Taking effect on...
View ArticleChina: International Commercial Courts and International Commercial Expert...
(Oct. 26, 2018) On June 25, 2018, China’s highest court, the Supreme People’s Court (SPC), issued a judicial interpretation on the establishment of the China International Commercial Courts (CICCs)....
View ArticleChina: Supreme People's Court Designated as Appeals Court for Highly...
(Nov. 29, 2018) On October 26, 2018, China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee issued the Decision on Several Issues Concerning the Litigation Procedures in Patent and Other...
View ArticleGermany: Federal Fiscal Court Revokes Nonprofit Status of ATTAC
(Mar. 20, 2019) In a decision published on February 27, 2019, the German Federal Fiscal Court (Bundesfinanzhof, BFH), Germany’s supreme court for tax and customs matters, held that the activist group...
View ArticleJapan: Supreme Court Says Retweeting Tweet with Photo Infringes Right of...
(Sept. 23, 2020) On July 21, 2020, the Third Petty Bench of Japan’s Supreme Court ruled that Twitter must disclose the identification information of users who retweet a tweet in violation of the moral...
View ArticleRussian Federation: Newly Adopted Amendments to Insolvency Law Allow Some...
(Nov. 25, 2020) On September 1, 2020, Federal Law No. 289-FZ on Amendments to the Federal Law on Bankruptcy entered into force. This law, which was signed by President of the Russian Federation...
View ArticleSamoa: Controversial Constitutional Reforms Passed
(Jan. 13, 2021) On December 15, 2020, the Parliament of Samoa voted to pass three bills that “fundamentally alter the country’s constitution and judicial system.” The three bills – the Constitution...
View ArticleGermany: New English-Speaking Commercial Court Opened in the State of...
(Jan. 15, 2021) At the beginning of November 2020, the first English-speaking commercial court began operating in Germany, with locations in Stuttgart (Stuttgart Commercial Court) and Mannheim...
View ArticleChina: Country's Second Specialized Financial Court to Be Established in Beijing
(Feb. 10, 2021) On January 22, 2021, China’s National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) issued a decision approving the establishment of a new specialized financial court, the Beijing...
View ArticleDenmark: Parliament Votes to Initiate Impeachment Proceedings against Former...
(Feb. 19, 2021) On February 2, 2021, the Danish Parliament voted to initiate impeachment court proceedings against former Minister for Immigration, Integration and Housing Inger Støjberg for issuing a...
View ArticleInternational: International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Confirms...
(Feb. 23, 2021) On January 28, 2021, in its Judgment on Preliminary Objections in the Dispute Concerning Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary between Mauritius and the Maldives in the Indian Ocean,...
View ArticleGermany: Amendments to Adoption Law Enacted
(Mar. 16, 2021) On February 18, 2021, the Act to Improve Support to Families That Are Adopting (Adoption Support Act) was published in the German Federal Law Gazette. The Adoption Support Act aims to...
View ArticleEngland: "Nightingale Courts" Aim to Relieve Pandemic Backlog of Court Cases
(Mar. 29, 2021) England’s court administration agency, Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS), has introduced additional venues to be used as temporary courts to ease pressure on the courts...
View ArticleJordan: Former Crown Prince and Others Accused of Destabilizing State...
(Apr. 12, 2021) On April 5, 2021, Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister Ayman Safadi announced in a press conference that former Crown Prince Hamzah bin Al Hussein, the king’s half-brother, and more than a...
View ArticleSweden: Patent and Market Court Declares Classic Works Quotable Even under...
(Apr. 30, 2021) On April 15, 2021, the Swedish Patent and Market Court held that classic texts that are part of the Swedish cultural heritage may be quoted or reproduced unaltered, even when the...
View ArticleFrance: Government Initiates Judicial Reforms
(May 25, 2021) On April 14, 2021, the French prime minister and the minister of justice submitted a bill to Parliament that aims to reform certain aspects of the French judiciary and to “restore trust...
View ArticleInternational: Genocide Conviction Against Ratko Mladic Upheld
(June 15, 2021) On June 8, 2021, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) upheld the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia’s (ICTY’s) 2017 judgment...
View ArticleUzbekistan: Law on International Commercial Arbitration Adopted
On August 17, 2021, the Republic of Uzbekistan’s Law on International Commercial Arbitration (ICA Law) will enter into force.This law was signed by Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on February 16,...
View ArticleEngland and Wales: Employment Tribunal Rules Gender-Critical Beliefs...
In a decision handed down on June 10, 2021, the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) in England and Wales held that a worker’s gender-critical beliefs toward transgender people are protected as a...
View ArticleIsrael: New Amendment Ends Haredi Control of Selection of Rabbinical Judges
On July 28, 2021, the Knesset (Israel’s parliament), in a 59–54 vote, passed the Rabbinical Judges (Amendment No. 29) Law 5781- 2021 (amendment law), amending the Rabbinical Judges Law, 5714-1955, as...
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