By: Asia Ifill The rise of multinational corporations and international business deals demands that countries around the world refine their legal framework for adjudicating cross-border insolvency proceedings. Much of the jurisprudence examines how courts of different jurisdictions interact with each other to resolve insolvency proceedings when creditors and debtors reside in different countries. Specifically, the […]
By: Gabrielle Craft The luxury goods giant, LVMH, planned to acquire the iconic jeweler, Tiffany & Co., November of last year.[1] The $16 billion dollar merger would break the luxury industry’s record as the largest merger to date.[2] But earlier this week, the French corporation made the sudden decision to back out of the record-breaking […]
By: Eli Tanenbaum On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) officially declared that the outbreak of COVID-19 had reached the level of a global pandemic. Accordingly, it became necessary for governments to take action in an attempt to prevent COVID-19 from spreading. International human rights law recognizes that during serious public health threats […]
By: Tarmo Joeveer On September 1, 2020, Facebook announced that it had removed a “network of fake accounts and pages” based on a tip from the FBI.[1] The network of 13 fake accounts and two pages was one of a dozen operations tied to the Russian Internet Research Agency that was involved in meddling with […]
