by Alessandra Palazzolo | Mar 28, 2023 | Brexit, Europe
On February 27, 2023, the United Kingdom and European Union announced that they had reached an agreement – the Windsor Framework – to further clarify the status of Northern Ireland post-Brexit. The Windsor Framework builds on 2021’s Northern Ireland Protocol to...
by Avery Morrow | Nov 30, 2022 | All, Europe, Germany, National Security, Russia
Introduction On September 26th, 2022, in the middle of the night, an unknown actor blew up the underwater Nord Stream 1 and 2 Pipelines in the Baltic Sea, causing one of the largest releases of methane gas ever. Investigations began immediately, but findings and...
by Austin Newman | Nov 7, 2022 | All, Climate Change, Environment, Europe, European Union, Germany, Italy, Russia, Ukraine, United Kingdom
After decades of investing in renewable energy sectors while decreasing investment in fossil fuels and relying on Russian gas instead, the European Union now finds itself in an energy crisis. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Europe responded by banning the...
by Jocelyn Martinez | Oct 27, 2022 | All, Comparative Law, Criminal Procedure, Europe, European Union, Italy
Introduction This article will look at the United States rights guaranteed to a defendant during pretrial proceedings and focus on the rights afforded to defendants in Italy. United States and Italy In the United States, once a person has been charged or convicted...
by Evan Conner | Oct 7, 2022 | All, Cybersecurity, Elections, Europe, Internet Law, Trade, United Kingdom
The international financial system is by no means unified. Currencies, securities, assets, cryptos, and commodities have no centralized exchange and no single regulator. Instead, the institutions of modern international finance are knit together with derivatives:...
by Jaclyn Corbo | Apr 21, 2022 | All, Europe, European Union, Financial, North America
Money laundering (ML) and terrorism financing (TF) in the art market is a hot, new topic for governments around the world, specifically the US, United Kingdom (UK), and the European Union (EU). Why? The art market is a largely underregulated, highly profitable...
