On March 13 2019,, Mexico’s Supreme Court issued a groundbreaking ruling finding “Guardianship” of people with disabilities is unconstitutional and contrary to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. More information can be found via...
The Court finds that the process of decolonization of Mauritius was not lawfully completed when that country acceded to independence and that the United Kingdom is under an obligation to bring to an end its administration of the Chagos Archipelago as rapidly as...
Following the judgment rendered by the 3rd Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights on October 2 2018, Claudia Pechstein filed a request to refer the matter to the Grand Chamber of the ECHR. Pechstein’s request was dismissed on February 4th 2019 by a Panel...
The US Supreme Court has just rendered its decision in the case HENRY SCHEIN, INC., ET AL. v. ARCHER & WHITE SALES, INC. The opinion of the unanimous Court has been delivered by justice Brett Kavanaugh. The US Supreme Court has affirmed that arbitrators should...
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights rendered its judgment in the case of Molla Sali v. Greece (application no. 20452/14). The Cour held, unanimously, that there had been a violation of Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) of the European...
On November 13, 2018, the European Court of Justice rendered a judgment in Case C-310/17, finding that the taste of a food product is not eligible for copyright protection under Directive 2001/29/EC. A summary is available via this...