The Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch welcomed the resignation of William Schabas from the UN inquiry on Gaza, who had solemnly denied all conflicts of interest in a related UN application, and called on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to create an independent inquiry to investigate the extent to which Schabas’ undeclared conflict of interest […]

Canada’s leading surveillance agency is monitoring millions of Internet users’ file downloads in a dragnet search to identify extremists, according to top-secret documents. The covert operation, revealed Wednesday by CBC News in collaboration with The Intercept, taps into Internet cables and analyzes records of up to 15 million downloads daily from popular websites commonly used […]

S&P Failed To Adhere To Its Own Published Criteria For Rating Securities Settlement Achieved As A Result Of Joint Investigation With The SEC, Massachusetts Attorney General; Includes $12 Million In Penalties For New York Nearly $80 Million Announced Today In Settlements With S&P Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today joined the United States Securities and […]

Schneiderman Warns Against Price Inflation Of Necessary Goods And Services NYS Law Prohibits Excessive Increases In Cost Of Essential Goods And Services Like Food, Water, Gas, Generators, Batteries, Flashlight, Hotel Lodging And Transportation NEW YORK – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today issued a consumer alert warning both consumers and businesses about price gouging during […]

UNGA must examine own record; this year has condemned Israel 20 times compared to only 3 on rest of world The Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch lauded the United Nations General Assembly for holding a rare special meeting today on the rise of anti-Semitism, yet urged the world body to examine its own actions […]

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The firm BCF Business Law is proud to announce that one of its partners, Antoine Leduc, will be President of the Canadian Bar Association’s Quebec Branch (“CBA Quebec”) for 2014-2015. “It’s nice to see Antoine being recognized for his many years of work to advance the legal profession. We’re all delighted!”, said Mario Charpentier, BCF’s […]

The U.S., France, Germany and the UK should lead a United Nations effort to finally expel Saudi Arabia from the 47-nation UN Human Rights Council after the fundamentalist regime publicly flogged blogger Raif Badawi today for « insulting Islam, » said Geneva-based rights group UN Watch. In addition to 10 years in jail, Badawi was sentenced to receive 50 lashes […]

The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Armand de Mestral as Senior Fellow with the think-tank International Law Research Program, effective immediately. At CIGI, de Mestral leads a project addressing a central policy issue of contemporary international investment protection law: is investor state arbitration suitable between developed liberal […]

Expert Know-How for Canadian Corporate, M&A, Capital Markets and Securities Lawyers Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading provider of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, announced today the launch of Practical Law Canada, offering legal know-how for Canadian law firms and corporate law departments on transactional law and practice. Practical Law Canada includes resources for Corporate, […]