by John Tuley | Apr 13, 2023 | European Union, Financial
On March 16, 2023, Switzerland’s second largest investment bank, Credit Suisse, announced their request for a loan of fifty billion Swiss Francs ($54 billion USD) to boost their liquidity. This request came less than a week after regulators closed United States-based...
by Ben Gould | Feb 28, 2023 | Comparative Law, European Union
Introduction In 2019, Jane Slater found out that her (now-ex) boyfriend was cheating, after noticing repeated spikes in his Fitbit heart rate data at 4 a.m. whenever he was not home. In 2020, a civilian employee at Fort Bragg used the Army Installation’s official...
by Gabrielle Hangos | Nov 14, 2022 | All, European Union, Internet Law, Technology
Despite all the wonders that technology has increasingly brought – connecting people on the other side of the world throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, advancing medicine, and increasing productivity, just to name a few – there exists today, fairly little regulation of...
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 Vivian Overbeck | May 19, 2022 | All, European Union
The European Union is in the process of creating the European Digital Identity: a biometric passport, or a central location for all identifying information. The purpose behind the passport is to enable Europeans to easily identify themselves and share selected...
