Month: September 2020

A call for papers has been issued for the 6th Jean Monnet Doctoral Workshop, to take place March 18-19, 2021. The topic is “The extraterritorial application of EU law: A contribution to its global reach.” The call is here.Article source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/RfRRI/~3/DrO06Nr2cKA/call-for-papers-extraterritorial.html

What’s this, another shaggy dog story?Not at all. Canine scent detectors have been working at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport since 22 September in a pilot study to see if they can speed up the detection of… Article source: http://feeds.bmj.com/~r/bmj/recent/~3/71nNf5JjBc0/bmj.m3758.short

“It’s been a year since Daphne Romney’s independent report into sexism and sexual harassment at the BMA. It included a recommendation to set up a network to support women who are elected at the BMA… Article source: http://feeds.bmj.com/~r/bmj/recent/~3/EP9PAlLHJxY/bmj.m3756.short

Bernard Hoekman (European Univ. Institute) & Petros C. Mavroidis (Columbia Univ. – Law) have posted To AB or Not to AB? Dispute Settlement in WTO Reform. Here’s the abstract: Recent debates on the operation of the WTO’s dispute resolution mechanism have focused primarily on the Appellate Body (AB). We argue that this neglects the first-order…

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Mark Schena, the President and Chief Science Officer of Arrayit Corporation, for making allegedly false and misleading statements concerning Arrayit’s development of a COVID-19 blood test and its… Article source: https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2020-224

Press Release – Basel Committee approves annual G-SIBs assessment, updates workplan to evaluate post-crisis reforms Article source: https://www.bis.org/press/p200925.htm

The latest issue of the European Journal of International Law (Vol. 31, no. 2, September 2020) is out Contents include: Editorial Gender in Academic Publishing; The Legality of the Israeli Annexation – Redux; In This Issue Articles Maria Laura Marceddu & Pietro Ortolani, What Is Wrong with Investment Arbitration? Evidence from a Set of Behavioural…

Clinicians and patients have urged the UK government to intervene to ensure that Priadel, a brand of lithium widely used to treat bipolar disorder, remains available to patients.Priadel costs £4.02… Article source: http://feeds.bmj.com/~r/bmj/recent/~3/NDX64pb-lnI/bmj.m3754.short

All sorts of emotions can affect one’s judgment. Every day, everyone makes snap judgments of other people and their environment.1 Doctors, as professionals, do their best to keep an open mind and… Article source: http://feeds.bmj.com/~r/bmj/recent/~3/pOKX6te1Ww4/bmj.m3723.short

The Société française pour le droit international has published Extraterritorialités et droit international : Colloque d’Angers (Pedone 2020). The table of contents is here.Article source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/RfRRI/~3/AI9oFc1j1K8/sfdi-extraterritorialites-et-droit.html