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Media freedom: journalism has crucial protective role as civic spaces threatened

‘Tribal’ world creates complications and opportunities for law firms

Rule of law: Myanmar’s junta uses legislation to quash civil society

Media freedom: Closure of independent media outlet further erodes Cambodia’s democracy

Finance: bank collapses revive uncomfortable memories of 2008 financial crisis

Migration: UK and ECtHR square off over controversial Rwanda scheme

Donald Trump becomes first former US president to face criminal charges

International justice: ICC issues arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin

Rule of law: tensions high in Jammu and Kashmir as elections approach

Wellbeing: burnout presents a major concern for lawyers globally

US House Speaker’s position will have a significant impact on major issues

Brexit: Europe sees emergence of specialist commercial courts to compete with the UK

Big tech platforms face reckoning on accountability

Food law: regulatory frameworks play catch up on cultivated meat products

Nigeria election: ‘vitally important for continent as a whole’

Brexit: UK’s ‘sunset’ law bill to ‘seriously curtail legal certainty’

Indonesia: New penal code threatens human rights

Employment: UK’s anti-strike proposals draw widespread ire

Synthetic media: Lawmakers urged to focus on harms, not technology itself

Afghanistan: Male judges and prosecutors left behind in ‘forgotten crisis’

Covid-19: Insurance aggregation under the spotlight in business interruption cases

Rule of law: Merits and pitfalls of juryless trials under the microscope

ESG: Regulators adopt focus on tackling greenwashing

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: UN adopts resolution calling for war reparations

Humanitarian crisis continues as Venezuela exits UN Human Rights Council

Copper shortfall’s ‘dramatic impact’ on energy transition drives search for answers

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: Diplomatic solutions considered to bring conflict to an end

Brazil: Lula’s re-election prompts renewed focus on rule of law

Iran’s courts resort to death penalty in response to protests

Abortion rights: Global repercussions continue six months after US Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision