A great post up by Zach Clopton on climate change litigation. State and local governments as plaintiffs, federal common law (!), SMJ, removal, and more. Slog Law #TransnationalLitigation tlblog.org/climate-change…

Panel 3: Regional Economic and Trade Engagement ✔️Deborah Elms, AsianTradeCentre ✔️Wendy Cutler, Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) ✔️Tim Meyer, Vanderbilt International Legal Studies Program ✔️Lori Wallach, American Economic Liberties Project uscc.gov/hearings/chall…

The Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law is still accepting submissions for 2022-23 issues! Please send your scholarship via Scholastica or e-mail at [email protected]. We look forward to reviewing your work!

Reminder: AJIL is now soliciting papers for an upcoming Agora on “The War in Ukraine and the Future of the International Legal Order." Deadline to submit is June 20. More information can be found here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

In important sanctions-related litigation, I argue that central bank immunity protects Afghan assets in New York and that courts should refuse to order turnover of those assets to satisfy judgments against the Taliban. Ian M. Kysel @KeitnerLaw Scott R. Anderson

A thread on today's Cassirer decision, over at Transnational Litigation Blog - more to come soon on TLB!

Trade Nerds - it is also worth reading in its entirety yesterday's speech from @BrianDeeseNEC (White House Director of the National Economic Council) on "A Modern American Industrial Strategy" whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

Hi all, as it's #EarthDay , today, we are happy to share some recent open access or ungated articles with our readership. Let's start with our recent debate on Carbon emissions (Todd N. Tucker Tim Meyer) A Pragmatic Approach to Carbon Border Measures bit.ly/3Mp7JDn

We'll just leave this here.👇 usnews.com/best-graduate-… 🌎#EarthDay2022 #VLSEELU Michael Vandenbergh J.B. Ruhl Tim Meyer Christopher Serkin

Thinking about teaching (legal) blogging? In this post, I share my experience of integrating legal blogging into an academic course. armedgroups-internationallaw.org/2022/04/25/tea…

Young Professionals Program at the WTO wto.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External…

Congrats! Associate Dean Yesha Yadav's Columbia Law Review article, "The Failed Regulation of U.S. Treasury Markets," was selected as one of the Best Corporate and Securities Articles of 2021 by 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳! …e-columbia-law-review.pantheonsite.io/content/the-fa…

In two recent decisions that are 👀🤦‍♀️🤯, the 6th and 7th circuits used FNC to dismiss anti-corruption suits brought by Mexico against US corps in accord with the UN Convention against Corruption. Read Maggie Gardner's post for FNC run amok: #FNComgLOL tlblog.org/u-s-courts-gut…

#Internationallaw Twitter - canvassing ideas - what do you think are the most important issues today - as practice areas go, in academia, across various sectors - themes you come across in your work? A bit vague but I'd love to hear your thoughts. Thanks!

U.S. law often treats corporations like natural persons. E.g., they have important constitutional rights and they can be criminally prosecuted. But if a foreign corp. is an agent of foreign gov., is it entitled to official immunity? Bill Dodge tlblog.org/can-corporatio…

This expedited review window from Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law is a great opportunity to get your articles out the door early in the summer!

Professor Ingrid Wuerth quoted in this Foreign Policy piece foreignpolicy.com/2022/07/18/ukr…

“#Russian troops are engaged in persecuting people [which is] an integral part of the #war. And its goal is to destroy the 🇺🇦 identity [if not] #Ukraine itself”, said Wayne Jordash to Українська правда ✌️ Read Wayne’s interview in Eng cutt.ly/ZZtZtiZ

The International Legal Studies Program has a strategic relationship with GRC and students support their great work in a variety of ways. x.com/grc_humanright…

Recently, Vanderbilt Law Professor, Michael Newton, presented a paper at the 2022 OSCE Human Dimensions Conference regarding human rights violations and war crimes committed against the civilian population of Ukraine. Read the full paper here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…