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Climate crisis: advised emissions offer new opportunities for law firms to make an impact

3 days ago | ibanet.org | Rachael Johnson

Addressing advised emissions is increasingly being seen as a key means by which law firms can have a significant impact in their efforts to tackle the climate crisis. These are the indirect emissions associated with a company’s value chain, including those generated by using its products and/or services. For law firms and other professional services companies, these emissions arise from the advice provided to clients.
Escalating conflict between India and Pakistan threatens crucial long-standing agreements

6 days ago | ibanet.org | Rebecca Root

On 7 May, India launched missiles at nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, which it says hosted ‘terrorist infrastructure’. Pakistan, in response, claims to have shot down Indian aircraft and drones and has warned of further military action. These developments mark a significant escalation in recent tensions between India and Pakistan, which stem from an attack by militants on a group of tourists in Pahalgam, a town in Indian-administrated Kashmir.
UK arbitration legislation reinforces London’s position amidst increasing competition

1 week ago | ibanet.org | Joanne Harris

The UK’s new Arbitration Act – which has now received Royal Assent – is designed to ensure the jurisdiction remains a leading destination for commercial arbitration. London was the top choice of seat for International Chamber of Commerce arbitrations in 2024, while the city also led the rankings in the most recent International Arbitration Survey carried out by Queen Mary University in 2021, sharing a spot with Singapore.
US presidency: mass deportation scheme ‘playing fast and loose with the law’

2 weeks ago | ibanet.org | William Roberts

Terrorism Confinement Center, El Salvador. La Prensa Gráfica/Wikimedia Commons. Kilmar Abrego Garcia was driving home from work with his young son when US agents arrested him, claiming his immigration status had changed. Within days, he was summarily deported to El Salvador. But Abrego Garcia, a Salvadorean migrant, had been a legal US resident with a court order barring his return to El Salvador due to threats against him.
Rule of law: ICC sends message with arrest of former Filipino president Duterte

3 weeks ago | ibanet.org | Rebecca Root

Former President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte at the Masskara Festival in Bacolod, 2017. Ceslou/Wikimedia Commons. The former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, was arrested on 11 March on an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant. He’s accused of murder as a crime against humanity in relation to the ‘war on drugs’ campaign he ran as mayor of Davao City and later as state policy while president.
ESG: European Union set to delay action on corporate sustainability

1 month ago | ibanet.org | Rachael Johnson

In April, the European Parliament approved the EU’s proposed ‘stop-the-clock’ directive, which would delay implementation of parts of the bloc’s recent sustainability legislation. The directive is included within the EU’s recently proposed ‘Omnibus’ package of legislative changes. A second directive in this package introduces changes to the content and scope of the EU’s sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements and is being considered separately by legislators.
Finance: EU takes next step on long road to capital markets union

1 month ago | ibanet.org | Rachael Johnson

In March the European Commission adopted its strategy for a savings and investments union (SIU). The SIU aims to channel more of the public’s savings into the bloc’s capital markets. The Commission says the proposals will allow for greater spending on its strategic priorities and make the EU more attractive to investors and companies.
Rule of law: UK government acts to curb use and abuse of NDAs

1 month ago | ibanet.org | Ruth Green

Following repeated scandals revealing the widespread use and abuse of non-disclosure agreements, the UK government has given the green light to ban their use in England’s higher education sector, whilst also considering a broader ban to prevent their misuse by employers more widely. The implementation of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 was put on hold following the country’s 2024 summer general election and the government will introduce a revised version later this year.
Modern slavery: training and collaboration needed to tackle Southeast Asia’s scam ‘centres’

1 month ago | ibanet.org | Rebecca Root

A cross-border operation to free thousands of people from scam ‘centres’ situated at the Thai-Myanmar border has highlighted the challenges of bringing these criminal enterprises to justice. In February, the Thai government and armed groups in Myanmar – with support from China – released around 7,000 trafficked individuals from compounds on the border where they’d been forced into conducting criminal activity, such as fraud, online.
US Presidency: retreat from world stage boosts Russia and China

1 month ago | ibanet.org | Ruth Green

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, 2018. Trump White House Archived/Flickr.comDonald Trump’s second presidential term, with its dizzying array of executive orders, policy revocations, funding cuts, tariff threats and withdrawals from international bodies, has sent both the country and the world into a tailspin. As the US relinquishes its leadership role on the world stage, China and Russia are filling the resulting vacuum.