Category «United States Law»

Attacks against the International Criminal Court: Who cares about victims of atrocity crimes?

The attacks against the ICC are part of a wholesale U.S. assault on international legal norms and institutions since the 20 January 2025 inauguration of President Donald J. Trump. Exactly a year later, Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney made a blunt statement at the World Economic Forum in Davos that the world order has been ruptured, and that we now face a “brutal reality where geopolitics among the great powers is not subject to any constraints.” This article by Catherine Morris, attorney and founding director of Peacemakers Trust, considers what can be done to strengthen respect for human rights and to fulfill the promise of equal justice for the millions of victims of atrocity crimes around the world, who, as their last resort, seek accountability of perpetrators in the ICC.

Subjects: Comparative/Foreign Law, Government Resources, Legal Research, United States Law

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, January 31, 2026

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness. Six highlights from this week: Google Is Accused of Burying $700M Settlement Emails — They’re Landing in Spam Folders; How ICE is using facial recognition in Minnesota; US Version of TikTok off to Bumpy Start; Competitors Surge; Google ties AI Search to Gmail and Photos, raising new privacy questions; and Activists Say Ring Cameras Are Being Used by ICE.

Subjects: AI, Computer Security, Cryptocurrencies, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Email Security, Financial System, Legal Research, Privacy

Reducing The Threat Of Drive-By Downloads

When people think about malware, they often imagine someone clicking a suspicious attachment or downloading a shady file. In reality, Jerry Lawson describes how one of the most dangerous forms of infection requires no obvious mistake at all. It’s called a drive-by download, and it remains a quiet but serious threat.

Subjects: Computer Security, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Email Security, Government Resources, Search Engines, Technology Trends

Hold Fast, Harvard

Since 2025 the Secretary of Education Linda McMahon has engaged in battles with major American institutions of higher education and research. Using the Trump administration’s Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, McMahon demands strict adherence to “educational principles” that include elimination of ‘DEI’ programs to quality for ‘preferential federal funding.’ In the case of Harvard University, this funding is on the order of $2.2 billion annually. Lawyer Kyle K. Courtney unravels the litigation at the heart of Harvard’s effort to preserve academic freedom and deny the administration another huge payoff with no transparency as to where the exortion money actually ends up.

Subjects: Economy, Education, Financial System, Free Speech, Healthcare, Legal Research, Medical Research, United States Law

12 ways the Trump administration dismantled civil rights law and the foundations of inclusive democracy in its first year

Spencer Overton, Professor of Law, George Washington University, homes in on how after Donald Trump’s second inauguration, a pattern emerges. Across dozens of executive orders, agency memos, funding decisions and enforcement changes, the administration has weakened federal civil rights law and the foundations of the country’s racially inclusive democracy.

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Legal Research, United States Law

AI In Finance and Banking, January 18, 2026

This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, conferences, industry white papers and reports, academic papers and speeches, and central bank actions on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. The chronological links provided are to the primary sources, and as available, indicate links to alternate free versions. Five highlights from this post: Markets brace for 2026 as investors flag potential AI overheating and uncertainty over Federal Reserve policy; Artificial intelligence and growth in advanced and emerging economies: short-run impact; Here’s what Wall Street bank CEOs are saying about head count in the age of AI; Why insurance companies should encourage solid AI risk management instead of excluding it; and SoftBank has completed its $40 billion investment commitment to OpenAI.

Subjects: AI in Banking and Finance, Economy, Financial System, Insurance Law

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, January 4, 2026

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness. Five highlights from this week: Should AI Tools For Doctors Be Licensed Like Doctors?; The New Surveillance State Is You; Mojeek, the independent search engine worth trying; WIRED Data Breach; an How the human harms of cybercrime shook the world in 2025.

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Healthcare, Medical Research, Privacy, Search Engines