International Legal Studies Program
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Key takeaways from Yesha Yadav’s testimony before the Senate Banking Committee on the cryptocurrency meltdown
Yadav was one of three financial regulation experts who testified before the full committee in the aftermath of the crypto crash on why financial safeguards are needed for digital assets. Read MoreFeb. 14, 2023
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Ingrid Wuerth featured in Jan. 18 Lawfare podcast: “Halkbank Hits the Supreme Court”
Wuerth is one of two sovereign immunity experts interviewed by Lawfare senior editor Scott R. Anderson in a discussion of U.S. v. Halkbank, a Supreme Court case that addresses criminal charges brought by the U.S. government against a Turkish state-owned bank. Read MoreJan. 19, 2023
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Yesha Yadav discusses the arrest of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried in CNN International interview
Financial regulation expert Yadav discusses the federal charges against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, who faces an eight-count criminal indictment that includes charges of fraud and conspiracy and violating campaign finance laws in the wake of the collapse of his cryptocurrency empire, with CNN International news anchor Rosemary Church. Read MoreDec. 16, 2022
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Human rights expert Pramila Patten delivered Vanderbilt’s 2022 Charney Distinguished Lecture in International Law
Patten is the United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict and Under-secretary General of the United Nations. She delivered her lecture, titled "Evolution and Impact of the Mandate on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence," in Flynn Auditorium Nov. 10. Read MoreNov. 11, 2022
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New Transnational Litigation Blog Post from Ingrid Brunk: Foreign Data Protection Laws: Greater Impact on U.S. Discovery than Foreign Blocking Statutes
Ingrid (Wuerth) Brunk writes that litigants are increasingly using foreign data protection laws-especially new laws in China and the EU-to resist discovery requests from U.S. courts. Read MoreOct. 25, 2022
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Technology and the Future of War: Niloofar Razi Howe in conversation with Ganesh Sitaraman Nov. 7
Howe is an expert on cybersecurity and other tools of modern warfare. Her conversation with Ganesh Sitaraman will begin at 12:30 p.m. in the Moore Room. Read MoreOct. 25, 2022
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Michael Newton quoted in Associate Press coverage of possible Russian war crimes.
More than 50 people, including children, were killed in a Russian attack on a train station in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, in April. Even if members of the military were among the dead, Newton said the attack could still violate the laws of war if it disproportionately harmed civilians. “If you’re going to kill a small number of troops as opposed to a large number of civilians, that’s a war crime,” he said. Read MoreAug. 31, 2022
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Why designating Russia a state sponsor of terrorism is a bad idea: Washington Post Opinion by Ingrid Wuerth
Wuerth is a foreign policy expert and holds the Helen Strong Curry Chair in International Law. "The state sponsor of terrorism designation is not a symbolic act to chastise states that behave badly," she writes. "It is a legal trigger embedded in an extremely complex statutory and regulatory framework. The effects of pulling that...trigger are not easy to identify and untangle." Read MoreAug. 1, 2022
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Mike Newton presents USAID report on adjudicating war crimes cases in Ukraine July 22
The report is entitled "Ensuring Fair and Effective Justice in Adjudicating War Crimes Cases in Ukraine." Read MoreJul. 22, 2022
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Ingrid Wuerth discusses downsides to designating Russia a State Sponsor of Terrorism in Foreign Policy
Wuerth, an expert in foreign affairs, is quoted extensively in "Is Russia a Terrorist State?", a July 18 article discussing calls for the Biden administration to label Russia as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, a designation meant to further isolate Russia diplomatically and cut off its economy from the global financial system. Read MoreJul. 20, 2022