JURIST Belarus correspondent Ulyana Belaya is a student in the International Law and European Union Law program at the European Humanities University, Vilnius, Lithuania. She left Belarus in September 2021. The text of this dispatch has been lightly edited to preserve the author’s voice.  As a Belarusian, let me tell you about the legal situation [...]

Ukrainian law students and young lawyers are reporting for JURIST on national and international developments in and affecting Ukraine. This dispatch is from Anna Balabina, a law student at Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv.   Last week the Norweigan Nobel Committee awarded its annual Peace Prize to human rights defenders from three countries – Ukraine, Belarus [...]

The US Supreme Court Wednesday heard oral arguments in Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. v. Hewitt. The court was asked to determine whether a supervisor who makes over $200,000 a year is entitled to overtime pay under 29 CFR § 541.604, despite an exemption in 29 CFR § 541.601 for highly-paid executives. Michael Hewitt worked for [...]

The European Commission (EC) Wednesday recommended Bosnia and Herzegovina be granted candidate status for accession to the European Union (EU). In a press release, the EC announced Bosnia and Herzegovina’s candidate status. The EC emphasized that the candidate status dictates that Bosnia and Herzegovina take steps towards reinforcing democracy, functionality of state institutions, rule of [...]

Russia’s Federal Service for Financial Monitoring, Rosfinmonitoring, Tuesday added US tech giant Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to its list of “terrorist and extremist” organizations, Russian news agencies reported. The impact of Rosfinmonitoring’s designation reportedly means that Russian citizens and companies who buy ads from Facebook or Instagram could potentially [...]

Law students from the European Union are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting the European Union and its member states. Ciara Dinneny is a trainee with the Law Society of Ireland. She files this dispatch from Dublin. As Europe prepares for what is set to be a cold winter concerns continue to [...]

The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion with the US Supreme Court requesting the court not intervene in the ongoing dispute over documents seized from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago, Florida, residence. In their motion, the DOJ argues that Trump is unable to demonstrate that he is irreparably harmed by a September 21 order [...]

The US Supreme Court Tuesday denied a black death row inmate’s appeal over claims his trial was tarnished by several jurors who stated their opposition of interracial relationships. Justices Sotomayor, Kagan and Jackson dissented. Andre Lee Thomas was sentenced to death in 2005 for the murders of his wife, their son and her daughter from [...]

The US Department of Labor (DOL) Tuesday published a proposed rule clarifying when workers should be classified as independent contractors or employees entitled to minimum wage, over time and other Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) protections. The rule rescinds a January 2021 rule, which inquired into whether the worker was dependent on a particular individual, [...]

The US Supreme Court Tuesday heard oral arguments concerning a California animal welfare law that may impact interstate commerce in violation of the dormant commerce clause. The legislation at issue in National Pork Producers Council v. Ross is Proposition 12, which prohibits California merchants from selling uncooked pork products from breeding pigs confined in a [...]