JURIST

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

On Thursday, Japan witnessed its first labor strike in six decades. The catalyst for this strike was the sale of the Seibu department store, a subsidiary of the Japanese retail giant Seven & i, to the US-based Fortress Investment Group. Workers’ concerns primarily revolve around the possibility of job cuts and the need for assurances regarding job security and the continuity of business operations, which ultimately led to a one-day strike.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

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.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

On Friday, the Nigerian Labour Congress ( NCL ) announced labor union warning strikes for September 5 and 6. This is in addition to planned indefinite action in three weeks in protest of the government’s removal of a petrol subsidy, which has worsened the cost of living crisis in the region. This unrest follows an EU report released earlier this year, which questioned the transparency and democracy of the 2023 Nigerian general elections.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

A Brooklyn federal judge on Friday vacated the convictions of a former 21st Century Fox television executive and an Argentine sports marketing company in the FIFA bribery probe, citing the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision narrowing public corruption prosecutions.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

I am thrilled to announce that my book on international child abduction has been published this week (María Mayela Celis Aguilar (aka Mayela Celis), Madrid: Dykinson, 2023, 604 pp. – in Spanish). More information is available here. I am most grateful to Prof. Marina Vargas Gómez-Urrutia and Hans van Loon for having written the Foreword of this book and for their support throughout this process.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

The Fifth Session of the Fourteenth National People’s Congress of China concluded on Friday. This assembly serves as the highest legislative body in the state, and its final resolutions entail modifications to existing legislative acts. During the session, 161 members of the Standing Committee were present, and the number of participants met the quorum requirement.

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