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9 Feb 2017, 6:15 pm
The White House is seen as the U.S. [read post]
7 Feb 2017, 6:46 am
Over at Just Security, Yael Ronen and Yuval Shany weighed in on the international law aspects (responding to Eugene Kontorovich). [read post]
2 Jan 2017, 9:58 am
Members of the U.N. [read post]
27 Dec 2016, 7:00 pm
Notwithstanding the distractions of the holiday season, a considerable debate has erupted over the significance of U.N. [read post]
22 Dec 2016, 6:13 am
The Security Council is expected to vote today on a resolution, introduced by Egypt, condemning the presence of settlements — Jewish communities in the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem. [read post]
4 Nov 2016, 7:14 am
“Vote early and vote often” has traditionally been a glib shorthand for corrupt election practices. [read post]
7 Oct 2016, 8:32 am
” It’s perhaps worth noting that the Scalia Law School has close ties to the Volokh Conspiracy: Three bloggers (me, Ilya and Todd) are professors there; Eugene Kontorovich started his academic career at Mason, before moving on to Northwestern; Jonathan graduated from the law school; and Eugene Volokh and David Post have been visiting professors. [read post]
7 Oct 2016, 7:28 am
J Street and other progressive groups are campaigning to get the Treasury Department to pull the tax-exempt status of U.S. charities that provide support to Israeli communities in the West Bank and Golan Heights, i.e., settlements. [read post]
27 Sep 2016, 7:54 am
Yesterday, I wrote about the morally and legally misguided effort by the Palestinian Authority and supportive NGOs to expel or punish Israel from FIFA, world football’s (American soccer) governing body. [read post]
26 Sep 2016, 11:02 am
(John Thys/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images) Human Rights Watch published a long, graphics-rich report on Sunday denouncing Israeli semi-pro soccer (football) clubs in towns in the West Bank. [read post]
15 Sep 2016, 10:27 am
Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal ran an op-ed by me and Penny Grunseid, “At the U.N., Only Israel is an Occupying Power. [read post]
12 Sep 2016, 7:31 am
My new working paper, “Unsettled: A Global Study of Settlements in Occupied Territories,” is now available on SSRN. [read post]
7 Sep 2016, 5:10 am
I am happy to announce the publication of my new book, “Economic Analysis of International Law,” published by Edward Elgar. [read post]
5 Aug 2016, 12:08 am
Contents include: Eugene Kontorovich & Francesco Parisi, The Economics of International Law: An Introduction Enrico Spolaore, The Economics of Political Borders Bridget L. [read post]
After the Hulk Hogan Lawsuit Funding Flap, Is it Time for a Look at Litigation Financing Regulation?
5 Jun 2016, 5:15 pm
As Northwestern Law Professor Eugene Kontorovich noted in a May 26, 2016 Washington Post article (here), the support of litigation by a stranger to the case constitutes the common law crime and tort of “maintenance. [read post]
28 May 2016, 2:16 pm
First, it derides the ACLU/NAACP analogy (also offered by Eugene Kontorovich) as "ridiculous. [read post]
27 May 2016, 5:25 am
Tyler Cowen tries putting the shoe on the environmentalist foot, while Eugene Kontorovich at the Volokh Conspiracy observes that “Thiel’s conduct fits into the ‘public interest’ or ‘ideological’ litigation paradigm” and claims that “By current standards, Thiel’s funding should raise no eyebrows — unless one also wants to revisit public interest litigation, class actions and contingent fees. [read post]
26 May 2016, 7:58 am
A previous post discussed the issue of third-party financing in Hulk Hogan’s privacy lawsuit against Gawker. [read post]
[Eugene Kontorovich] Peter Thiel’s funding of Hulk Hogan-Gawker litigation should not raise concerns
26 May 2016, 5:19 am
A story in yesterday’s New York Times revealed that Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker Media was financed by Peter Thiel, the billionaire founder of PayPal and an early investor in Facebook. [read post]
26 May 2016, 3:38 am
Update: At Volokh Conspiracy, Eugene Kontorovich offers a seriously cringeworthy academic view: In any case, to destroy a media company, it is not enough that litigation be financed. [read post]
