Starbucks, the US, and collective bargaining: a strained combination

Starbucks’ legal war against trade unions and collective bargaining.

Paul van der Heijden • May 15, 2023

The US privacy deja-vu

Recent privacy developments in US very similar to EU privacy framework – a reminder that EU law is setting standards not just for Europe, but for the world.

Helena Vrabec • January 31, 2023

‘One China’ and the sacred modus vivendi

The debate on ‘One China’ keeps returning to the front pages, while the legal aspects of this peculiar situation are rarely addressed. Did President Biden misspeak, regarding US commitments? Hardly.

Rytis Satkauskas • December 03, 2021

Police, panic, and fentanyl

Police in the United States have told implausible stories about airborne fentanyl exposures for years. The real symptoms appear related to panic attacks and the psychological trauma of policing.

Chase Burton • September 14, 2021

Donald Trump’s ‘law and order’ campaign: A tried and tested strategy

In US history, moments of protest and dissent have often been met with calls to reinstate ‘law and order’. The presidential election will be a test of President Trump’s ‘law and order’ politics.

Chase Burton • November 03, 2020

An old, dying Empire versus a rising Earth Community

Trump and his followers have shown that patriotism and imperialism are not dead yet. They are part of a larger populist movement, which is still small compared to the rising number of people who feel they belong to an Earth Community.

Wim Bonis • January 25, 2017 • 5 comments

A new Civil Rights Battle on the Horizon?

Are we going to see a new branch of Civil Rights litigation? It seems that the Supreme Court will uphold many provisions in the Arizonian ‘SB1070’ law. The law’s practical application might open the door to file numerous civil rights claims at Arizona.

Rolf van Wegberg and Michiel Glas • May 16, 2012

Data sharing is caring? The PNR agreement: an old Big Brother story told anew

Public records, banking information, correspondence…the list of data accessed by police would be incomplete without Passenger Name Records. The new EU-US PNR agreement will enter into force soon – will it also bring a higher data protection standard?

Iryna Ievdokymova • May 15, 2012

leidenlawblog

USA

Blogs