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The United States’ Reactivation of Deep-Seabed Mining Under DSHMRA and Executive Order 14285

President Trump’s 2025 executive order has reactivated a long-dormant US legal regime for deep seabed mining, raising profound legal, environmental and geopolitical questions for advisers operating beyond national jurisdiction

Interpol Red Notices and transnational repression

Interpol Red Notices are exploited by authoritarian states, creating cross-border legal risks and testing the effectiveness of available remedies

Magna Carta and constitutional rights in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea demonstrates the continuing influence of Magna Carta principles on constitutional rights and the rule of law

UNCITRAL’s convention on negotiable cargo documents

UNCITRAL’s new convention introduces negotiable cargo documents across transport modes, enhancing legal certainty, trade finance and multimodal logistics

Aircraft leasing disputes in the Australian courts

Recent airline insolvencies reveal how Australian courts balance international leasing principles with domestic insolvency law, treaty obligations and priority regimes

Puma v EUIPO: General Court clarifies duty to consider best-case reputation scenarios

The General Court has annulled a decision by EUIPO's Fifth Board of Appeal, establishing important procedural requirements for assessing trade mark reputation.

Diverging flight paths in sustainable aviation law

The UK and EU have introduced divergent SAF regimes, creating challenging dual compliance challenges for aviation stakeholders.

Cum-Ex: a short-lived scheme with long-term consequences

The Cum-Ex scandal still reverberates across Europe, with banks, traders and governments locked in battle