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Navigating financial distress in the Gulf: a comparative series on restructuring, recovery and resolution
By Dentons
Middle East: For many years, discussions about doing business in the Gulf focused predominantly on how investments are made: establishing companies, financing acquisitions, taking security and enforcing contractual rights.
EJIL: Talk!
The Hague Group and the Uneven Volatility of Intervention Coalitions at the International Court of Justice
By Kyra Wigard
Introduction On 15 October 2026, Colombia’s Foreign Ministry announced that the country was leaving the Hague Group, which it now described as a body “created to isolate and attack Israel”.…
AWATIF Legal Blog
International Child Custody Disputes in the UAE: Jurisdiction and Enforcement
Disputes of this nature therefore require a detailed knowledge of the domestic legal framework of the UAE, jurisdictional limitations, the requirements for enforcement of foreign judgments, urgent protective measures... The…
McGeorge Community Stories
The Doctrines of Judicial Review and Reasonableness at Issue in the Israeli Judicial System
By Richard B. Weisberg, Esq. '78 Before the war in Gaza or the joint attack on Iran, the controversy that chiefly occupied the majority of public affairs in Israel concerned legislation enacted in the Knesset, Israel’s…
Sanctions & Export Controls Update
US Moves Syria to Case-by-Case ITAR Licensing Review
By Janet K. Kim (US), Patrick De Lapérouse (US)
On October 1, 2026, the US Department of State published a final rule amending the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR“) to remove Syria from the list of countries subject…
JURIST
UN condemns Israeli settler violence against Palestinian olive farmers during harvest season amid wider displacement of communities
By Paige Miller | U. Arizona College Of Law, US
The UN on Monday condemned Israeli settlers for carrying out at least 160 attacks against Palestinians during the current olive harvest on the West Bank, damaging property, and conducting demolitions…
Arnold & Porter: News & Perspectives
Amb. Barbara Leaf Joins BBC News to Discuss Houthi Attacks on Saudi Arabia
Arnold & Porter Senior International Policy Advisor and former U.S. Ambassador Barbara Leaf joined BBC News to discuss the Houthis’ escalating attacks on critical infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, Riyadh’s options…
Global Privacy & Security Compliance Blog
Open for Registration: SDAIA Adds Controller Registration for Foreign Entities
Foreign companies without a presence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that are covered by the Personal Data Protection Law must now register with SDAIA. By Brian A. Meenagh, Danielle…
Al-Mirsal
Open for Registration: SDAIA Adds Controller Registration for Foreign Entities
Foreign companies without a presence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that are covered by the Personal Data Protection Law must now register with SDAIA. By Brian A. Meenagh, Danielle…
Legal History Blog
Dannies, "Conscripting Breadwinner Soldiers in the Late Ottoman Empire: Family, Law and War"
By karentanilegalhistoryblog-blogspot-com
Edinburgh University Press has published Conscripting Breadwinner Soldiers in the Late Ottoman Empire: Family, Law and War (Edinburgh Studies on the Ottoman Empire, 2026), by Kate Dannies (Miami University). A description…