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The September 8 Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia injured dozens of civilians and disrupted energy facilities across four cities. The escalation raises major legal questions about Saudi self-defense under Article 51, collective defense under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement, the targeting of energy infrastructure, civilian protection under IHL, and the attribution of Houthi conduct to Iran.

A yogurt maker's "zero sugar" claim collides with FDA guidance that the sweetener allulose counts as sugar, threatening an entire product category built on regulatory ambiguity.

Under 35 U.S.C. Section 256, one can only correct an inventorship error when the underlying facts and the affected parties can actually be identified, and when the statutory correction procedure can be completed. AI-assisted invention is starting to produce cases where none of that is possible: the development record shows plenty of human activity, but nothing in it establishes which person actua…

Adopted in 1992, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) declared a goal of stabilizing global carbon emissions to “prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.” In... READ MORE

On July 24, Elon Musk was interviewed by The Economist’s editor Zanny Minton Beddoes. The 85-minute discussion ranged from Musk’s business ventures to the war in Ukraine, China’s technological power and the immense capabilities of artificial intelligence. Pressed by Beddoes on how his companies will make money in the future, he boldly prophesied that “money […] The post Do Tech Billionaires Dream…

Thailand asks datacenter operators to suspend buildouts until legal framework is complete — new legislation is supposed to create "airtight" requirements for large-scale datacenters

Akhila S T, Department of Law, University of Kerala I. Introduction Universal health coverage rests on a deceptively simple promise: that every person, wherever they live and however much they earn, can obtain the health services they need — preventive, curative, rehabilitative, and palliative — without being ruined by the cost of care. The philosophy of UHC rests on the proposition that health i…