International Legal News - Cross-Border

European Union / United States

Europe Takes On Tech Giants and Their Tax Havens

The Associated Press

European governments are accusing such tech giants as Google, Facebook and Amazon of incorporating themselves in low-tax countries so they can avoid paying millions of dollars to other countries, where most of their European income is derived.

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Global Lawyer / United States

N.Y. Plan Would Provide Counsel to Immigrants Facing Removal

New York Law Journal

A task force in New York has introduced a model program for providing counsel to immigrants in removal proceedings. It's the latest step in an effort to rally the legal community to study the problems of immigrants in removal proceedings and advocate a legal services support network at a time when record numbers of immigrants are subject to deportation.

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Czech Republic / Global Lawyer / International Courts

Jewish Groups Press for Holocaust Restitution

The Associated Press

Two hundred people from 41 countries attended an international conference in Prague this week to put renewed pressure on European governments to restitute property confiscated from Jews during World War II or provide fair compensation.

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European Union / United States

Congress Seeks to Shield Airlines From EU Emissions Tax

The Associated Press

Congress is seeking to protect U.S. airlines from having to pay into a European Union emissions-cutting program that critics call unilateral and illegal. The congressional action came one day after the EU said it was postponing enforcement.

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Afghanistan / Human Rights / United States

D.C. Circuit Throws Out Conviction of Bin Laden Driver

The Associated Press

The D.C. Circuit has found that the charge for which a former driver for Osama bin Laden went to prison was not a war crime under international law when he engaged in the activity for which he was convicted.

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