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In June 2024, economist Gabriel Zucman presented a blueprint for a coordinated minimum taxation standard for ultra-wealthy individuals, requiring billionaires to pay annually an amount equivalent to 2% of their net wealth in tax. The underlying principle was that ultra-wealthy individuals whose...

Every October 18, the EU marks its Anti-Trafficking Day to raise awareness of human trafficking and its impact on victims and societies. To acknowledge this day, this blog post is the result of a collaboration between two authors.

There are a handful of digital oligarchs that capture and rule every successive wave of innovation – from the digital markets to generative AI, from agentic AI to (potentially also) quantum computing. Taking the example of generative AI, and the position of strength enjoyed by these digital...

This month marks the 30^th anniversary of Pokémon. A highly popular Japanese franchise consisting of animated series and films, computer games, and trading card games. Many people are fascinated by Pokémon and over the years, Pokémon also caught my attention. Not because I am a fan of the series or...

Dear members of the UM community,

After a long summer, the University Council has kicked off the new year. We started with our traditional council day, during which we introduced the new student members of the University and Faculty Councils, as well as the new members of the Service Councils, to the...

For more than seventy-five years, one rule has governed the Road Runner cartoons: Wile E. Coyote orders some ingenious contraption from ACME, activates it, and watches it turn against him. The rocket skates overshoot. The catapult fires the wrong way. The anvil obeys gravity with suspicious...

Human trafficking is too often studied only at its endpoint, namely at the peak of its most lucrative sexual exploitation, while its business model and damage to the rule of law go underexamined. A recent seemingly Tate-'influenced' Dutch criminal case shows why that needs to change.

Naturvårdsverket v UQ and Naturvårdsverket v IC (Joined Cases C-221/24 and C-222/24)

C-629/23 MTÜ Eesti Suurkiskjad v Keskkonnaamet