The hoary doctrine of “proportionality” from the “just war” theory is being sorely tested by the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine. The premise of this theory, as first expounded in the West by ...

A recent decision from the Southern District of New York serves as a timely reminder that proportionality is a key gatekeeping principle shaping the scope of discovery. Over the past decade, ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jill Goldenziel writes & consults on security, law, & business risk. Proportionality in war does not mean balancing number of ...

Brett F. Clements of Hollingsworth LLP writes that defendants must advise courts about the volume, cost or specific burdens of a challenged discovery request, even a decade after the 2015 amendment to ...

You could set your watch by it. Whenever there is an atrocious attack on the United States or Israel, if transnational progressives are not subjecting us to the “escalation” drivel, they are ...

The concept, important for determining the legality of an act of war, is about weighing civilian harm against military objectives, not about achieving a balanced number of casualties. By Steven ...

Through the blessings of marriage and a large extended family, I had, to a lesser degree of severity, the experience this Saturday that so many others had. I awoke to a text alerting me that the ...

More than a month after Hamas fighters killed 1,400 Israelis in a shock assault, bombs continue to fall on the Gaza Strip in reprisal Israeli attacks. The aerial campaign has left a heavy death toll – ...

Distinguished chair, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is grateful for the opportunity to address the Open-Ended Working Group a second time ...

A number of obstacles arise when attempting to assess if costs in civil litigation are proportionate, says Paul Taylor. The Jackson civil litigation reforms introduced in April 2013 have the concept ...