Simply put, these instruments seek to spare civilians and others who are no longer active combatants from the effects of hostilities by placing restrictions and prohibitions on the conduct of warfare.

With regard to the current fighting in Lebanon, this week the zeitgeist shifted from finger-pointing to the end game. How should the war be brought to a conclusion? That depends whether or not you are ...

On Thursday night, President Donald Trump confirmed that he had ordered a military strike against Iran, and then called it off, after a U.S. military drone was shot down by Iran earlier in the week.

Smoke rising from buildings in Gaza after retaliatory Israeli air strikes on October 15, 2023. Photo by MOHAMMED SABER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock In recent days, my ...

The current conflict between Israel and Hamas raises a host of legal questions about the application of the Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC). One of the major criticisms raised against Israel is that its ...

About a year ago, I wrote the blog “Proportionality: Tipping the Scale” spotlighting proportionality with respect to data preservation and the related amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil ...

Wood is not factually wrong: Contrary to what many Americans might believe about war, the laws of armed conflict do permit the premeditated killing of civilians, including children, if the intended ...

Redistricting, the process of drawing congressional and state legislative districts, is all about making choices and setting priorities. Gov. Mike DeWine says the priorities laid out in State Issue 1, ...

Let's face it: No one went to law school dreaming of one day preparing a privilege log, much less one with hundreds or thousands of entries. But with the vast volumes of electronically stored ...

As a brief explanation, phased discovery limits the initial scope of discovery to the custodians and data most relevant to the issues in hopes of alleviating the potential burden and costs typically ...