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 ...

Today’s post is by my friend Professor Geoff Corn, who many Lawfire ® readers will recognize as one of the nation’s foremost law of armed conflict authorities. As is so often the case, he has written ...

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 ...

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, ...

Today Lawfire ® contributor (and LENS conference speaker) Professor Geoff Corn briefly introduces his new article, “Proportionality: Can’t Live With It But Can’t Live Without It” in which he grapples ...

Last week, I published an essay arguing that Israel’s military campaign in Gaza is inflicting disproportionate harm on civilians, and that Israel must either accept a ceasefire or drastically narrow ...

In the film, The Princess Bride, Sicilian bad guy Vizzini repeatedly exclaims that the progress of Westley to locate Princess Buttercup is “Inconceivable!” After shouting “Inconceivable!” one too many ...

More than three years after their implementation, attorneys, courts, and litigants are still learning to navigate the new waters in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26. As a result of the 2015 ...

This contribution is a brief preview derived from part of a full forthcoming article that will run in the spring issue of the Harvard National Security Journal. While plainly hyperbolic, there is ...