The International Enforcement Law Reporter is a monthly print and online journal covering news and trends in international enforcement law.
Since September 1985, the International Enforcement Law Reporter has analyzed the premier developments in both the substantive and procedural aspects of international enforcement law. Read by practitioners, academics, and politicians, the IELR is a valuable guide to the difficult and dynamic field of international law.
The landmark House v. NCAA settlement, finalized in June 2025, marks a seismic shift in the legal and regulatory landscape of collegiate athletics in the United States (U.S.).
On July 15, 2025, Ovidio Guzman Lopez, who succeeded his father Joaquin Guzman Loera (commonly known as El Chapo) as one of the leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico, pleaded guilty in the United States (U.S.) District Court in Chicago for federal drug charges.
On July 9, 2025, the Council of Europe (CoE) officially adopted a Protocol amending the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism (CETS No. 196), also known as the Warsaw Convention (hereafter “the Convention”).
Independent French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes was arrested in Algeria on May 28, 2024, for allegedly “glorifying terrorism” and “possessing publications for propaganda purposes harmful to national interests.”
On July 9, 2025, President Donald Trump announced that he would impose a 50 percent tariff on all Brazilian imports, partly in retaliation for the Brazilian government’s prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is charged with, inter alia, attempting a coup.
On Tuesday, July 8, 2025, the District of Puerto Rico charged two American citizens with defrauding thousands of investors of over $650 million by promising excellent returns (as much as 300% over sixteen months)[2] on cryptocurrency and foreign exchange investments while making various security assurances.
On May 19, 2025, France filed a petition to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran) for the ongoing three-year long detainment of two French nationals, Ms. Cécile Kohler and Mr. Jacques Paris, who were on holiday in Iran when they were detained for alleged spying for the French government on May 8, 2022.
On June 10, 2025, the European Commission updated its list of high-risk jurisdictions that present strategic deficiencies in their national anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regimes.
On July 3, 2025, the United States (U.S.) Supreme Court in an unsigned order permitted the Trump administration to deport eight men who had spent more than one month under guard on a U.S. military base on Djibouti to South Sudan.
United States (U.S.) academic institutions house vast stores of federally funded research in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and biotechnology.
