Clay weekly context brief for the Law category (ISO week 2026-W31). Clay tracks publications from the Law feed list. Below are recent items from this category, each with its source and a short description of what the publication covers when one is available in the source feed. Recent publications: 1. Second Circuit Reinstates Death Penalty for Murders in Buffalo Supermarket Source: Volokh Conspiracy Link: https://reason.com/volokh/2026/07/27/second-circuit-reinstates-death-penalty-for-murders-in-buffalo-supermarket/ From today's decision in U.S. 2. Gazprom lawyers complaint against Mannheimer Swartling team dismissed Source: Global Arbitration Review Link: https://globalarbitrationreview.com/article/gazprom-lawyers-complaint-against-mannheimer-swartling-team-dismissed The Swedish Bar Association has rejected a complaint lodged by a Gazprom representative against lawyers at Mannheimer Swartling after they sought to hold him personally liable for legal costs relating to a challenge to an SCC award. 3. Authoritarians Keep Telling Us What They Fear. We Should Listen. Source: Just Security Link: https://www.justsecurity.org/146224/authoritarians-fear-challenges-information-control/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=authoritarians-fear-challenges-information-control Research shows that, more than military strikes or sanctions, authoritarians fear support for independent media, anti-censorship tech, and civil society. The post Authoritarians Keep Telling Us What They Fear. We Should Listen. appeared first on Just Security . 4. Security Council LIVE: Briefing on Ukraine as deadly Russian strikes hit cities and ports Source: UN Human Rights - News Link: https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/07/1168029 The UN Security Council met on Monday at Ukraines request, following recent large-scale Russian attacks on Kyiv and elsewhere. 5. Elena Kagan Thinks The Supreme Court Gets A Bad Rap, Which Is Either A Lie Or Dangerously Naive Source: Above the Law Link: https://abovethelaw.com/2026/07/elena-kagan-thinks-the-supreme-court-gets-a-bad-rap-which-is-either-a-lie-or-dangerously-naive/ The justice threw her liberal colleagues under the bus... for nothing. The post Elena Kagan Thinks The Supreme Court Gets A Bad Rap, Which Is Either A Lie Or Dangerously Naive appeared first on Above the Law . 6. Justice Elena Kagan Source: SCOTUSblog Link: https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/07/is-elena-kagan-the-stare-decisis-justice/ (Erin Schaff/Pool/AFP via Getty Images) 7. International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan dismissed Source: UN Human Rights - Law and Crime Prevention Link: https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/07/1168025 Member States of the International Criminal Court dismissed its Prosecutor Karim Khan following disciplinary proceedings related to widely reported sexual misconduct allegations at an emergency session at UN Headquarters in New York on Friday. 8. Updated WTO-IMF TPA Index shows continued rise in global trade policy activity Source: World Trade Organization Link: https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news26_e/rese_23jul26_463_e.htm A new Trade Policy Activity (TPA) index by WTO and IMF economists shows a marked rise in trade policy activity during 2025-26, alongside heightened trade policy tensions among large economies, against the backdrop of an overall upward trend. 9. WIPO 2026 Global Awards Winners: Eleven Companies Recognized for Using IP to Build and Scale Their Businesses Source: WIPO Pressroom Link: https://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2026/article_0010.html The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) today announced the 11 winners of the WIPO Global Award 2026, celebrating companies that demonstrated excellence in using intellectual property (IP) to bring to market products including drugs to regenerate lung tissue, semiconductors that cut energy loss, AI-guided crop spraying devices and helmet sensors promoting athletes brain health. 10. Misrepresentation About Ex-Employees May Be Criminal Libel Source: Volokh Conspiracy Link: https://reason.com/volokh/2026/07/27/misrepresentation-about-ex-employees-may-be-criminal-libel/ Cal. 11. Resort investor takes Algeria to ICSID Source: Global Arbitration Review Link: https://globalarbitrationreview.com/article/resort-investor-takes-algeria-icsid An investor in a coastal resort has filed a contractual ICSID claim against Algeria. 12. Counting the Votes in the Supreme Courts Birthright Citizenship Decision Source: Just Security Link: https://www.justsecurity.org/148991/counting-votes-supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-decision/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=counting-votes-supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-decision A close analysis of the Supreme Court Justices' opinions in Trump v. Barbara. The post Counting the Votes in the Supreme Courts Birthright Citizenship Decision appeared first on Just Security . 13. Cyberattacks and the digital divide are creating new barriers to HIV services Source: UN Human Rights - News Link: https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/07/1168030 Cyberattacks, data breaches, online harassment and other forms of technology-facilitated violence are becoming significant obstacles to HIV prevention and treatment, according to a UNAIDS specialist who says digital security has become inseparable from the fight against the epidemic itself. 14. SCOTUSblog Co-Founder Headed To Prison Source: Above the Law Link: https://abovethelaw.com/2026/07/scotusblog-co-founder-headed-to-prison/ Plus millions owed in restitution. The post SCOTUSblog Co-Founder Headed To Prison appeared first on Above the Law . 15. Carved details along top of Supreme Court building are pictured Source: SCOTUSblog Link: https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/07/justice-kagan-says-court-gets-a-bad-rap/ (Katie Barlow) 16. World News in Brief: Sexual violence in DR Congo, deaths in Ukraine and Russia, crime in Southeast Asia Source: UN Human Rights - Law and Crime Prevention Link: https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/07/1167992 Independent UN human rights experts on Tuesdaycondemned the M23 armed groups reign of terror over territory it controls in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), calling for an end to the Rwanda-backed groups sexual torture and violence against civilians. 17. Trade Policy Review: India Source: World Trade Organization Link: https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/tpr_e/tpr_ind_21jul26_e.htm The Eighth review of the trade policies and practices of India takes place on 21 and 23 July 2026. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of India. 18. Intangible Investment Tops USD 10 Trillion for the First Time, Growing More Than Three Times Faster Than Tangible Investment Source: WIPO Pressroom Link: https://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2026/article_0011.html Investment in intangible assets crossed the USD 10 trillion mark for the first time in 2025, with the United States alone accounting for nearly half of the total, as investments in software, data, brands and other intellectual property-backed assets rose even as spending on machinery and buildings lagged under tight financing conditions and economic uncertainty. 19. My Interview with Judge Altman on Anti-Semitism, Israel, and Judging Source: Volokh Conspiracy Link: https://reason.com/volokh/2026/07/27/my-interview-with-judge-altman-on-anti-semitism-israel-and-judging/ Over the past three years, the rise of anti-semitism has come as a surprise to many. 20. Lithium miner makes good on threat against Mexico Source: Global Arbitration Review Link: https://globalarbitrationreview.com/article/lithium-miner-makes-good-threat-against-mexico A UK mining company has launched a third-party funded ICSID claim against Mexico over a cancelled lithium project. 21. The Pentagons Autonomous Weapons Definitions Dont Need an Overhaul, They Need an Update Source: Just Security Link: https://www.justsecurity.org/143209/the-pentagons-autonomous-weapons-definitions-dont-need-an-overhaul-they-need-an-update/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-pentagons-autonomous-weapons-definitions-dont-need-an-overhaul-they-need-an-update The Pentagon's push to integrate AI into weapons systems exposes a critical gap: no one can agree on what "autonomous weapons" means. The post The Pentagons Autonomous Weapons Definitions Dont Need an Overhaul, They Need an Update appeared first on Just Security . 22. Gaza: Dialysis patients face grueling hospital journey by donkey cart Source: UN Human Rights - News Link: https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/07/1168026 Shortly before sunrise, Palestinian Fathi Hajji begins an arduous thrice weekly journey to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. 23. Stat(s) Of The Week: Believing In AI Source: Above the Law Link: https://abovethelaw.com/2026/07/stats-of-the-week-believing-in-ai/ Measuring it, not so much. The post Stat(s) Of The Week: Believing In AI appeared first on Above the Law . 24. Supreme Court Building in June 2026 Source: SCOTUSblog Link: https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/07/trumps-petition-for-reconsideration-of-5-million-verdict-in-e-jean-carroll-case-may-be-considere/ (Katie Barlow) 25. Business as usual is a business of death: UN adopts road safety pledge over US objection Source: UN Human Rights - Law and Crime Prevention Link: https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/07/1167993 The UN General Assembly closed its first ever High-level Meeting on road safety on Tuesday by adopting a sweeping new declaration aimed at halving road deaths by 2030 over the sole objection of the United States. 26. United States launches safeguard investigation on lamb meat Source: World Trade Organization Link: https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news26_e/safe_usa_17jul26_461_e.htm On 17 July 2026, the United States notified the WTOs Committee on Safeguards that it had initiated on 13 July 2026 a safeguard investigation on imports of lamb meat. 27. WIPO Appoints Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana Rajakanya of Thailand as Ambassador for Fashion and Design Source: WIPO Pressroom Link: https://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2026/article_0009.html The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) today appointed Her Royal Highness Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana Rajakanya of the Kingdom of Thailand as WIPO Ambassador for Fashion and Design, recognizing Her Royal Highnesss outstanding contributions to creativity, innovation and the strategic use of intellectual property (IP). Sources in this brief: Above the Law; Global Arbitration Review; Just Security; SCOTUSblog; UN Human Rights - Law and Crime Prevention; UN Human Rights - News; Volokh Conspiracy; WIPO Pressroom; World Trade Organization. Selected 27 of 235 available items for this weekly brief.