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Eunseo Hong
Eunseo Hong is Courthouse News’ Europe courts correspondent, based in the Netherlands. Originally from South Korea, she covers international courts and legal issues, with a focus on EU legal affairs and the International Court of Justice.
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Court rejects EU auditors’ bid to shield officials from interviews in institutional clash
The bloc’s spending watchdog unlawfully refused to let prosecutors question 12 officials in a criminal investigation, EU judges ruled Wednesday, strengthening the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in its dealings with other EU institutions.
ICC suspends chief prosecutor Karim Khan, giving member states final say
The International Criminal Court's 125 member countries will now decide whether the prosecutor who issued arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin can remain at his post.
When a job move feels like a job cut, EU court says it counts
Employers cannot evade collective dismissal obligations by imposing drastic workplace relocations and treating workers’ refusals as personal decisions, Europe’s highest court said.
French bid to sink EU migration pact hits troubled waters
France is hoping to dismantle an agreement giving the EU broad control of asylum-seekers' claims. A top court adviser says the bloc had good reason to act together.
Swiss men — and only Swiss men — must do military service or pay up. Is that discrimination?
Europe’s human rights court rejected a challenge to the Alpine nation's male-only system, noting only one country with female conscription.
Apple earns appeal ticket, but UK iCloud class action rolls on
A British tribunal granted the tech giant permission to appeal part of a certification ruling over its cloud storage service, while steering the case toward trial despite Apple’s objections to the timetable.
Meta scores half a point as EU tech battles heat up
The tech giant convinced judges regulators got the role of Marketplace wrong, but failed to free Messenger from the obligations of the EU’s Digital Markets Act.
Italy loses in push to make one defendant foot bill for entire tax evasion scheme
Europe’s top human rights court said Italy crossed the line by forcing some people to absorb massive confiscation orders tied to criminal schemes that generated far more money than they personally received.