Unlawful metadata access is easy when we’re flogging a dead law
Dec 13, 2019 07:26 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
After watching this years media raids and the prosecution of lawyers and whistleblowers, its not hard to see why Australians wonder about excessive police power and dwindling journalistic freedom. But these problems are...
In its anti-'Medicare for All' push, the health insurance industry pulls from an old playbook
Dec 13, 2019 07:24 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Health
As a debate continues to rage within the Democratic Party over Medicare for All, the health insurance has quietly girded itself to fight the elimination of for-profit health care. In the summer of 2018, trade groups...
A year after the first CRISPR babies, stricter regulations are now in place
Dec 11, 2019 03:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Science
Its been just over a year since the dramatic announcement of the worlds first genome-edited babies using CRISPR technology. Since then, to the chagrin of some and the relief of others, there have been no more such...
British Columbia's vaping crackdown could offer a roadmap for the rest of the world
Dec 10, 2019 09:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
In Canada, the government of British Columbia is cracking down on vaping products. The plan is to reduce nicotine content, limit access to flavoured pods, mandate plain packaging with health warnings and raise the tax on...
Payday lenders have embraced installment loans to evade regulations – but they may be even worse
Dec 10, 2019 05:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Business
Installment loans seem like a kinder, gentler version of their predatory cousin, the payday loan. But for consumers, they may be even more harmful. Use of the installment loan, in which a consumer borrows a lump sum and...
Legal win doesn't mean Ontario student associations are in the clear
Dec 10, 2019 05:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The Ontario governments so-called Student Choice Initiative was recently declared unlawful following a court challenge launched by the Canadian Federation of Students and the York Federation of Students. The Ontario...
Litigation is the real reason financial reports are becoming harder to read
Dec 09, 2019 06:01 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Westpac can expect a bumper turnout of shareholders at its annual general meeting in Sydney on Thursday, many of them angry at its alleged role in facilitating child exploitation in the Philippines, its 23 million alleged...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects