Why electronic surveillance monitoring may not reduce youth crime
Jun 14, 2018 04:49 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Last week, the Victorian government announced a new surveillance monitoring scheme directed at young criminal offenders aged 16 and older. Under the legislation to be introduced later this year, the Youth Parole Board...
Commonwealth Bank's $700 million fine will end up punishing its customers
Jun 09, 2018 01:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) this week agreed to pay a record penalty to settle its violations of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws. The A$700 million fine plus legal costs will become...
Government needs to slow down on changes to spying and foreign interference laws
Jun 08, 2018 05:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Whats the rush? If you believe Commonwealth Attorney-General Christian Porter, unless two pieces of security legislation are in place in the remaining two weeks of parliament before the winter recess, the country will be...
California SC Rules Social Media Providers Should Grant Criminal Defendants Access to Requested Data
May 25, 2018 13:08 pm UTC| Technology Law
The California Supreme Court recently ruled that criminal defendants should be granted access to certain social media posts and communications in order to build their case. In the age of prevalent social media use among...
Apple Bags $539 Million in Damages From Patent Infringement Lawsuit vs. Samsung
May 25, 2018 12:37 pm UTC| Technology Law
After a seven-year legal battle, the jury has decided that Apple is entitled to a $539 million payment in damages over a patent infringement case against their top smartphone industry rival, Samsung. The said amount...
Report: Apple Settles With Volkswagen For Electric Self-Driving Cars Project
May 24, 2018 15:35 pm UTC| Technology Law
While Apple stays mum about their plans in producing electric self-driving vehicles, there have been several reports indicating that the Cupertino-based tech giant is not abandoning its efforts on this field. Most...
Data mining: why the EU's proposed copyright measures get it wrong
May 24, 2018 07:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Data that is mined with the help of machine learning techniques has been a rapid area of technological advancement with good and bad consequences for everyone. And EU copyright law is currently caught in the...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
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