DNA has gone digital – what could possibly go wrong?
Dec 08, 2017 02:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Health Law Technology
Biology is becoming increasingly digitized. Researchers like us use computers to analyze DNA, operate lab equipment and store genetic information. But new capabilities also mean new risks and biologists remain largely...
EconoTimes and TokenPost to host Global Cryptocurrencies Legal Conference in Korea on December 15
Dec 01, 2017 08:08 am UTC| Digital Currency Law
EconoTimes, publisher of TokenPost, is going to host a conference to analyse the existing regulatory framework on cryptocurrencies in different countries on December 15, 2017 in Seoul. The conference, with the theme...
Politics won out over international law in recent UN elections
Nov 22, 2017 05:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law
For the first time in the courts history, the UK will not have a judge sitting at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Christopher Greenwood, who was seeking a second nine-year term, pulled out of the race on November...
Companies need confidentiality clauses – but not to muzzle sexual abuse victims
Nov 22, 2017 02:27 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Harassment and abuse accusations against Harvey Weinstein and other prominent men, like Bill OReilly, have revealed a trail of settlement agreements in their wake, many of which contained language that prevented victims...
Apple Embroiled In Texas Mass Shooting, Gets Served Warrant
Nov 21, 2017 02:42 am UTC| Technology Law
Apple is no stranger to clashing with world governments over privacy issues, with both the U.S. and China previously demanding greater access to its products and services than the Cupertino firm was comfortable giving....
High Court strikes again – knocking out Government Senate replacement
Nov 15, 2017 09:07 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The High Court has ruled out Liberal Hollie Hughes as a replacement for former Nationals senator Fiona Nash, on the grounds that she had an office of profit under the crown during the election period. Once again, the...
From Public Confessions to Public Trials: The Complexities of the "Weinstein Effect"
Nov 11, 2017 00:55 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
As the Weinstein effect sweeps Hollywood, the sex/gender/pop culture clash that is my passion project has led to lots of conversations, oftentimes on air. At some point during interviews therell be a question about change:...
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
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
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight