The false economy of giving sloppy legal advice to asylum seekers
Dec 07, 2015 16:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Picture this: in another country, where you dont speak the language, youre questioned with the aid of an interpreter. The authorities expect you to remember distant dates, details of what people did. They ask you the same...
Debate on whether we should use gene-editing technology is far from black and white
Dec 03, 2015 01:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Science Law
Arguments in favour of embracing gene editing focus on how it can deliver cheap treatments and cures for some truly awful medical conditions. They contest banning the technology based on all the good it can do for people,...
SEC Files Charges Against Joshua Garza For Running GAW, ZenMiner Scams
Dec 02, 2015 10:00 am UTC| Digital Currency Law
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday charged two Connecticut-based Bitcoin mining companies GAW Miners and ZenMiner, and their founder Homero Joshua Garza for operating a Ponzi scheme. The SEC...
Controversial Space Mining Bill Signed Into U.S. Law
Dec 02, 2015 06:51 am UTC| Technology Law
US President Barack Obama signed the US Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act into law last week, which includes provisions to authorize and promote exploration and recovery of space resources by U.S. citizens,...
US Aggressively Strengthens Visa Waiver Program After Paris Attacks
Dec 02, 2015 04:50 am UTC| Business Law
In the wake of the recent terrorist attacks on Paris, the United States on Monday announced changes to its Visa Waiver Program (VWP) to screen travellers from 38 countries who are allowed to enter the U.S. without...
Law Firm Sends State Officials Letter Regarding Southern California Gas Leak
Dec 02, 2015 00:10 am UTC| Business Law
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 01, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Attorney R. Rex Parris law firm sent a 54 page letter to state officials regarding Southern California Gas Companys gas leak in Aliso Canyon that has sickened residents and...
Japan's whaling fleet sets sail again, and there's not much that can stop it
Dec 01, 2015 03:14 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Japans whaling fleet will leave port today to resume whaling in the Southern Ocean as part of its new scientific program, NEWREP-A. Under the new program, Japan will kill 333 minke whales each summer. This is down from...
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’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects