Department of Justice Sacrifices Child Porn Case In Favor Of Protecting Tor Exploit

Mar 07, 2017 23:49 pm UTC| Technology Law

Even though it had a suspect for violating anti-child pornography laws on the ropes, the US Department of Justice decided to drop the case it had because of its unwillingness to release details about an exploit that could...

In places where it's legal, how many people are ending their lives using euthanasia?

Mar 03, 2017 05:58 am UTC| Life Law

The Victorian Parliament will consider a bill to legalise euthanasia in the second half of 2017. That follows the South Australian Parliaments decision to knock back a voluntary euthanasia bill late last year, and the...

Uber's dismissive treatment of employee's sexism claims is all too typical

Mar 01, 2017 07:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

Uber has suffered a spate of bad publicity in recent days after allegations of harassment and discrimination from a former software engineer. In a blog post, Susan Fowler described being propositioned by her supervisor...

Why there's no legal barrier to a Melbourne drug injecting room, despite political setbacks

Feb 28, 2017 07:17 am UTC| Health Politics Law

Drug injecting rooms have made news this week following a coroners recommendation to set up a trial of a supervised injecting facility in the Melbourne suburb of North Richmond. Despite opposition from Victorian Premier...

Life imprisonment raises questions about proportionality, equity and human dignity

Feb 25, 2017 13:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

A New South Wales man, Robert Xie, was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole last week for the horrific murders of five members of the Lin family. Due to the shocking nature of the crime, Xies sentence has not...

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Kenyan court forces the country to review its options on Dadaab refugee camp

Feb 25, 2017 13:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

The hundreds of thousands of people living in Kenyas sprawling Dadaab refugee camp have been spared eviction for now. Early in February the High Court in Nairobi overturned a government directive to close the camp and...

Uber Gets Sued By Waymo Over Stolen Self-Driving Car Secrets

Feb 24, 2017 10:03 am UTC| Technology Law

With so many tech companies vying for supremacy in the race for self-driving cars, some of them were bound to clash at some point. This is exactly what is happening between Googles driverless car division Waymo and the...