Europe's failed response to refugee crisis risks fraying local labor markets
Jan 20, 2016 11:22 am UTC| Law
Europes refugee crisis neither began nor ended when the body of a Kurdish boy was found washed up on a Turkish beach in September. In all, he was just one of 3,770 people who lost their lives in 2015 as over a million...
Dutch Anti-Fraud Agency Arrests 10 Suspects In Bitcoin Investigation
Jan 20, 2016 10:29 am UTC| Digital Currency Law
According to latest reports, Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD), the Dutch Anti-Fraud agency, on Tuesday raided 15 addresses and arrested 10 suspects in an extensive investigation into Bitcoin payments...
U.S. laws protect police, while endangering civilians
Jan 18, 2016 11:04 am UTC| Law
In the sixth GOP debate, Donald Trump told Americans: The police are the most mistreated people in this country. On the same day, the Chicago Police Department released a video showing an officer killing Cedric Chatman...
Australian copyright reform stuck in an infinite loop
Jan 17, 2016 23:47 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Copyright matters. It is a body of law that affects what we know, how we experience and understand the world, and what we are allowed to do with the knowledge we gain. But for most of us copyright is more of a snarl. We...
Twitter, terror and liability: who gets to pay?
Jan 15, 2016 08:57 am UTC| Law Technology
If ISIS and its supporters use Twitter to facilitate terrorist action or merely spread propaganda, is the social network liable? A lawsuit against Twitter in the United States in which a family is seeking compensation...
Jan 14, 2016 17:03 pm UTC| Business Law
NEW YORK, Jan. 14, 2016-- The following statement is being issued by Levi Korsinsky, LLP: To: All persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired securities of GoPro, Inc. (GoPro) (NASDAQ:GPRO) between July 21,...
Parliament urgently needs to keep tabs on Britain’s arms exports
Jan 14, 2016 10:38 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The aphorism that history repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce, seems cruelly relevant to the arms trade. Its history is littered with examples of arms transfers pursued on the basis of short-term interests,...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects