Reforming bankruptcy laws is the first step - next, remove the stigma
Jan 13, 2016 00:27 am UTC| Law
In Australia, there is a lingering belief that bankruptcy should not be too easy. The federal governments plan to reduce the period of bankruptcy from a minimum of three years to one year, announced in Decembers...
Console Law Offices Wins Jury Verdict Against AT&T on Behalf of Employee
Jan 13, 2016 00:18 am UTC| Law
Console Law Offices LLC won a unanimous jury verdict in federal court on behalf of former employee, Jack Gerundo, in an age discrimination case against ATT. Mr. Gerundo, age 66 at the time, alleged that he was terminated...
Can businesses succeed in a world of corruption (without paying bribes)?
Jan 12, 2016 11:31 am UTC| Law Business
Every global business has to be careful about running afoul of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the federal law that prohibits paying bribes to foreign officials to obtain or retain business. The Justice...
Can schools punish students for off-campus, online speech?
Jan 12, 2016 11:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
In January 2014, Reid Sagehorn, a student at Rogers High School in Minnesota, jokingly tweeted actually yeah in response to a question about whether he had made out with one of his high school teachers. The public...
Xenophon is right to call for law reform on gift cards
Jan 12, 2016 05:03 am UTC| Law
The corporate collapse of Dick Smith has many people, including cross-bench Senator Nick Xenophon, angered at the treatment of gift card holders as unsecured creditors. The concept leading to this situation is more than...
Indonesia needs creative economy law to spur job creation
Jan 12, 2016 04:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Law
Indonesia should put in place a law on the creative economy to allow businesses in the sector to operate with legal certainty. Supporting the growth of the creative economy will spur job creation, an answer to the...
Seeing eurozone events through the lens of the global financial crisis
Jan 11, 2016 00:41 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Some 75 years in the making, the eurozone as it currently exists has generally succeeded in its aims of establishing shared institutions, political constraints and economic benefits: a single currency, open borders, free...
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