Corporate-style regulation of unions won't defeat corruption
Jan 08, 2016 00:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Commissioner Dyson Heydons 79 recommendations from the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance represent a steamroller approach to industrial democracy and basic human rights, such as the right to collectively bargain...
Client of Eric Traut Sues Applebees After Finding Fingertip in Salad
Jan 07, 2016 12:30 pm UTC| Business Law
SANTA ANA, Calif., Jan. 07, 2016 -- The disturbing trend of biological and anatomical items found in food at national chain restaurants has occurred again, this time with a bloody fingertip in a salad at Applebees Paso...
We need to do more about sexual harassment in the workplace
Jan 06, 2016 14:58 pm UTC| Law
Sexual harassment at work is extremely common. In fact some studies suggest that most women will experience some type of sexual harassment during their working lives. A range of behaviours may constitute sexual...
Affordable Care Act's push to consolidate health care to curb costs may backfire
Jan 06, 2016 14:36 pm UTC| Health Law
In the United States, physicians practice medicine in a variety of settings, ranging from small solo practices to large, multispecialty group practices consisting of hundreds or even thousands of practitioners. The...
How 3D printing threatens our patent system
Jan 06, 2016 14:33 pm UTC| Technology Law
Remember Napster or Grokster? Both services allowed users to share computer files usually digital music that infringed the copyrights for those songs. Now imagine that, instead of music, you could download a physical...
Five things you should know about the Iowa caucuses
Jan 05, 2016 05:53 am UTC| Politics Law
The Iowa caucuses mark the official start of the presidential nomination race. This year the caucuses will be held on the night of February 1, 2016, when Iowa Republicans and Democrats will trek through the snow and...
Whistleblower law needs more bite to fight greyhound cruelty and corporate fraud
Jan 05, 2016 03:56 am UTC| Law
One of the biggest animal welfare stories of 2015 was the revelations of widespread animal cruelty in the greyhound racing industry exposed by ABC Four Corners Gold Walkley award-winning program Making a Killing. The...
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