So now we know which companies did not pay tax; time to target aggressive avoidance
Dec 18, 2015 06:03 am UTC| Law
With much anticipation and very little fanfare the Australian Taxation Office quietly released information about corporate tax entities with a total income of $100 million or more for the 201314 income year and how much...
Japan’s Financial Authority Progresses On Bitcoin Regulation
Dec 17, 2015 10:36 am UTC| Digital Currency Law
According to a latest report from Japan Times, a working group under Japans Financial System Council has compiled a draft proposal that focuses on regulating virtual currency businesses. Starting today, the working...
Dec 17, 2015 06:08 am UTC| Business Law
In November 2013, Nokia announced the extension of the patent license agreement between Nokia and Samsung for five years from January 1, 2014, with the parties entering into binding arbitration to settle the amount of...
Court dismisses the Dallas Buyers Club latest copyright claim as 'not Ben-Hur'
Dec 17, 2015 01:03 am UTC| Law
The Dallas Buyers Club LLC v iiNet case appears to have come to an interesting junction yesterday when Justice Nye Perram moved to dismiss the case in its entirety. Justice Perram had already said in August that DBCs...
Private prison operators still hide from scrutiny, despite reform
Dec 17, 2015 01:00 am UTC| Law
The recent final report of Economic Regulation Authority (ERA) into the efficiency and performance of Western Australian prisons confirms ongoing concerns about transparency in the prison sector, with a legal wall still...
Releasing government's advice would help parliament better scrutinise laws
Dec 17, 2015 00:46 am UTC| Law
During the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Securitys recent inquiry into the governments citizenship-stripping bill lawyers and academics raised concerns that the proposal was invalid. The committee...
Promises, promises: how legally durable are Obama's climate pledges?
Dec 14, 2015 17:22 pm UTC| Law
As part of a global agreement on climate change, the US has pledged, among other things, to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 26%-28% compared to 2005 levels by the year 2025. But opponents of President Obama...
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