In its anti-'Medicare for All' push, the health insurance industry pulls from an old playbook

Dec 13, 2019 07:24 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Health

As a debate continues to rage within the Democratic Party over Medicare for All, the health insurance has quietly girded itself to fight the elimination of for-profit health care. In the summer of 2018, trade groups...

A year after the first CRISPR babies, stricter regulations are now in place

Dec 11, 2019 03:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Science

Its been just over a year since the dramatic announcement of the worlds first genome-edited babies using CRISPR technology. Since then, to the chagrin of some and the relief of others, there have been no more such...

British Columbia's vaping crackdown could offer a roadmap for the rest of the world

Dec 10, 2019 09:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

In Canada, the government of British Columbia is cracking down on vaping products. The plan is to reduce nicotine content, limit access to flavoured pods, mandate plain packaging with health warnings and raise the tax on...

Payday lenders have embraced installment loans to evade regulations – but they may be even worse

Dec 10, 2019 05:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Business

Installment loans seem like a kinder, gentler version of their predatory cousin, the payday loan. But for consumers, they may be even more harmful. Use of the installment loan, in which a consumer borrows a lump sum and...

Legal win doesn't mean Ontario student associations are in the clear

Dec 10, 2019 05:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

The Ontario governments so-called Student Choice Initiative was recently declared unlawful following a court challenge launched by the Canadian Federation of Students and the York Federation of Students. The Ontario...

Litigation is the real reason financial reports are becoming harder to read

Dec 09, 2019 06:01 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

Westpac can expect a bumper turnout of shareholders at its annual general meeting in Sydney on Thursday, many of them angry at its alleged role in facilitating child exploitation in the Philippines, its 23 million alleged...

'Stop-and-frisk' can work, under careful supervision

Dec 09, 2019 04:51 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

In mid-November, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg apologized publicly for his backing of a practice intended to reduce violent crime that had for years been criticized as racially biased. I realize back then I...