Feb 16, 2017 07:05 am UTC| Digital Currency Insights & Views Law
Winklevoss Capital Management LLC, launched the Winklevoss Investment Trust, the first proposed bitcoin ETF more than three years ago. Consequently, as a matter of regulatory framework, the trusthad filed to trade on the...
Are fossil fuel companies telling investors enough about the risks of climate change?
Feb 16, 2017 06:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Prior to President Donald Trump taking office, there was a push to require oil and gas companies to inform their investors about the risks of climate change. As governments step up efforts to regulate carbon emissions, the...
Rental insecurity: why fixed long-term leases aren't the answer
Feb 16, 2017 06:09 am UTC| Real Estate Law
The insecurity of rental housing and unsatisfactory condition of many properties are receiving much-deserved media attention following the release of a national survey of tenants. However, the stock response to the...
Why there is such an enormous demand for drugs in UK prisons
Feb 15, 2017 08:49 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The BBCs Panorama documentary on HMP Northumberland recently put the problem of drug taking in prisons firmly under the spotlight. The terrible harms that psychoactive drugs create for both prisoners and prison officers...
Why the government should tax unhealthy foods and subsidise nutritious ones
Feb 15, 2017 07:33 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law
In an Australian study published today, we show that if the government were to combine taxes and subsidies on a range of foods and beverages, it could substantially improve the health of Australians and potentially free up...
America's always had black inventors – even when the patent system explicitly excluded them
Feb 15, 2017 06:38 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Politics
America has long been the land of innovation. More than 13,000 years ago, the Clovis people created what many call the first American invention a stone tool used primarily to hunt large game. This spirit of American...
How will native tribes fight the Dakota Access Pipeline in court?
Feb 15, 2017 06:35 am UTC| Law Politics
On Feb. 8 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reversed course and issued an easement allowing the installation of the Dakota Access Pipeline under Lake Oahe in North Dakota. That decision followed a presidential memorandum...
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