EU To Fine Google Billions Over Skewed Shopping Ads
Jun 19, 2017 16:26 pm UTC| Technology Law
When it comes to taking hardline stances on unfair competition regarding companies, the EU is clearly ahead of the US. The unions regulators are looking to fine Google billions over the tech giants advertising practices,...
How to protect 4.5m people from becoming Brexit bargaining chips
Jun 19, 2017 15:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Politics
Both the EU and the UK have repeatedly stated that they want to secure the rights of the 3m EU citizens in the UK and the 1.5m British citizens in the EU as they negotiate their separation. But those rights have still...
How US gun control compares to the rest of the world
Jun 19, 2017 15:39 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
The shooting in Virginia that wounded House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, as well as the shooting in a San Francisco UPS facility that left four dead on the very same day, have generated yet again the standard set of...
The new data retention law seriously invades our privacy – and it's time we took action
Jun 15, 2017 23:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Technology
Over the past few months, Australians civil rights have come under attack. In April, the governments data retention law came into effect. The law requires telecommunications companies to store customer metadata for at...
CPA in crisis: why more associations will have to disclose CEO pay
Jun 15, 2017 22:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
The wave of public discontent thats changed how corporate Australia reports and discloses executive pay, is now moving to other types of organisations. The most recent example is professional accounting body Certified...
Jun 13, 2017 14:43 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law
Twenty-five-year-old Reality Leigh Winner remains in jail after a federal judge denied her bail in a case where she is alleged to have sent classified information to the media. Winner faces up to 10 years in prison if...
Jun 13, 2017 14:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Try to talk to the average person on the street about international safety standards and they will probably give you a blank look. Product and manufacturing rules and regulations have never been the most exciting...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight