Google Gets $2.7 Billion Fine By EU Over Anti-Competitive Practices

Jun 28, 2017 03:38 am UTC| Technology Law

The European Union Commission has had its eyes set on Google for the last few years due to allegations that it favors its own shopping sites over competitors on its search engine. A few weeks ago, analysts were expecting...

US Supreme Court opens the floodgates for the trademarking of racist slurs

Jun 23, 2017 18:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

You may not have heard of Asian-American dance-rock band, The Slants, but you may soon be very aware of a troubling precedent set after they won a contentious legal victory in the US Supreme Court. Founder and bass...

People keep voting in support of the death penalty. So how can we end it?

Jun 23, 2017 17:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

Ending the death penalty in the United States wont be easy. After death penalty abolitionists slowly pushed toward its elimination for years, supporters of state killing have mounted a fierce effort in the courts and at...

Still too many holes in Theresa May's promise to EU citizens

Jun 23, 2017 17:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Politics

A full year after the EU referendum, the British prime minister has finally issued a statement on the status of the 3m European citizens living in the UK. These people have spent the year lobbying governments, parliaments...

What happens when the federal government eliminates health coverage? Lessons from the past

Jun 23, 2017 17:39 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law

After much secrecy and no public deliberation, Senate Republicans finalized release their draft repeal and replace bill for the Affordable Care Act on June 22. Unquestionably, the released draft will not be the final...

Will guilty verdict in teen texting suicide case lead to new laws on end-of-life issues?

Jun 23, 2017 07:19 am UTC| Law

In Massachusetts, a 17-year-old girl named Michelle Carter repeatedly urged her boyfriend, who had a history of mental illness, to kill himself. And then, he did. As Conrad Roy III sat in his truck in 2014 and was...

We need to be cautious when assuming CCTV will prevent family violence

Jun 21, 2017 16:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life Law

This years Victorian state budget included a A$1.9 billion package to tackle family violence. Part of this was a statewide Personal Safety Initiative, which expands a trial of installing technology such as CCTV, personal...