As lobbying rules sweep the world, Scotland's plans look half-baked
Mar 10, 2016 14:56 pm UTC| Law Politics
There is a transparency trend developing across many countries in Europe and beyond. Dozens of countries have introduced legislation around freedom of information and access to documents, and in some cases open-government...
Are looser gun laws changing the social fabric of Missouri?
Mar 10, 2016 14:08 pm UTC| Law
Missouri is poised to become the latest state to allow guns into college classrooms. The Republican-led state senate is currently finalizing deliberations on a bill that, if passed, would remove restrictions on carrying...
It will take education, not just legislation, to tackle cybercrime
Mar 10, 2016 14:06 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
The bill is a crucial and welcome step in the fight against phishers, hackers and online identity thieves. It defines various offences that relate to data, messages, computers and networks. It makes it criminal for anyone...
CommInsure scandal reminds us commercial forces are at play in medicine
Mar 10, 2016 04:30 am UTC| Law
A scandal has emerged involving the insurance giant CommInsure, following claims by the companys (now ex) chief health officer that they purposefully sought to avoid paying health-related claims by using outdated disease...
Is access to our phones a step toward the police wanting access to our minds?
Mar 09, 2016 22:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
We use our smartphones so much these days, it almost feels like they have become extensions of ourselves, boosting our capacity to calculate and remember. What might come of this closer union of human and technological...
Trump's campaign rhetoric, ISIS and the law of war
Mar 09, 2016 14:11 pm UTC| Politics Law
As a retired military officer, I do not publicly endorse candidates. But as someone who served as a judge advocate, or military lawyer, for 34 years, I do think it can be helpful to examine in a nonpartisan way the...
US Officials Charge Trevon Gross For Taking Bribe From Unlawful Bitcoin Exchange
Mar 09, 2016 12:33 pm UTC| Digital Currency Law
The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, the FBI, and the US Secret Service announced last week the unsealing of a superseding indictment charging Trevon Gross with accepting more than $150,000 in bribes as...
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