The public needs to know why health data are used without consent

Oct 09, 2019 14:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

With all the negative media coverage and public concern related to data, it isnt surprising that governments are responding with laws and policy statements that emphasize the need for consent from the data subject. Peoples...

The Supreme Court and refugees at the southern border: 5 questions answered

Oct 09, 2019 13:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

I sat in a small room in Tijuana, Mexico with a 13-year-old indigenous Mayan Guatemalan girl. She left Guatemala after a cartel murdered her friend and threatened to rape her. Her mother wanted her to live and believed...

B Corp certification won't guarantee companies really care for people, planet and profit

Oct 09, 2019 13:48 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

Weeks after the collapse of his restaurant group and the loss of 1,000 jobs, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver announced that he was creating an ethical B Corporation or B Corp, a sort of company certification designed to show...

Harvard can use race as an admissions factor, at least for now

Oct 04, 2019 14:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business Law

Editors note: A federal judge has upheld Harvard Universitys use of race in college admissions, rejecting claims that the school discriminated against Asian Americans to admit more black and Hispanic students. Vinay...

Meghan Markle letter: what the law says about the press, privacy and the public’s right to know

Oct 04, 2019 14:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced plans to sue the Mail on Sunday and its parent company Associated Newspapers, after they published a private letter from Meghan to her father earlier this year. In a press...

This year at the Supreme Court: Gay rights, gun rights and Native rights

Oct 04, 2019 14:43 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

The Supreme Court begins its annual session on Oct. 7 and will take up a series of cases likely to have political reverberations in the 2020 elections. Major cases this year address the immigration program for young...

Sugary drinks tax is working – now it's time to target cakes, biscuits and snacks

Oct 02, 2019 03:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Health

A sugar tax on soft drinks has now been in operation in the UK for more than a year and results so far seem to indicate its working. But campaigners say more still needs to be done and that the next target should be...