Should voters care about candidates' religious views?
Dec 09, 2015 13:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Politics
Religion is grabbing some of the biggest headlines in the current US presidential campaign. Weve heard a lot about what candidates like Donald Trump think about other peoples religious beliefs. But what about the...
Dec 09, 2015 13:30 pm UTC| Law
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, a national investor-rights law firm, alerts investors with losses over $100,000 of the February 1, 2016 lead plaintiff deadline in the securities fraud class action lawsuit filed against...
What the Pistorius trials tells us about racism in South Africa's judiciary
Dec 09, 2015 07:35 am UTC| Law
The states successful appeal against the verdict in the Oscar Pistorius case brings the quality of work done by South African high court judges back under public scrutiny. This is not a new phenomenon in South Africa....
Ominous Methane Cloud Looms Over Porter Ranch
Dec 08, 2015 20:36 pm UTC| Health Law
Disturbing new video shot with a highly specialized Optical Gas Imaging camera on Monday night (December 7) reveals an ominous cloud of methane gas hovering over the community of Porter Ranch following the Southern...
Dec 08, 2015 15:05 pm UTC| Business Law
The Shareholders Foundation, Inc. announces that a lawsuit was filed in Oregon on behalf of certain purchasers of shares of GNC Holdings Inc (NYSE:GNC) over alleged Securities Laws Violations by GNC Holdings. Investors...
SEC Files Charges Against 2 Companies Over USD20 Million Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme
Dec 07, 2015 22:11 pm UTC| Technology Law Digital Currency
In a recent complaint filed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the regulator alleges that a Vermont man and the two companies he controlled have illegally took in at least USD20 million dollars from over 10,000...
Wall Street watchdog SEC can't end violence in Congo
Dec 07, 2015 16:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
A civil war has raged in the Democratic Republic of Congo for more than 15 years, resulting in the deaths of millions and displacing millions more. Fueling the violence has been the illicit sale of minerals such as tin,...
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
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects