Briferendum Series

Fact Check: Is the EU deal legally binding?

Feb 26, 2016 04:53 am UTC| Law

This is an international law declaration. Its an agreement that 28 nations have signed in good faith. Its a step forward. The prime minister negotiated in good faith and hes achieved, what I consider to be, an improvement...

Hacking the terror suspect's iPhone: what the FBI can do now Apple says 'no'

Feb 26, 2016 00:34 am UTC| Technology Law

Tech giant Apple is standing firm behind its decision to refuse a US court order to help the FBI gain access to the iPhone used by one of the shooters in last years mass killing in California. Fourteen people were...

In FBI versus Apple, government strengthened tech's hand on privacy

Feb 26, 2016 00:16 am UTC| Technology Law

The ongoing fight between Apple and the FBI over breaking into the iPhone makers encryption system to access a persons data is becoming an increasingly challenging legal issue. With a deadline looming, Apple filed court...

Digital Currency Revolution

US Government Suspects Shaun Bridges Of Additional Bitcoin Theft In Silk Road Case

Feb 25, 2016 05:57 am UTC| Digital Currency Law

In response to a motion for detention hearing filed by Shaun Bridges, the corrupt Silk Road investigator, the US government has said that it suspects Bridges to have been involved in additional thefts from the darkweb...

Crowd-sourced funding: Australia needs to learn from Italy's mistakes

Feb 25, 2016 04:49 am UTC| Law

Australia can learn from Italys mistake in limiting companies that can access crowd-sourced funding, as the government examines changes to the Corporations Act. The Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced Funding) Bill...

Big four accounting firms avoid scrutiny in multinational tax avoidance

Feb 25, 2016 04:38 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

The Senate Inquiry into corporate tax avoidance is due to hand down its final report by the end of this week. One of the lesser-mentioned groups appearing before 2015s Senate hearings are Australias big four accounting...

What happens when you have to recall Mars bars from across 55 countries?

Feb 24, 2016 15:21 pm UTC| Law Business

Confectioner Mars has ordered a huge recall of fun size Mars, Snickers and Milky Way bars after a customer discovered a small piece of plastic in a Snickers bar in Germany. The plastic was traced back to a faulty machine...