Corruption charges fail to faze Chinese investors
Feb 15, 2016 00:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law
In 2014 alone, more than 70 top executives of Chinas state owned enterprises (SOEs) were investigated for corruption, as part of Chinas anti-corruption campaign. If this happened in western economies, corruption...
In blocking EPA Clean Power Plan, is the Supreme Court wading deeper into politics?
Feb 13, 2016 12:17 pm UTC| Law
Speaking at a law school last week, Chief Justice John Roberts complained that sharp partisan criticisms of the Supreme Court have led the public to believe that it is just another political branch of...
The Supreme Court just handed the next president a powerful lever to control U.S. climate policy
Feb 13, 2016 01:31 am UTC| Law Nature
Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to halt, at least temporarily, implementation of one of the central components of the federal effort to constrain U.S. climate emissions, the Clean Power Plan. The...
Why Digital India took on Facebook and won
Feb 12, 2016 07:55 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Law
This week marked a significant event in the life of Digital India, in a country that is home to more than 400 million internet users. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) passed a regulation prohibiting...
What needs to happen now to get medicinal cannabis to those who need it?
Feb 12, 2016 07:42 am UTC| Health Law
This week minister for health Sussan Ley tabled amendments to our drugs act to allow growing cannabis for medicinal or scientific purposes. The amendments will create two licence classes (medicine and research), limit...
The Dallas Buyers Club case is over and the precedent is good news for all Australians
Feb 11, 2016 14:09 pm UTC| Law
The battle of Voltage Pictures vs illegal downloaders of the Dallas Buyers Club was always going to set a precedent for the movie industry and the Australian market. If Voltage had prevailed in the courts, downloaders...
Google deal: in defence of the taxman
Feb 11, 2016 13:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Google came under a barrage of criticism for paying less than its fair share of tax and HMRC has been accused of being soft or incompetent for the sweetheart deal it negotiated. Publicly available information is not...
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