Japan’s Financial Authority Progresses On Bitcoin Regulation

Dec 17, 2015 10:36 am UTC| Digital Currency Law

According to a latest report from Japan Times, a working group under Japans Financial System Council has compiled a draft proposal that focuses on regulating virtual currency businesses. Starting today, the working...

Nokia informed that Final Award in arbitration with Samsung expected to be provided by the end of January 2016

Dec 17, 2015 06:08 am UTC| Business Law

In November 2013, Nokia announced the extension of the patent license agreement between Nokia and Samsung for five years from January 1, 2014, with the parties entering into binding arbitration to settle the amount of...

Court dismisses the Dallas Buyers Club latest copyright claim as 'not Ben-Hur'

Dec 17, 2015 01:03 am UTC| Law

The Dallas Buyers Club LLC v iiNet case appears to have come to an interesting junction yesterday when Justice Nye Perram moved to dismiss the case in its entirety. Justice Perram had already said in August that DBCs...

Private prison operators still hide from scrutiny, despite reform

Dec 17, 2015 01:00 am UTC| Law

The recent final report of Economic Regulation Authority (ERA) into the efficiency and performance of Western Australian prisons confirms ongoing concerns about transparency in the prison sector, with a legal wall still...

Releasing government's advice would help parliament better scrutinise laws

Dec 17, 2015 00:46 am UTC| Law

During the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Securitys recent inquiry into the governments citizenship-stripping bill lawyers and academics raised concerns that the proposal was invalid. The committee...

Promises, promises: how legally durable are Obama's climate pledges?

Dec 14, 2015 17:22 pm UTC| Law

As part of a global agreement on climate change, the US has pledged, among other things, to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 26%-28% compared to 2005 levels by the year 2025. But opponents of President Obama...

Why some types of leading question should be banned from court

Dec 14, 2015 16:17 pm UTC| Law

If you were asked one of the following two questions by a lawyer on the witness stand, would you feel like you were being led to answer in a certain way? Did he touch you? or He didnt touch you, did he? A leading...