The Supreme Court saves the smart grid, but more battles loom
Jan 29, 2016 16:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
In a surprising 6-2 decision, the Supreme Court upheld a controversial energy conservation rule from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the agency that regulates interstate electricity sales. The rule was...
Trump declares war on Fox News and wins
Jan 29, 2016 15:33 pm UTC| Politics Law
The Republican civil war reached a new level of intensity on Thursday night when Donald Trump shocked the political world by boycotting the Fox News presidential debate. Instead of joining his fellow GOP candidates on the...
Non-police doing police-type work operate in a perilously grey area of law
Jan 28, 2016 02:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
A violent scuffle at a Sydney hospital this month left a police officer with a gunshot wound to his upper leg and a security guard with a gunshot wound to his calf. Union secretary Gerard Hayes decried the lack of legal...
If you want Google to pay more tax, change the law
Jan 26, 2016 12:43 pm UTC| Technology Law
Globalisation and the global economic crisis have contributed to the erosion of national tax bases and in recent years some of the biggest multinationals, among them Apple, Vodafone, Amazon, Google, Starbucks and...
Piping as poison: the Flint water crisis and America's toxic infrastructure
Jan 25, 2016 10:50 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
As the crisis over the water in Flint, Michigan, rolls on, were learning more and more about the irresponsibility and callousness of officials and politicians in charge. The mix of austerity politics, environmental...
My genes made me do it: the problem of genetic evidence and diminished culpability
Jan 23, 2016 10:41 am UTC| Law
There have been recent high-profile claims suggesting genetics and neuroscience are set to radically change the way we think about crime and punishment. Author Sam Harris, for example, argues that recent discoveries in...
Flint's water crisis is a blatant example of environmental injustice
Jan 23, 2016 10:00 am UTC| Law Health
Many observers see race and class as factors in Flint, Michigans drinking water crisis. Earlier this week Flints mayor, Karen Weaver, said, Its a minority community. Its a poor community. And our voices were not heard. We...
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