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,...
The false economy of giving sloppy legal advice to asylum seekers
Dec 07, 2015 16:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Picture this: in another country, where you dont speak the language, youre questioned with the aid of an interpreter. The authorities expect you to remember distant dates, details of what people did. They ask you the same...
Debate on whether we should use gene-editing technology is far from black and white
Dec 03, 2015 01:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Science Law
Arguments in favour of embracing gene editing focus on how it can deliver cheap treatments and cures for some truly awful medical conditions. They contest banning the technology based on all the good it can do for people,...
SEC Files Charges Against Joshua Garza For Running GAW, ZenMiner Scams
Dec 02, 2015 10:00 am UTC| Digital Currency Law
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday charged two Connecticut-based Bitcoin mining companies GAW Miners and ZenMiner, and their founder Homero Joshua Garza for operating a Ponzi scheme. The SEC...
Don Lemon Drops Bombshell: ‘I’m Done with Twitter!’ as He Bids Farewell to Platform in Shocking Exit