FactCheck: might every household have to pay an extra $4,500 in GST a year?

Dec 11, 2015 08:32 am UTC| Law

If youre raising $45 billion then that is effectively saying to every Australian household: youre going to pay $4,500 more tax every year. Shadow Assistant Treasurer Andrew Leigh, speaking with journalist Alison Carabine...

Select Bitcoin Businesses Exempted from Money Transmitters Act In North Carolina

Dec 10, 2015 11:22 am UTC| Digital Currency Law

The North Carolina Office of the Commissioner of Banks (NCCOB) has exempted virtual currency miners and users; non-financial blockchain services; and multi-signature and non-custodial wallet providers from the states Money...

How Tor's privacy was (momentarily) broken, and the questions it raises

Dec 10, 2015 11:21 am UTC| Law Technology

Just how secure is Tor, one of the most widely used internet privacy tools? Court documents released from the Silk Road 2.0 trial suggest that a university-based research institute provided information that broke Tors...

CombiMatrix's Array for Pre-Implantation Genetic Screening Granted Conditional Approval From New York State Department of Health

Dec 10, 2015 11:01 am UTC| Law Health

IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 10, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CombiMatrix Corporation (NASDAQ:CBMX), a molecular diagnostics company specializing in DNA-based testing services for prenatal, miscarriage analysis and postnatal...

How much diversity can the US Constitution stand?

Dec 09, 2015 13:51 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

Tanya Washington, Professor of Law, Georgia State University People queue up outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC to hear the case of Fisher v University of Texas, Austin. Jose Luis Magaua/Reuters The...

US Election Series

Should voters care about candidates' religious views?

Dec 09, 2015 13:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Politics

Religion is grabbing some of the biggest headlines in the current US presidential campaign. Weve heard a lot about what candidates like Donald Trump think about other peoples religious beliefs. But what about the...

Hagens Berman Alerts Investors With Losses Over $100,000 in SunEdison, Inc. (NYSE: SUNE) of February 1, 2016 Lead Plaintiff Deadline

Dec 09, 2015 13:30 pm UTC| Law

Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, a national investor-rights law firm, alerts investors with losses over $100,000 of the February 1, 2016 lead plaintiff deadline in the securities fraud class action lawsuit filed against...