US Court Of Appeals Crushes Uber’s 5th Amendment Defense In Waymo Case
Apr 26, 2017 07:19 am UTC| Technology Law
Ubers defense team covering Anthony Levandowski recently tried to use the Fifth Amendment in order to avoid having to give up on some potentially incriminating evidence with regards to its legal battle with Googles Waymo....
Chevron: a game-changer for multinational tax avoiders
Apr 24, 2017 12:51 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
The Australian Tax Office had a superb win against Chevron in the Federal Court last week, but there is something everyone is missing, something that will turn the art of tax avoidance on its head; a game-changer for...
Not all Brazilians believe that criminals have no rights, but a startling number do
Apr 22, 2017 01:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Bandido bom é bandido morto The only good criminal is a dead criminal. This is the disconcerting cliché used in Brazil to justify the nations staggering levels of police violence. According to data...
A doctor's sexual advances towards a patient are never ok, even if 'consensual'
Apr 22, 2017 01:33 am UTC| Health Law
In a recent independent review, I recommended chaperones no longer be used as an interim protective measure to keep patients safe while allegations of sexual misconduct by a doctor are investigated. The review was...
Will a conservative Supreme Court give new life to the death penalty?
Apr 20, 2017 02:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
For years now, the death penaltys days have seemed numbered. Death sentences and executions are in decline. And some current Supreme Court justices have been pushing the court to revisit the constitutionality of capital...
Budget explainer: the federal-state battle for funding
Apr 19, 2017 02:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
There seems to be an ever present struggle for a share of the revenue government collects, not only between states but also between the different levels of government. In each years budget, the federal government...
Is the US immigration court system broken?
Apr 18, 2017 06:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
In the U.S. today, a single immigration case takes an average of 677 days simply to get to the initial scheduling hearing. There are more than half a million cases in the system, and just over 300 judges working on...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects