Drug companies are buying doctors – for as little as a $16 meal
Jun 23, 2016 09:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Business Law
An important new study in the United States has found doctors who receive just one cheap meal from a drug company tend to prescribe a lot more of that companys products. The damming findings demonstrate the value of new...
Buying and selling hacked passwords: How does it work?
Jun 22, 2016 12:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology Law
Data breaches are a regular part of the cyberthreat landscape. They generate a great deal of media attention, both because the quantity of information stolen is often large, and because so much of it is data people would...
Fair play at the Olympics: testosterone and female athletes
Jun 21, 2016 11:34 am UTC| Sports Law
There are performance differences between the sexes in elite sport. It has long been assumed that contrasting levels of testosterone in men and women can largely account for that gap, but new scientific studies are...
Expand the draft to women – or repeal it? A long constitutional debate continues
Jun 21, 2016 11:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The military draft has surfaced again as a source of national debate, as it has throughout American history. On June 15, the Senate passed a proposal to require women to register with the Selective Service. In the same...
Nigeria: a corrupt culture or the result of a particular history?
Jun 20, 2016 06:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Economy
Just before the anti-corruption summit in London, British Prime Minister David Cameron made his now infamous public gaffe in a rather a silly, schoolboyish way. He boasted to the Queen: Weve got some leaders of some...
Appeals court upholds net neutrality rules -- why you should care
Jun 16, 2016 17:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Technology
If you like binge-watching Netflix, streaming audio or online gaming, then you should be celebrating this week. And if your business depends on reaching a wide audience online, you should join in. A federal appeals court...
Are unpaid internships unlawful?
Jun 16, 2016 17:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
In todays hyper competitive job market, internships are becoming a must-have on almost every job applicants CV. But when should a worker be paid for an internship, and is the rise of unpaid internships simply broadening...
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
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight