Blue Diamond to pay $2.6 million for misleading use of the word 'vanilla'

May 20, 2021 19:29 pm UTC| Economy Law

Blue Diamond Growers will pay $2.6 million to settle a class-action lawsuit for its allegedly misleading use of the word vanilla to describe the flavor of its Almond Breeze yogurt. Seven consumers in New York state file...

The Low and Middle Income Tax Offset has been extended yet again. It delivers help neither when nor where it's needed

May 16, 2021 11:15 am UTC| Investing Law

The Low and Middle Income Tax Offset (known as the LMITO or lamington) has been given yet another new lease of life. What started in 2018 as a stop-gap until broader tax cuts were introduced, was extended because of...

South Africa must ban sugary drinks sales in schools. Self regulation is failing

May 16, 2021 10:02 am UTC| Health Law

In 2017, Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa voluntarily announced that it would stop supplying sugary beverages to primary school outlets. The company also pledged to remove all branding and advertising from schools. The...

South Carolina may change laws to accommodate E. & J. Gallo wine bottling plant

May 08, 2021 23:54 pm UTC| Law

The South Carolina House of Representatives approved legislation allowing E. J. Gallo Winery to open a bottling plant and three tasting rooms in the state. Gallos proposal would supposedly provide several hundred jobs...

Laws governing police use of DNA are changing: are the proposals fair for all New Zealanders?

May 03, 2021 05:46 am UTC| Law

By helping identify perpetrators and the remains of victims, forensic DNA analysis holds enormous power to solve crimes. It also has enormous implications for privacy and fairness. But with science and society changing at...

Russia says Twitter slow in complying with demand to remove 'banned content'

May 01, 2021 15:57 pm UTC| Business Law

Russian state communications regulator Roskomnadzor said that Twitter had removed 60 percent of content banned in Russia, but it was still taking too long to do so. Russia slowed the speed of Twitters service in March...

State lawsuits over stimulus tax rule face uphill battle

Apr 30, 2021 08:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

States were told by the federal government that they cant use pandemic relief funds passed by Congress in March to lower taxes. In response, 16 states have filed lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of that...