Dec 08, 2022 10:44 am UTC| Law
Indonesias controversial new criminal code was passed into law on Tuesday, replacing a clunky old code dating back to at least 1918. Lawmakers have tried for decades to replace it. In fact, the last time legislators tried...
Revised law allows use of plastic waste pyrolysis oil for producing petrochem products
Dec 03, 2022 12:53 pm UTC| Nature Law Economy Business
The Ministry of Environment announced that a revision of the enforcement ordinances and regulations of the Waste Management Act came into effect on Tuesday allowing plastic waste pyrolysis oil to be recycled as a raw...
California, other states settle with Google, iHeartMedia over misleading cell phone ads
Nov 30, 2022 00:20 am UTC| Law Economy Business
California and several other states have settled with Google and iHeartMedia related to misleading radio advertisements about the Pixel 4, a Google cell phone. Also part of the settlements was Arizona, Georgia,...
Wemade to take legal action for delisting of cryptocurrency Wemix
Nov 26, 2022 15:23 pm UTC| Law Digital Currency Economy Business
Wemade Co. CEO Chang Hyun-guk vowed to pursue legal action against the decision of the Digital Asset eXchange Association (DAXA) to terminate transaction support to its cryptocurrency Wemix from Dec. 8. DAXA, an...
Eyewitness misidentification is the leading cause of known wrongful convictions
Nov 25, 2022 14:44 pm UTC| Law
Blackstones ratio, developed by jurist William Blackstone, states that: Better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer. David Milgaard, Leighton Hay and Steven Truscott have all been wrongfully convicted...
Banksy’s copyright battle with Guess – anonymity shouldn’t compromise his legal rights
Nov 25, 2022 13:54 pm UTC| Law
Fresh from providing war-torn Ukraine with a series of murals, Banksy recently used his Instagram account to channel frustrations with a more domestic concern. The elusive artist has accused fashion retailer Guess of...
Jack Daniel’s pursues dog toy case in Supreme Court
Nov 24, 2022 22:47 pm UTC| Law Life Economy Business
Jack Daniels will bring to the Supreme Court a dog toy dispute that began in 2014 when it sent a cease-and-desist letter to VIP Products over their Bad Spaniels dog toy. A ripoff of a Jack Daniels bottle, the toy dog...
Canadians are feeling increasingly powerless amid economic struggles and rising inequality
Another election, another round of Nigel Farage hype, with no lessons learned