A little over five years ago, I launched the Law Bytes podcast with an episode featuring Elizabeth Denham, then the UK’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, who provided her perspective on Canadian privacy law. I must admit that I didn’t know what the future would hold for the podcast, but I certainly did not envision reaching 200 episodes. I think it’s been a fun, entertaining, and educational ride. I’m grateful to the incredible array of guests, to Gerardo Lebron Laboy, who has been there to...
THE BASICS: GO, DOG. GO! a musical by Allison Gregory and Steven Dietz, adapted from the book “Go, Dog. Go!” by P.D. Eastman, with music by Michael Koerner, directed by []
A new EU law means Apple will have to extend its iPhone warranty, and offer all users the same kind of repair or replace service it currently sells as AppleCare. The EU wants to make it easier to repair damaged smartphones Since 2020, the EU has been debating right to repair legislation, and it has been steadily progressing through the system. Now the EU has formally adopted the rules, after a vote saw 584 in favor, 3 against, and 14 abstentions. "Consumers' right to repair products...
House Bill 349, sponsored by Reps. Don Jones (R-Freeport) and Tim Barhorst (R- Fort Loramie), would create an interest loan fund to the tune of $20 million.
Shafaqna English– On Friday 26 April 2024 the SICM Mahfil Ali hosted a live program featuring a lecture by Seyed Amir Hossein Asghari, entitled: “Natural Law and the Quranic Concept of Fitra: A Bridge to Inter-religious Understanding and Collaboration“. Speaker: Amir Asghari serves as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Natural
TikTok's CEO vowed Wednesday to fight in the courts to overturn a newly signed US law that could see the popular app banned due to allegations it is controlled by the Chinese government.The legislation gives TikTok nine months to divest from its Chinese parent company ByteDance or be shut out of the American market.US and other Western officials have alleged the social media platform allows Beijing to collect data and spy on users. It has 170 million users in the United States alone, many of...
April 22 is the 55th World Earth Day. In China, this year's World Earth Day has the theme caring for earth and living in harmony with nature. Our reporter Yang Shanshan went to Yimeng Mountain in Shandong Province to see how the ecology is being restored.
(The Center Square) – The Snohomish County Council rejected in a 2-2 vote a proposed resolution calling on the Washington State Legislature to “consider the harmful impacts” of a newly-enacted law affecting Puget Sound Energy, which provides natural gas to 150,000 homes in the jurisdiction. This session the Legislature passed House Bill 1589, which tasks PSE with consolidating their electrical and natural gas plans to be submitted to the State Transportation and Utilities...
Reggie Bush getting his Heisman back is a natural result of college sports' new name, image and likeness rules. Will the NCAA follow suit with similar cases?
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Commissioner's office of China's Foreign Ministry in Hong Kong says 'double
European Union (EU) antitrust regulators are reportedly preparing to approve Apple’s tap-and-go mobile payments system proposals as early as May. The tech company had proposed to open the system to rivals after being accused by the European Commission (EC) of thwarting competition. After getting feedback from Apple’s rivals and customers, and having the company make some modifications to its proposals, […]