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New Zealand’s government announced Monday its intention to reverse its ban on offshore oil and gas exploration by passing legislation this year. The proposal aims to enhance investor confidence and strengthen New Zealand’s oil and gas sector. Accordingly, one key effect of the 2024 proposed amendments to the Crown Minerals Act (CMA) 1991 will be reversing [...]

The UK Court of Appeal ruled Thursday that the UK National Crime Agency’s (NCA) refusal to investigate the importation of Uyghur forced labour cotton from China was unlawful. The Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) and the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) have secured a historic victory, which marks the first successful case globally to disrupt supply [...]

The Australian Federal Government announced on Monday that it would make the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct mandatory for Australia’s grocery giants, opening up the possibility of $10 million fines. The announcement comes as a direct response to a report by former labor minister Dr. Craig Emerson, who was tasked in January with leading [...]

The US Department of Justice unsealed conspiracy charges Thursday against individuals accused of assisting North Korean (DPRK) nationals in fraudulently posing as US residents to obtain information technology (IT) jobs with US companies, allegedly generating millions of dollars in income that was then funneled back to the DPRK. In a press release the government called [...]

The European Consumer Organization’s network (BEUC) lodged a complaint on Thursday with the European Commission against Chinese fast-fashion retailer Temu over a potential breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA). Additionally, 17 BEUC members have filed the same complaint with their national competent authorities against the e-commerce platform, which is owned by the Chinese PDD [...]

The New Zealand Parliament started on Tuesday the first reading of the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Amendment Bill. The amendment seeks to repeal the previous government’s initiatives in controlling tobacco sales. The previous government set the Smokefree 2025 goal, to reduce smoking rates for all population groups to less than 5 percent. The government [...]

The US Supreme Court refused to block Illinois’ assault weapon and high-capacity magazine ban on Thursday. This decision comes after the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit allowed the ban to go into effect in November. In a one-page order the Supreme Court stated, “The application for a writ of injunction pending certiorari [...]

The National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR), Illinois gun retailer Law Weapons & Supply and its owner Robert Bevis asked the US Supreme Court on Tuesday to block Illinois’s ban on assault rifles and high-capacity magazines. The request comes weeks after an appeals court upheld the law. It is the second time the groups have [...]

It is Thanksgiving Day. The aroma of turkey; of dressing; candied sweet potatoes; green bean casserole; cranberry sauce; freshly baked yeast rolls; giblet gravy, and of pies emanating from the kitchen fills our nostrils. Home is the place to be today. But have you ever given thought to the law of the gobbler? This Day in [...]

On Tuesday His Majesty King Charles III took part in The State Opening of Parliament,  a ceremonial event that marks the formal beginning of a new parliamentary session. It is a significant constitutional event in the United Kingdom, involving the monarch, Members of Parliament, and other dignitaries. During the State Opening, the reigning monarch delivers [...]