In the midst of the chaotic 1990s, Russia was often a hotbed of piracy and infringement on the part of intellectual property. Estimates place the total cost to the US economy in that period at over USD 1 billion per …

Citigroup Global Markets recently settled a fraud dispute with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for USD $285M. It is a small part of a steady stream of litigation commenced by the American corporate regulator. A more recent addition to …

The Federal Court recently found that Andrew Bolt and his employer newspapers were in breach of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) for publishing articles about fair-skinned indigenous Australians in 2009.  The case highlights the delicate balance between racial tolerance …

Faced with declining defense budgets in the U.S. and Europe, Textron Systems is responding with the development of more cost-effective solutions for the U.S. military and increased emphasis on Middle East and Asia-Pacific sales, according to Vice Admiral (Ret.) Kevin …

Recent years have seen the intensification of political tensions between some states in the Pacific and East Asia. The rise of China as a military-economic power has necessarily triggered concern in the region, causing countries like Australia, Japan and Taiwan …