Crypto and Laws

• United Arab Emirates: Federal Supreme Court Orders Drivers to Pay Blood Money After Killing Pedestrians

  22-8-2018 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 365

  (Aug. 22, 2018) The Federal Supreme Court of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has ordered faulty drivers in two separate cases of traffic fatalities...

• Australia: Bills Containing New Espionage, Foreign Interference Offenses, and Establishing Foreign Agent Registry Enacted

  21-8-2018 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 405

  (Aug. 21, 2018) On June 28, 2018, the Australian Parliament passed the National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign...

• Japan: Smoking Regulations Are Getting Stricter

  20-8-2018 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 452

  (Aug. 20, 2018) Japan has strengthened its tobacco regulations with an act to amend the Health Promotion Act. The amending act was promulgated on...

• China: Tax Incentives Extended to More Small Businesses

  17-8-2018 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 590

  (Aug. 17, 2018) On July 11, 2018, China’s Ministry of Finance (MOF) and State Administration of Taxation (SAT) jointly issued a notice...

• China: 2020 Air Pollution Action Plan Released

  16-8-2018 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 648

  (Aug. 16, 2018) On June 27, 2018, the State Council (China’s cabinet) released a three-year action plan for tackling air pollution, which...

• Sweden: Supreme Court Rules Live Broadcast of Rape Is Aggravated Defamation but Not Violation of Duty to Report Ongoing Rape

  8-8-2018 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 956

  (Aug. 8, 2018) On July 2, 2018, the Swedish Supreme Court ruled that a man who had filmed an ongoing rape and broadcast it on Facebook Live was...

• Norway: Supreme Court Rules on Boundaries of Hate Speech

  7-8-2018 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 76

  (Aug. 7, 2018) On April 12, 2018, the Norwegian Supreme Court issued a judgment under which a person was sentenced to prison for hate speech....

• Egypt: Parliament Passes Amendments to Media and Press Law

  6-8-2018 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 503

  (Aug. 6, 2018) In a plenary session on July 15, 2018, the Egyptian Parliament approved amendments to Law No. 92 of 2016 regulating the work of...

• China: Courts Required to Provide Judicial Process Information Through One Online Platform

  31-7-2018 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 687

  (July 31, 2018) China’s highest court, the Supreme People’s Court (SPC), recently released the Provisions on the Publication of...

• Germany: New Law Allows Consumer Class Actions

  31-7-2018 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 1398

  (July 31, 2018) On July 17, 2018, a new law to allow consumer class actions (“model declaratory proceedings”) was published in...

• Norway: Government Publishes First Drone Strategy

  31-7-2018 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 1407

  (July 31, 2018) On April 3, 2018, the Norwegian government published its first drone strategy. (Press Release, Regjeringen [Government], Norges...

• Comoros: Planned Constitutional Referendum on Presidential Term Limits Leads to Crisis

  30-7-2018 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 1339

  (July 30, 2018) On April 29, 2018, Comoros’s President Sem Azali Assoumani declared that a referendum on amending the country’s...

• Hong Kong: Court of Final Appeal Grants Same-Sex Partner Right to Dependent Visa

  30-7-2018 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 1291

  (July 30, 2018) On July 4, 2018, Hong Kong’s highest court, the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal, issued a judgment that paves the way for...

• Canada: Quebec Court Ruling Prolongs Stay of Uncovered-Face Provision

  27-7-2018 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 1391

  (July 27, 2018) On June 28, 2018, the Superior Court of Quebec ruled to stay the operation of section 10 of An Act to Foster Adherence to State...

• Sweden: New Tax on Electronic Cigarettes and Other Non-Tobacco Nicotine Products Takes Effect

  27-7-2018 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 1551

  (July 26, 2018) On July 1, 2018, a new tax on all e-liquids and similar nicotine products, commonly referred to as e-cigarettes, took effect in...

• China: Central Bank Warns Businesses Not to Refuse Cash

  26-7-2018 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 1503

  (July 26, 2018) On July 13, 2018, China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) issued a circular stating that businesses...

• Brazil: National Labor Policy Within the Prison System Enacted

  26-7-2018 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 1536

  (July 26, 2018) On July 24, 2018, Brazil enacted Decree No. 9,450, which creates the National Labor Policy Within the Prison System (Política...

• Brazil: National Policy on Reading and Writing Enacted

  25-7-2018 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 1586

  (July 25, 2018) The first National Policy on Reading and Writing (Política Nacional de Leitura e Escrita) was established in Brazil on July...