Library of Congress

• Spain: Second Phase of Increase in Paternity Leave to Take Effect in January 2020

  4 weeks ago Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 104

  (Dec. 31, 2019) On January 1, 2020, the second phase of an increase in paternity leave provided for in Royal Decree Law 6/2019 took effect in...

• Japan: Fertilizer Regulation Act Amended

  4 weeks ago Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 167

  (Dec. 30, 2019) The Diet (Japan’s parliament) has enacted the Act to Amend the Fertilizer Regulation Act. The Act was published in the...

• Norway: Supreme Court Finds Passive Father Responsible for Aiding and Abetting Mother’s Physical Abuse of Children

  30-12-2019 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 153

  (Dec. 30, 2019) On November 27, 2019, the Norwegian Supreme Court affirmed the conviction of a man for aiding and abetting the gross abuse of a...

• China: Government Tightens Regulation of E-Cigarettes

  27-12-2019 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 129

  (Dec. 27, 2019) On October 30, 2019, China’s State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA, also known as China Tobacco) and the State...

• Sweden: Former Ambassador Charged with “Arbitrariness During Negotiations with a Foreign Power”

  27-12-2019 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 98

  (Dec. 27, 2019) On December 9, 2019, the Swedish prosecutor charged former ambassador to China, Anna Lindstedt, with “arbitrariness during...

• Brazil: Health Regulatory Agency Issues New Rules Banning Trans Fats by 2023

  26-12-2019 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 283

  (Dec. 26, 2019) On December 17, 2019, the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária, ANVISA)...

• New Zealand: Bill Enabling Control Orders for Returning “Foreign Fighters” Passed

  26-12-2019 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 98

  (Dec. 26, 2019) On December 12, 2019, the New Zealand Parliament passed the  Terrorism Suppression (Control Orders) Bill , which allows the...

• Germany: Federal Court of Justice Rules on Legal Tech

  23-12-2019 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 111

  (Dec. 23, 2019) On November 27, 2019, the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH), Germany’s supreme court for civil and...

• Italy: Law Authorizing Emergency Rescue Loan to Alitalia Takes Effect

  20-12-2019 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 119

  (Dec. 20, 2019) On December 3, 2019, Decree Law No. 137 of December 2, 2019 ( Decreto-Legge 2 dicembre 2019, n. 137 ) (D.L. No. 137), containing...

• Australia: Western Australia Legalizes Voluntary Assisted Dying

  20-12-2019 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 113

  (Dec. 20, 2019) On December 10, 2019, the Parliament of Western Australia passed the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2019 (WA) , when the...