Library of Congress

• Australia: Court Includes Climate Impact in Grounds for Upholding Rejection of New Coal Mine

  27-2-2019 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 265

  (Feb. 27, 2019) On February 8, 2019, the New South Wales (NSW) Land and Environment Court issued a ruling in which it dismissed an appeal from a...

• Italy: New Anti-Corruption Legislation Comes into Force

  26-2-2019 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 371

  (Feb. 26, 2019) On January 31, 2019, new legislation introducing amendments to the Italian Criminal Code aimed at preventing and punishing...

• China: No Immediate Plan to Delete Family Planning from Laws

  25-2-2019 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 396

  (Feb. 25, 2019) In a response to a suggestion raised by the National People’s Congress (NPC) delegates, China’s National Health...

• Ukraine: Law Liberalizing Currency Regime Comes into Effect

  15-2-2019 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 697

  (Feb. 15, 2019) Ukraine’s Law on Foreign Exchange and Foreign Exchange Transactions (Foreign Exchange Law) was adopted by the Verkhovna Rada...

• Germany: State of Brandenburg Passes Act on Gender Parity in Politics

  14-2-2019 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 768

  (Feb. 14, 2019) On January 31, 2019, the German state of Brandenburg became the first state in Germany to pass an act on gender parity in politics...

• Egypt: New Constitutional Amendments Proposed

  13-2-2019 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 507

  (Feb. 13, 2019) Egypt: New Constitutional Amendments Proposed On February 5, 2019, the General Committee of the Egyptian Parliament approved...

• China: Rules on Blockchain-Based Information Services Issued Requiring Authentication of Users’ Real Identities

  12-2-2019 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 887

  (Feb. 12, 2019) On January 10, 2019, China’s cyberspace information regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), issued the...

• Germany: Federal Court of Justice Prohibits Uber Black App

  11-2-2019 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 869

  (Feb. 11, 2019) In a decision published on January 29, 2019, the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH), Germany’s supreme...

• Israel: Central Elections Committee Orders Ministry to Remove Misleading Content from Ministry’s Website

  8-2-2019 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 1004

  (Feb. 8, 2019) On January 20, 2019, the Central Elections Committee, headed by chairman Hanan Melcer, deputy president of the Supreme Court,...

• Guatemala / Mexico: Agreement to Cooperate on Labor Matters Published

  7-2-2019 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 930

  (Feb. 7, 2019) On January 24, 2019, Guatemala published in its official gazette, Diario de Centro América , the bilateral Agreement on...