Regulatory

SHARIA LAW

Convicted women to be caned in Malaysia for 'attempting lesbian sex'

Sharia law applied as two Malaysian women convicted of attempting to have lesbian sex in a car to be fined and caned.

TAX HAVENS

China's highest-paid celebrities targeted by Chinese authorities in coordinated crackdown on 'yin-yang' contracts and tax havens.

LAW ENFORCEMENT

Increasing gun violence leads to political action to create 'legal SWAT teams' led by a crown attorney, but lawyers casts doubts.

CORRUPTION

India introduces changes to its anti-corruption legislation to hold political bribe-givers accountable.

BIGAMY

Well-known Canadian lawyer is arrested and reported to law society, but a professor says allegations touch on larger ethical debates.

LEGAL MANAGEMENT

The State Bar of California to set up task force to study allowing non-lawyers to invest in and own law firms, proposals expected in 2019.

SEXUAL ASSAULT

The NSW bar association warns against criminalising 'honest consent' and makes allowances for stupidity and negiligence.

CARTELS

Fines, enforcement actions and cartel cases have surged in the first six months of the year, as agencies study policy options.

DISCRIMINATION

Actions taken by UAE against Qatar in 2017 were discriminatory, according to the ICJ which ordered it to comply with CERD convention.

BOOKS

In this month's Bookshelf, The Global Legal Post's Editor-At-Large, Dr David Cowan, picks three topical books on hate, China and the US.