The Consumer Law Reform Bill, the first extensive update to the current consumer law in over twenty years, has been opened for submissions.

UPDATE: John Key has shown his support for those urging for a reformed bail law, lending a listening ear to both the Marceau family and the Sensible Sentencing Trust.

Katherine Simmonds has been appointed executive director to Ironshore Australia's Board of directors.

Hearings on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which were postponed recently, will resume next month, according to the House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith.