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ArticleCourt Expands Scope of Pennsylvania "Wrongful Discharge" Claims and Recognizes Common Law Right to Pursue Punitive Damages for Violation of Military Leave RightsIn a decision that potentially expands the scope of wrongful discharge claims in Pennsylvania to encompass claims for "failure to hire," a military reservist who claims he was denied the right to "reclaim" his civilian job upon returning from a deployment in Pakistan has won the right to pursue punitive damages in a claim under Pennsylvania common law for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy while concurrently pursuing claims under the federal Uniformed Services Employment and ReemplUnited StatesEmployment and HRMorgan Lewis
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ArticleR v Irngaut: Scope Of Territorial Government's Jurisdiction To Appeal Wildlife Convictions, And Officially Induced Error In The Co-Management ContextThe Nunavut Court of Appeal ("NUCA") released its decision in R v Irngaut on April 21, 2020. CanadaEnvironmentWillms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP
ArticleTakeda Pharmaceuticals Trying To Buy Shire To Replace Fading IPTakeda Pharmaceuticals, ranked in the top 20 pharmaceutical companies in the world in sales, is seeking to grow its technological base with a merger by a $64 billion purchase of Ireland's Shire.JapanIntellectual PropertyKeisen Associates
ArticleFive Grantmakers Launch £15m Collaborative Fund Tackling Child Poverty In UKBBC Children in Need is collaborating with the City Bridge Foundation, Pears Foundation, The Hunter Foundation and the National Lottery Community Fund to launch a £15m...United KingdomCorporate/Commercial LawWithers LLP
ArticleS6:E2 – The Entrepreneur Revolutionising Home Heating In The UK: Amy Mooney (Video)In this episode, host Gill Hunter sits down with Amy Mooney, founder of Mutha Cuva – a pioneering clean-heat company leading the shift from gas heating to renewable home energy.United KingdomEnergy and Natural ResourcesSquare One Law
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ArticleForeign Agents Registration Act (FARA) Compliance TipsCongress enacted the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) in 1938 to control Nazi propaganda.United StatesComplianceKelley Drye & Warren LLP
ArticleTrump Nominates Peter Robb As The General Counsel For The NLRBAfter being reportedly close to nominating retired Jones Day partner Roger King for the role, the White House announced last Friday that President Donald Trump will nominate Peter Robb, a management-side labor and employment attorney from Vermont, as the new NLRB General Counsel.United StatesEmployment and HRSeyfarth Shaw LLP
ArticleFive Urgent Care Models To Know For 2015Below is a link to view the latest entry from the monthly Law360 that we publish relating to healthcare private equity investments. United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesMcGuireWoods LLP
ArticleImplementation of the Upper Hunter air quality monitoring network - implications for energy producersThe aim of the Regulation is to monitor the impact of certain coal mining and related activities on air quality. Region.AustraliaEnvironmentCorrs Chambers Westgarth
ArticleQuicksands And Cutting Edges of the Law: Do Municipal Utility Customers Possess Due Process And Vested Rights To Continued Sewerage Service?Sometimes, I read a court's opinion and put it aside because it is thought provoking beyond its facts and outcome. The case of United States Cold Storage, Inc. v. Town of Warsaw, __ N.C. App. ___, 784 S.E. 2d 575 (April 5, 2016) falls into this category. United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionWomble Bond Dickinson
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ArticleOperator Bankruptcies Not Leading To Decreased Production Reuters recently reported that more than 50 North American oil and gas producers have entered bankruptcy since early 2015.United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesFox Rothschild LLP
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