Senior in-house lawyers rarely get the space to think. The demands of the role are relentless - the urgent matter, the inbox, the open door - and genuine strategic thinking is hard to protect when the operational pull never stops. The conversations that actually need to happen get deferred, again and again, in favour of whatever is most pressing today.

The government has set the wage norm at 0%. This basically means that wages in 2023-2024 cannot in principle be increased compared to 2021-2022.

For many companies that supply goods and services in North America, that have set up all or part of their production process in Mexico, the entry into force of the United States- México-Canada Agreement last July 1st, ...

On Jan. 26, the U.S. Supreme Court decided the case of M&G Polymers USA, LLC v. Tackett. In a unanimous decision, the Court invalidated what has become known as the Yard-Man inference.

In Melendez v. Sirius XM Radio, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently addressed the scope of the Copyright Act's preemption of state-law right-of-publicity claims...

An employment contract does not need to impose a positive mutual trust and confidence obligation in order to operate.

Seyfarth Synopsis: Over the last several years, the law governing disputes on lifetime retiree health benefits in the Sixth Circuit has had many twists and turns.

On 3 December 2024, the Labour Court of Appeal of Brussels issued a judgment in response to a claim for manifestly unreasonable dismissal under the Collective Bargaining Agreement (hereafter CBA No. 109).

ABA/CBA Teleconference Materials 2021.

The 2026 Canadian In-House Counsel Report confirms what many already know: expectations placed on legal departments — and the lawyers who lead them — have fundamentally shifted.

Just when employers thought New Jersey's Supreme Court could not expand the state's whistleblower law further, the Conscientious Employee Protection Act once again has been broadened.

CBA In-House Lawyers launches four-part program recognizing unique career management needs of internal legal professionals.

More than half of Canadian in-house lawyers reported increased work-related stress and anxiety in 2026. Volume of work has been the single greatest challenge at every job level for the third consecutive year. Government relations responsibilities are rising. Trust in institutions is not.

On July 2, 2019, a three-judge panel of the Second Circuit reversed the lower court's denial of a motion to compel individual arbitration of a putative class action suit brought under the Fair Labor

As Major League Baseball's collective bargaining agreement approaches its December 2026 expiration, team owners are proposing a hard salary cap for the first time since the 1994 strike that cancelled the World Series. With the players' union historically opposed to salary caps and both sides holding firm on their positions, the league faces a real possibility of another work stoppage that could disrupt the 2027 season.

NBA players face complex arbitration procedures when disputes arise with teams or the league over contracts, compensation, discipline, and career-affecting decisions. Understanding which procedure applies, who can initiate it, and the strict deadlines involved can determine whether a player's claim succeeds or fails before reaching the merits.

On December 16, 2019, in Valley Hospital Medical Center, Inc., Case 28-CA-213783, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) reversed Lincoln Lutheran of Racine, a controversial Obama Board...

Every seven years, the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), the labor union representing NBA players, come together to negotiate...

In Rayonier v Unifor, Locals 256 and 89 arbitrator Paula Knopf dismissed a union policy grievance which alleged that an age 65 cut-off for long-term disability (LTD) benefits coverage...

Following the success of our inaugural survey, the CCCA & Mondaq 2023 Canadian In-house Counsel Survey and Report again seeks to shine a light on today's Canadian in-house legal departments.