ArticleIllinois Supreme Court Holds City Not Required To Arbitrate Termination Of Police OfficerThe problem with that view, the Supreme Court found, was the officer's substantive participation in the Board hearing.United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationSedgwick LLP
ArticleStellantis Files String Of Lawsuits Against UAW Claiming Strike Threats Are Bad FaithOn October 7, 2024, in a coordinated attack, Chrysler owner Stellantis filed a string of lawsuits across multiple jurisdictions against the United Auto Workers Union ("UAW")...United StatesStrategyFoley & Lardner LLP
ArticleSalary Freeze 2013: Some GuidelinesEvery two years, the maximum margin for the increase of salary costs has to be fixed nationally in Belgium. BelgiumEmployment and HRFieldfisher
ArticleManagement Of Multijurisdictional Class Actions And Of Class Actions In MontréalThe Canadian Bar Association (CBA) adopted the new Canadian Judicial Protocol for the Management of Multi-Jurisdictional Class Actions and the Provision of Class Action Notice as best practices at its annual meeting on February 15...CanadaLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationTorys
ArticleThe Plan To Reopen The Tax Court And The New Fast Track Settlement Conference SystemOn June 4, 2020, in a special virtual meeting held with the Tax Court of Canada Bench & Bar Liaison Committee, the Tax Court of Canada outlined its tentative plan to resume operations...CanadaTaxAird & Berlis LLP
ArticleSEC Staff Provides No-Action Relief From SBSD Financial Reporting RequirementsThe SEC staff provided no-action relief to security-based swap dealers from certain financial reporting requirements.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawHogan Lovells Cadwalader
ArticleStill Striking After All These Years: What The Sixth Circuit’s Back-To-Back Rieth-Riley Decisions Mean For EmployersThe Sixth Circuit issued two significant decisions in the long-running labor dispute between Rieth-Riley Construction and Local 324, affirming NLRB findings that the employer violated the NLRA through unilateral wage changes, unlawful lockouts, and refusal to bargain. United StatesEmployment and HRBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
ArticleLandmark Proceedings Challenge Veracity Of Climate Change Commitments By Australian CorporatesTwo landmark claims, which have reportedly been filed in the Federal Court of Australia over the past week, highlight the trend towards activist shareholder litigation in Australia.AustraliaCorporate/Commercial LawJones Day
ArticleThe Right For Workers To Disconnect – Government Plans To Promote A Positive Work-life BalanceThe Labour government have reiterated their commitment to introducing the right for workers to ‘disconnect', as part of their plans to promote a positive work-life balance and to ensure homes do not turn into 24/7 offices.BelgiumEmployment and HRBindmans LLP
ArticleStalling On Anti-Corruption In CanadaSabrina Bandali comments in CBA National magazine on the state of confronting corruption in Canada. She says that foreign bribery case law is thin on the ground in Canada and its scarcity feeds a vicious cycle. CanadaCriminal LawBennett Jones LLP
ArticleHard For ICOs To Avoid US Courts: Personal Jurisdiction Found In Two Recent Securities Cases Over Foreign ICO DefendantsOver the past year, the plaintiffs' bar and Securities and the Exchange Commission (SEC) have brought class and enforcement action proceedings, respectively,United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawBakerHostetler
ArticleFourth Circuit Rejects Retirees' Claim for Vested Health BenefitsThe case is Barton v. Constellium Rolled Prods.-Ravenswood, LLC, No. 16-1103, 2017 WL 1078540 United StatesEmployment and HRProskauer Rose LLP
ArticleTwo Industry Proposals Aim To Relax Federal Government's Primacy In Student Loan MarketTwo major groups within the financial industry began the month of March with renewed advocacy for structural modifications to the student loan program managed by the U.S. Department of Education ...United StatesFinance and BankingTroutman Pepper Locke LLP
ArticleOne MLS: The Benefit Of A ReemergenceHerrick partner Irwin Kishner and associate Mark Falcon published the article "One MLS: The Benefit of a Reemergence" in Professional Sports and The Law, a Hackney publication, which examines the history and operational structure of Major League Soccer (MLS) ..United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentHerrick, Feinstein LLP
ArticleFSR GPS: Misleading Or Deceptive Conduct – A Disclaimer Antidote?In this edition of the FSR GPS, we explore key principles for financial services businesses to consider when considering the use of a disclaimer to mitigate false, misleading or deceptive conduct.AustraliaFinance and BankingHerbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
ArticleBill On Workable And Flexible Work Submitted To StakeholdersA general section with measures that apply immediately to companies.BelgiumEmployment and HRVan Bael & Bellis
ArticleThird Circuit Rules That "Predominant Benefit" Test Determines FLSA Meal Period CompensabilityUnder the FLSA regulations (which are not legally binding but highly-persuasive guidance), rest periods of five minutes to about twenty minutes "must be counted as hours worked." United StatesEmployment and HRDuane Morris LLP
ArticleLa voix juridique : David Di Paolo et Bianca Kratt, présidente de l'ABC, discutent de l'avenir du droit (Podcast)Avocate acharnée. Mentore attentionnée. Leader bilingue d'origine autochtone. Rencontrez Bianca Kratt, c.r., associée chez BLG et présidente de l'Association du Barreau canadien pour 2025-2026.CanadaCorporate/Commercial LawBorden Ladner Gervais LLP
ArticleIt's OK To Be Different- NLRB Rules That Union Represented Employees Are Not Entitled To Midterm Bargaining Over Same Paid Holiday Granted To Non-Represented EmployeesDoes an employer automatically engage in unlawful discrimination when it grants an improved benefit to its non-union employees but withholds the improvement from its union employees United StatesEmployment and HRSheppard
ArticleWestchester County Mandates Employee Sick LeaveWestchester County has just enacted an Earned Sick Leave Law which will soon require Westchester employers to provide sick leave to its employees.United StatesEmployment and HRFisher Phillips LLP