In preparation for summer, the Court of Appeal's May decisions addressed a number of interesting points including the application of limitation and notice periods to minors and litigation guardians, the objective component of the informed consent analysis in medical cases, "sending orders" in the context of Canadian assistance to foreign jurisdictions in criminal matters ..

The Act, which became effective on March 1, 2015, closely followed similar legislation enacted in other states in 2013 and 2014.

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court Of Appeals Week Of September 11, 2017

After several high-profile setbacks in disparate impact discrimination lawsuits challenging criminal record screening policies, the EEOC has entered into a settlement in one of its few remaining cases.

In April 2012, the "EEOC" issued updated "Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964."

The death of U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia will have an uncertain effect on religious institutions.

On June 28, 2007, the United States Supreme Court overruled 96-year-old precedent governing Sherman Act standards on resale price maintenance. In Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc., No. 06-480, the Court held that resale price maintenance agreements are not per se unlawful under section 1 of the Sherman Act, which prohibits agreements in restraint of trade.

As Bermuda residents slowly start to emerge from their homes it's obvious to all that the humanitarian and economic challenges that flow from the scourge of COVID-19 will be unprecedented in our lifetimes.

Liability management transactions ("LMTs") are gaining traction in the world of debt financing. Where borrowers and debt issuers are experiencing financial difficulties...

The economic downturn has resulted in an increase in mortgage defaults and a consequential increase in mortgage possession actions.

The regulations have been filed with the Office of Administrative Law and likely will be effective as of July 1, 2017.

Vigorous disputes over what wording and format satisfies the FCRA have spawned innumerable lawsuits, including dozens of massive nationwide class action lawsuits against employers...

In honor of Buddy Ryan, the legendary football coach who passed away last week, we will be especially crotchety in today's case report.

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The 15th edition of the Judicial College Guidelines for assessing general damages for personal injury has been published.

Throughout 2021, our dedicated Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Competes Practice Group hosted a series of CLE webinars that addressed significant trade secret and restrictive covenant issues facing clients today.

They are governed by provincial statutes.

The penultimate year in the first decade of the second millennium was one for the ages, or at least most people hope so. Almost nobody would choose to relive the tumultuous, teeth-grinding events of 2009 any time soon.

In Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Evers, 2022 WL 3355076 (7th Cir. 2022), Wisconsin Ojibwe Bands had entered into a treaty with the United States in 1854.