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Document(s) published by this organization: 179
Show: results per page Sort by:  | New Immigration Regulations in Mexico Have Significant Effect on Foreign Workers and Their Employers
Sanjee R. Weliwitigoda; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article December 5, 2012, previously published on November 30, 2012 Earlier this month, new immigration regulations in Mexico went into effect.
| | GOP Action on Immigration Reform: House Passes STEM Bill; Senate Introduces ACHIEVE Act
Thomas A. Jensen, Peter A. Yost; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article December 5, 2012, previously published on December 3, 2012 Republicans in Congress last week continued their efforts to advance targeted immigration reform legislation. The Republican-controlled House passed a bill to create more science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) green cards. In the Senate, Republicans as the minority party, introduced the...
| | Discrimination Due To Political Opinion
Anna Byford, Alex Denny, Victoria Pengelly; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article November 30, 2012, previously published on November 30, 2012 The UK has been held to be in breach of Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights (freedom of assembly and association) in Redfearn v United Kingdom [2012] ECHR 1878 by failing to put in place measures to protect employees from dismissal due to political opinion or affiliation.
| | TUPE - No Service Provision Change Where Client Changes
Anna Byford, Alex Denny, Victoria Pengelly; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article November 30, 2012, previously published on November 30, 2012 The Court of Appeal has held in McCarrick v Hunter [2012] EWCA Civ 1399 that the identity of the client for whom services are provided must remain the same before and after a change of service provider for there to be a "service provision change" within the meaning of TUPE.
| | CDRH Releases Device Review Performance Data
Philip S. Bonforte, Ralph F. Hall; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article November 30, 2012, previously published on November 29, 2012 Today, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) released a 24-page report titled, "Improvements in Device Review". The report details how the agency believes their premarket approval (PMA) and 510(k) systems are performing after implementation of many of the initiatives in...
| | Demotion Amounted to Dismissal in Facebook Case
Anna Byford, Alex Denny, Victoria Pengelly; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article November 30, 2012, previously published on November 30, 2012 The High Court holds that a demotion for posting views about gay marriage on Facebook is a repudiatory breach of contract amounting to a dismissal in Smith v Trafford Housing Trust [2012] EWCH 3221 (Ch) ..... and awards £98 in damages.
| | House to Vote on STEM Green Card Legislation: Immigration Reform Returns to Congressional Agenda
Thomas A. Jensen, Peter A. Yost; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article November 28, 2012, previously published on November 26, 2012 Political and Economic Case for Immigration Reform: Immigration reform has suddenly reappeared on the national agenda in Washington following the November elections. President Obama listed comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) as one of the top priorities for his second term. Previous attempts at...
| | In Aftermath of Fungal Meningitis Outbreak, Congress Expected to Enhance Regulation of Compounding Pharmacies
Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article November 23, 2012, previously published on November 20, 2012 Last week, the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations (O&I) and the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee held hearings investigating the recent outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to contaminated lots of methylprednisolone acetate...
| | Financial Services Industry Facing Several Challenges Following Election
Robert J. Kabel, Frank S. Swain; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article November 20, 2012, previously published on November 14, 2012 The re-election of President Obama and a slight increase in Democratic control in the United States Senate presents several challenges for the financial services industry. Foremost on President Obama's and Congressional Democrats' financial services agenda will be the protection of Dodd-Frank from...
| | Fracture in Chinese Arbitration Tribunal Leads to Uncertainty for Foreign Investors
Mark L. Shope, Wendy Yan; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article November 16, 2012, previously published on November 13, 2012 On August 1, 2012, the Beijing headquarters of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) issued a statement suspending the authority of its Shanghai and Shenzhen sub-commissions to accept and administer disputes. All disputes must now be submitted to the CIETAC...
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