Torys LLP

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Torys LLP is an international business law firm with offices in Toronto and New York. Torys is known for its seamless cross-border services in a range of areas, including mergers and acquisitions; corporate and capital markets; litigation and dispute resolution; restructuring and insolvency; taxation; competition and antitrust; environmental, health and safety; debt finance and lending; project development and finance; managed assets; private equity and venture capital; financial institutions; pension and employment; intellectual property; technology, media and telecom; life sciences; real estate; infrastructure and energy; climate change and emissions trading; and personal client services.

Restructuring and Insolvency, Real Estate, Infrastructure and Energy, Climate Change, Corporate and Capital Markets, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Taxation, Financial Institutions, Pension and Employment, Technology and Communications, Personal Client Services.

New York State Department of Labor Notice and Acknowledgement of Wage Rate Forms and Fact Sheets
Joseph J. Vicinanza, November 10, 2009
As of October 26, 2009, New York Labor Law Section 195(1) requires employers to notify all newly hired employees of the following: (i) rate of pay, (ii) regular paydays, and (iii) hourly rate and overtime pay rate (for all non-exempt employees). Employees must sign a statement acknowledging receipt...

U.S. House Proposes Registration of Most Private Fund Advisers, Excepting "Venture Capital Fund Advisers"
Amy C. Johnson-Spina, Mayah Judovits, Joseph J. Romagnoli, November 5, 2009
On October 27, 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee approved out of committee proposed legislation titled the "Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009" (the Proposed Legislation); this is the fifth bill introduced this year to regulate...

U.S. Employment Commission Proposes Revisions to the ADA Regulations
Joseph J. Vicinanza, October 26, 2009
On September 23, 2009, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published a notice of proposed revisions to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations to bring these regulations into compliance with the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, as directed by Congress.

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