martindale.com
Legal Library
|
Show: results per page Sort by:  | Proposed FAR Amendment Pertaining to the Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts
Tricia Clarke Bell, Suzanne Sumner; Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2012, previously published on May 15, 2012 On September 13, 2011, we told you about the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) August 29, 2011 final rule implementing Executive Order 13495, Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts. According to Executive Order 13495, the Federal Government’s procurement...
| | Open Wi-Fi Network Owner Not Liable For Copyright Infringement
Matthew Galea Debono; Zammit Associates - Advocates;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2012, previously published on May 2012 In a recent ruling, a Finnish District Court held that when an act of copyright infringementtakes place through the use of a person’s open Wi-Fi network, by somebody other than the owner of the network, that same owner cannot be held liable for the infringing acts.
| | National Labor Relations Board’s Controversial Union Election Rule Declared Invalid
Tara G. La Fiura; Blank Rome LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2012, previously published on May 2012 A federal judge in Washington, D.C. ruled Monday that the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB” or “Board”) controversial rule aimed at streamlining union elections is invalid because it was enacted without the required three-member quorum. (Chamber of Commerce v....
| | Connecticut Supreme Court Rules Employers Liable for Hostile Work Environment under Sexual Orientation Discrimination Law
Genea O. Bell, Beverly W. Garofalo; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2012, previously published on May 17, 2012 The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that the Connecticut law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation allows plaintiffs to bring hostile work environment claims. Patino v. Birken Mfg. Co., SC18441 (May 15, 2012). The Court upheld a jury award of $94,500 in damages to...
|  | New Labor Law
Yanet C. Aguiar, Esther Cecilia "Kelly" Blondet, Eirys Mata Marcano, Juan Carlos Pró-Rísquez; Norton Rose Canada LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2012, previously published on May 2012 On April 30, 2012, the President of the Republic enacted Decree Nº 8,938 with Rank, Value and Force of Organic Law on Employment, Male and Female Workers (New OLL). Ruling N° 562 of May 4, 2012, of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice declared the constitutionality of...
| | Are You Prepared for Increased Import Compliance Scrutiny?
John W. Boscariol; McCarthy Tétrault LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2012, previously published on May 16, 2012 Importers in the retail and consumer products sectors should be carefully reviewing their trade compliance policies and procedures as Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is scrutinizing customs compliance in a number of areas — including declarations of origin, tariff classification and...
| | New York Legislature Rejects Proposal to Grant Health Commissioner Authority to Appoint Board Members and Operators of Not-for-Profit Health Care Facilities
Lucia F. Deng; Proskauer Rose LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2012, previously published on May 17, 2012 Earlier this year, Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed changes to the New York Public Health Law which would have given the Commissioner of the Department of Health the power to remove managers of hospitals, diagnostic and treatment centers, and adult care facilities. The Commissioner would have also...
| | Church Members Prohibited from Soliciting Donations in Front of Grocery Store
Jon E. Goetz; Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard A Law Corporation;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2012, previously published on May 16, 2012 Church members can be permanently barred from soliciting donations outside a stand-alone grocery store, under a recent court of appeal ruling (Ralphs Grocery Company v. Missionary Church of the Disciples of Christ (--- Cal.Rptr.3d ----, Cal.App. 2 Dist., April 25, 2012). The court found that the...
| | Failure to Demand a Jury is Too Speculative to Support Legal Malpractice Claims
Terrence P. McAvoy; Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2012, previously published on May 16, 2012 The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana held that defendant lawyers’ alleged failure to demand a jury was too speculative to support plaintiff client’s legal malpractice claims, and those claims were thus dismissed with prejudice.
| | New STEM Immigration Proposal Introduced, Others Expected
Fragomen Del Rey Bernsen Loewy LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2012, previously published on May 16, 2012 Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) has introduced the Securing the Talent America Requires for the 21st Century Act (STAR Act), a bill that would streamline the permanent residence process and add 55,000 more employment-based (EB) immigrant visas for foreign nationals holding a U.S. advanced degree in a...
|
|