08 May 2024 Miller Thomson LLP To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Saskatchewan Court of King’s Bench recently released its decision for DW Earnshaw Excavating v 7-Eleven Canada Inc., 2023 SKKB 252. The matter involved an application by DW Earnshaw Excavating …
08 May 2024 Lenczner Slaght LLP To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. In Coco Intl Inc v Green Infrastructure Partners Inc, the Ontario Superior Court addressed an application ordering the release of $40 million of escrow funds. Background: An Agreement Between Giants…
President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law on Aug. 16, 2022, with the goal of reducing health care costs for the government and participants in Medicare and Medicaid programs. The IRA includes a section relating to drug price negotiation that subjects some of the most expensive Medicare/Medicaid drugs to mandatory price reductions….
08 May 2024 Kutak Rock LLP To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On April 26, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published a Final Rule to amend the HIPAA regulations. Among other things, HIPAA protects the privacy of individuals’ protected health…
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Antwerp Labour Court recently settled the question of whether compensation for maternity protection and separate compensation for discrimination can both be awarded for the same dismissal under Belgian law. Belgium treats pregnancy/maternity as a protected status. When an…
The latest statistics show that 1 in 10 adults in the UK are currently experiencing symptoms of severe mental illness, which may relate to anxiety disorders, depression, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), eating disorders and schizophrenia. The tribunal in Muir V Astra Zeneca UK Ltd 2024 assessed how employers should navigate behaviour exhibited by…
08 May 2024 Ankura Consulting Group LLC To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Ransomware/Malware Activity Job-Seeking Software Developers Deceived into Downloading a Python Backdoor Researchers are following a social engineering-based malware campaign designed to deceive job-seeking software developers into downloading a malicious python backdoor…
(Image via iStock) A New York judge recently decided to leave the bench, but this isn’t exactly your typical judicial resignation. Mitchell Soules Jr., who is not an attorney, served as a justice of the Little Falls Town Court, and left his position shortly after pleading guilty to drug-dealing charges. According to the State Commission…
Almost seven months after seeking public comment on an initial proposed version, and more than seven years after first attempting to update its guidance on the issue, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued on Monday, April 29, 2024, its final Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace, incorporating major legal and social developments that have…
(Photo by Staci Zaretsky) Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Next time, when I’m second under the new format, I will start the morning with more coffee and a bigger breakfast. I might try to hide a banana in the court locker. — Daniel Geyser, chair of the Supreme Court…