To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. By way of background, the employment pass is generally for foreign professionals, managers and executives who meet the minimum employment pass qualifying salary and pass the points-based Complementarity Assessment Framework (“COMPASS”) (unless exempted). Please note that in addition…

Given the high-stress nature of the legal profession the connection between stress and problematic substance use cannot be underscored enough. The stress levels of lawyers do not show any signs of abating, with technology and our expectation of constant availability only accelerating the pace of an already demanding profession. — Patrick Krill, attorney, addiction counselor,…

16 April 2024 Thompson Burton To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On March 11, 2024, the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) final rule (“Final Rule”) took effect, which rescinded the 2021 Independent Contractor Rule (the “Prior Rule”) under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The…

Hey, do you plan on protesting some general injustice and happen to live in Texas, Louisiana or Mississippi? Unless you have some serious insurance, I’d heavily encourage you to give it a second thought — the shield that is the First Amendment just got a major dent in it. Reuters has coverage: The U.S. Supreme…

On 24 May 2023, the European Commission (Commission) published its Retail Investment Strategy (RIS), a legislative package intended to empower retail investors to take more informed investment decisions that would better correspond to their investment needs and objectives. The RIS was published in response to concerns that, in the EU, the level of retail participation…

Home Daily News 2 lawyers and client die in law office shooting;… Criminal Justice 2 lawyers and client die in law office shooting; 1 attorney was alleged gunman By Debra Cassens Weiss April 9, 2024, 10:09 am CDT A lawyer and his wife were shot and killed during a deposition at a law office in…

(Photo by Aude Guerrucci-Pool/Getty Images) Clarence Thomas failed to show up to this morning’s Supreme Court session, depriving the advocates of any questions that he would inevitably not ask anyway. It’s a shame, because Thomas missed out on Snyder v. U.S., a case about whether or not it’s bribery to funnel  payments to an official…