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With Scotland’s ambitious target to achieve a 75% reduction in greenhouse emissions by 2030 appearing unachievable, decarbonisation is pulled into focus. First published in The Sunday Times’ The Business. The headline on 19 March 2024 on BBC News confirmed what was feared: “Scotland’s climate target unreachable says watchdog“. The ambitious target of 2030 to reduce…
19 April 2024 Greenberg Traurig, LLP To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. In a unanimous 9-0 decision issued April 12, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court held the “transportation worker” exemption under Section 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) does not…
19 April 2024 William Fry To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) recently published its 2024 Regulatory & Supervisory Report (Report). See our recent article detailing key aspects of the report here. The Report describes financial…
19 April 2024 Nossaman LLP To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Welcome toConstruction & Claims, a periodic digest of the headlines, statutory and regulatory changes and court cases involving construction news, claims, bid protests, contract administration and payment-related disputes. Final Rule Updating the Davis-Bacon…
19 April 2024 Diaz Trade Law To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The False Claims Act (FCA) is a powerful federal anti-fraud law that incentivizes average people to expose fraud. The law attempts to reward whistleblowers and disincentivize committing fraud and can…
On March 19, 2024, the Capital Markets Tribunal (the “Tribunal“) introduced substantial amendments to its Rules of Procedure (the “Rules“). The new Rules replace the former Rules of Procedure and Forms and Practice Guideline to provide a single source of guidance to improve the efficiency of Tribunal proceedings, and apply to all Tribunal proceedings, including…
In the potentially ground-breaking decision on Emotional Perception delivered late last year, the High Court found that a claim relating to a trained artificial neural network (ANN) did not fall foul of the recognised non-patentable subject matter exclusion for being a “computer program as such“. However, the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is now appealing…
When explaining the reasons for crime, people often resort to explanations that center free will and personal responsibility as the culprits (pun intended). However, the reality of why people commit crimes is manifold. Some crimes can be chalked up to mistakes like insider trading or copyright infringement. There are even some intensely studied preventable causes…
In recent video game news, gaming giant Nintendo filed and settled a lawsuit against the developers of the popular Nintendo Switch emulator, Yuzu. This legal battle captures the ongoing conflict between gaming companies and emulator developers, particularly in the realm of copyright infringement and piracy. What Is An Emulator? A video game emulator is a…
(Photographer: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Bloomberg via Getty Images) By all accounts, Donald Trump has always been a nightmare of a client. But while he used to just stiff his attorneys after the fact, these days he’s pushing attorneys to take increasingly stupid and borderline (and potentially not-so-borderline) contemptuous moves. Like when Christina Bobb represented to…