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To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Biodiversity conservation is crucial for maintaining ecological balance, preserving ecosystems, and ensuring sustainable development in India. With its diverse flora and fauna, India is home to a rich variety of species and ecosystems that play a vital role in…
Many people generally believe that the more skilled a lawyer becomes, the more that lawyer will excel in his or her career. Of course, it is true that legal skill is an important factor when making hiring and promotion decisions, and this could set a lawyer apart from colleagues. However, the amount of work that…
03 April 2024 Bartier Perry To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The unfair contract terms regime first came into operation back in 2010. The latest iteration of the regime came into effect on 9 November 2023 and has wider application than one…
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. These numbers reflect a continuation of the trend that began last February: we are moving back toward pre-Covid numbers in terms of both the mean and the examinee count. We will likely see an increase in pass rates compared to last February, but we…
03 April 2024 Carters Professional Corporation To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Ontario Court Finds Termination Clause Invalid, Employee Receives $150K in Damages Ontario employers, including charities and not-for-profits, may need to update their employment contracts again to ensure the language in termination clauses…
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Ontario Privacy Office Investigates Student Complaint about Exam Monitoring Software Universities are within their lawful rights to use software to monitor students during exams taken with computers, but they should take extra measures to protect student data, according to…
Aileen Cannon The situation in South Florida is coming to a head this week, with prosecutors squaring off for a fight with Judge Aileen Cannon in the Trump documents case. In a bruising, late-night filing, Special Counsel Jack Smith openly mocked the court’s mangling of the Presidential Records Act (PRA) while threatening to seek mandamus…
Two recent Employment Tribunal decisions have made it clear that employees who report the bullying or harassment of other members of staff may qualify as whistleblowers in law, meaning that they will have special protection from detriment and dismissal from Day 1 of their employment. What happened in these cases? Case 1 – Cameron-Peck v…
It’s really not a good look for the judiciary — or the justice system writ large — when a judge can best be described as callous and cold-hearted, but that’s what’s going on out in Oklahoma. The Republican attorney general, Gentner Drummond, and Steven Harpe, the director of the Department of Corrections — not exactly…
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On August 2, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board issued a pivotal decision affecting workplace conduct rules that impacts essentially all employers. In Stericycle, the NLRB adopts a new standard for evaluating the legality of such rules. According to…