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New Vento bands Together with the other changes coming into force this April, new Presidential Guidance on Employment Tribunal awards for injury to feelings in line with the Vento bands has been published. For claims presented on or after 6 April 2024, the Vento bands are as follows: A lower band of £1,200 to…
Assistant Secretary of Defense John Plumb testifies before the House Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C. March 30, 2023. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom) WASHINGTON — John Plumb, assistant secretary of Defense for Space Policy, will exit the Pentagon come May, Breaking Defense has learned. In response to an inquiry, a DoD spokesperson confirmed that…
03 April 2024 Consolidated Employers Organisation To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. South Africa’s employment environment is a nuanced terrain shaped by a complex interplay of historical legacies, legal mandates, and socio-economic imperatives. At the heart of this dynamic lie the country’s…
When some hapless NY lawyers submitted a brief riddled with case citations hallucinated by consumer-facing artificial intelligence juggernaut ChatGPT and then doubled down on the error, we figured the resulting discipline would serve as a wake-up call to attorneys everywhere. But there would be more. And more. And more. We’ve repeatedly balked at declaring this an…
On Wednesday, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation that would require TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance Ltd., to sell TikTok within 180 days of its enactment or risk having the app banned in the U.S. Lawmakers state the action was driven by the threat it poses to national security. The vote passed in the…
Data management within law firms is no fun; that’s why nobody wants to do it. So you get misaligned and deformed clumps of data hosted by law firms that aren’t really any good. Sure, it starts with intake, but it doesn’t end there, because law firms should also practice good data hygiene by ensuring that…
03 April 2024 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Minnesota Legislature is back in session and actively addressing employment law legislation in several pending bills following a very busy 2023–2024 session last year. The legislature…
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to a recent paper by law professors Richard Brooks, Kyle Rozema, and Sarath Sanga tracking the impact of state-wide affirmative action bans since 1980 on law school enrollment, how much has diversity at top law schools decreased following affirmative action bans? Hint:…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a focal point in the corporate world. While technical teams grapple with the feasibility of AI creation, and executives strategize on budget allocation for its development and deployment, it is imperative for the board of directors to deliberate on their role in this context. Beyond considering the competitive advantage and…
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty) No, Attacking A Judge’s Family Member Isn’t ‘Core First Amendment’ Speech: Simply Trumptastic legal reasoning! Biglaw Firm Offers Associates The Gift Of Sleep: More like sleepless nights, but YMMV. Lassoing Lawyers In Texas: Yet another Biglaw firm opens up shop in the Lone Star State. Make AI Artificial Again: Is AI…