What is the CBAM? The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (the “CBAM”) was established by the CBAM Regulation (EU) 2023/956 (the “CBAM Regulation”), which came into force in May 2023. It is a carbon tariff system introduced as part of the EU’s goal to reduce greenhouse emissions by at least 55 % by 2030. While…
Everything’s bigger in Texas, including the job opportunities for lawyers who are looking to work in the region’s thriving energy and financial markets. Saddle up, cowpokes, because if you want to ride in this rodeo, you’ll need to know which firms are considered the best in the Lone Star State. Thanks to Vault’s recently released…
I. GUIDE: POLISH LABOR LAW REGULATION Labor law in Poland is regulated primarily by the Polish Labor Code from 1974. Polish Labor Code provides comprehensive regulations of: employment contract types, remote work remuneration, leaves from work, working time, employee benefits, health &…
Speaking at The PIE Live Europe 2024, the global CEO of agency Edvoy revealed data he’d obtained from his finance staff that showed the extent of the issue the agency is seeing in terms of timely payments. “We have three categories – 30% of our institutions will pay us the moment students are enrolled. Another…
Introduce yourself in three words or phrases. Fun, colourful, joyous. What do you like most about your job? Talking to students, and guiding them with their journey. Best work trip? From the recent ones, I would say my trip to London, Ontario for the ICAT conference. The worst work trip would be to Ooty in…
This spring marked the one-year anniversary of the civil war in Sudan, a highly complex displacement crisis that has forced more than 8.6 million people to flee their homes since April 15, 2023. The destruction of universities and schools across the country, as well as the forced migration of staff and students, have led to…
Sen. J.D. Vance and his wife Usha Chilukuri Vance (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Usha has informed us she has decided to leave the firm. Usha has been an excellent lawyer and colleague, and we thank her for her years of work and wish…
The scope and scale of accounts receivables in higher education have never been larger. While manual processes for tracking and following up with student debt might have been sufficient in the past, institutions enroll potentially hundreds of thousands of students and manage millions of dollars in past-due accounts today. Every institution needs a stronger fiscal…
On April 23, 2024, in a nail-biting 3-2 decision, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted to publish its final rule banning noncompete provisions in employment agreements. You can read the entire rule here. Last year (January 2023), the FTC released a proposed rule banning noncompetes that seemed to stall. The proposed rule defined a “non-compete…
With the number of Canadian study permit applications processed by the IRCC dropping by 54% in Q2 2024 compared to Q2 2023, ApplyBoard has projected that the overall number will drop by 39% this year compared to 2023 in a new report. According to the report, the current trends signal that around 230,000 new study…