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Our Associate, Fatima Alsayed expands on changes to regulations of pensions and retirement allowances for government employees.
IN BRIEF By way of updates, we attached the Public Health (Further Extension of Declared Public Health Emergency—COVID-19) Regulation (No. 2) 2022.
Summary
On 17 June 2022, Queensland’s declared public health emergency for COVID-19 was extended to 11.59 pm on Thursday 22 September 2022.
Consequently, Public Health Directions (PHD) with an end date of 24 June 2022 have been automatically extended until 11.59 pm on Thursday 22 September 2022. Directions will be progressively updated to reference the new date of 22 September 2022.
What does this mean for you?
If you are an employer or workplace subject to the
(Bloomberg) — Investors and lawyers in Israel are weighing their next steps as they fret over a new law that weakens the power of judges and has deepened uncertainty for the country’s $520 billion economy.
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On Monday, despite widespread anger and hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets in protest, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition barred judges from voiding ministerial decisions they consider “unreasonable.”
The shekel fell after the bill was easily passed in the Knesset, with opposition lawmakers boycotting the vote. The currency has weakened 1.7% to 3.70 per dollar this week,
RAMAPO – The Ramapo Town Board has approved a mediated legal settlement potentially topping $3 million with a developer who accused town officials of corruption in a 2019 federal civil rights lawsuit.
Connectivity Systems LLC developer Solomon Menche’s lawsuit accused the Ramapo supervisor’s chief of staff, Mona Montal, and other town officials of manipulating land-use decisions pertaining to his mixed-use development. His housing-commercial business plan, known as Hearthstone Village, is off Route 59 in the Remsen Avenue-Treetop Lane neighborhood.
Ramapo Supervisor Michael Specht had called the lawsuit frivolous when Menche filed it in 2019. Specht and other board members voted
In this post, Anna Walsh (Partner) and Nicole Ellerby (Associate) in CMS’ medical malpractice team considered the awaited decision from the Supreme Court in the Scottish case of McCulloch and Ors v Forth Valley Health Board [2021] CSHI 21.
Overview
The appeal of the decision in McCulloch and Ors v Forth Valley Health Board [2021] CSIH 21 was heard by the Supreme Court on 10 May 2023. The issues appealed to the Supreme Court concern the legal test to be applied when determining whether an alternative course of treatment is reasonable in addition to whether the courts erred in their
We are pleased to announce this call for papers for the Information Law and Policy Centre’s 8th Annual Conference on 23-24 November 2023 hosted by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) and supported by the School of Advanced Studies (SAS) and Bloomsbury’s Communications Law. You can read about our previous annual events here.
We are looking for high quality contributions that explore the impact of policymaking on human-data interaction, automated and self-learning systems, including generative AI, that are used across
Fourth of July firework sales and launches can begin at noon Wednesday in Washington state, including in Longview and Kelso.
Permitted fireworks stands can begin making sales at that time and operate until 9 pm on July 5. The Longview Fire Department says licensed stands are the best source for fireworks that are legal in Washington.
In Longview, residents can legally set off fireworks between noon and 11 pm on Wednesday; from 9 am to 11 pm from Thursday through July 3; from 9 am to midnight on July 4; and from 9 am to 11 pm on July 5.
Please join us on Wednesday, July 12 at 12PM EDT for a webinar on Predicting and Managing the Risks of Doing Business in China.
As tensions between the US and China continue to build, what does this mean for US companies operating in China? Partners George Grammas and Ed Newberry will discuss the current political landscape, as well as provide insight on where things are headed and what you can do to mitigate risks and protect your relationships going forward. The discussion will help senior leaders and decision makers evaluate their current activities in China and determine whether they should