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This case is the first of its kind and clarifies the meaning of Section 27, giving assurance and comfort to developers.
A referendum on constitutional recognition of local government would be a step towards securing financial certainty.
The application was disapproved for unacceptable impacts on biological diversity and noise, dust and social impacts.
The Ontario Securities Commission and a veteran investment banker, Richard Moore, recently reached a settlement agreement regarding claims by the OSC of improper securities trading by Moore.
The Ontario Securities Commission recently closed the comment period on its Staff Consultation Paper 45-710: Considerations for New Capital Raising Prospectus Exemptions, which sought input from stakeholders on proposed amendments to the current legislation regarding prospectus exemptions.
The recent "Data Retention Operation" by the Italian DPA revealed that compliance with data retention legislation among telecom and internet service providers is still considerably low.
A discussion on the amendments brought to the law on trademarks.
The number of patent filings at the European Patent Organization reached a new peak in 2012.
This is the first entry of our new blog on the Government's HS2 proposals.
Convergence of tax into the wider finance teams and processes means that tax isnt an add-on at the end, it's actually part of the mainstream financial close.
A report on when and how changes introduced by the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 will be brought into force.
On April 19, 2013, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) published Final Rules of Practice and Procedure (78 Fed. Reg. 23474-487).
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has recently settled its first lawsuit involving a discrimination claim based on an applicant’s genetic history.
Way back on October 4, 2011, we asked whether any of you were ever in a situation where you had to produce a urine sample as part of routine drug testing, or were in a football stadium bathroom with a line of impatient fans behind you who had been drinking beer for hours and were muttering menacingly because you just froze up?
Three contractors were found by the California Labor Commissioner to have "willfully" violated state wage and apprenticeship laws.
Recently, the SEC settled with the City of Harrisburg over violations of Rule 10b-5 in connection with material misstatements and omissions made by the City in its public statements and financial information, during a multi-year period.
In light of the decision of 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in U.S. v. Caronia, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America is advocating for the Food & Drug Administration to change its regulations to allow for certain types of off-label promotion.
In the American legal system, attorneys’ fees and costs are not recoverable as damages unless expressly authorized by statute.
The form of 2012 New Markets Tax Credit Allocation Agreement has been released by the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.
A discussion on the continuing resolution that funds the government for the rest of this fiscal year: the House and Senate budget resolutions, the upcoming debt ceiling fight; and, finally, the President's budget request for FY2014.
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Recently, Charlie Oppenheim of the Department of State's Visa Office shared his impressions at this time regarding visa demand in preference categories and predictions for the remainder of FY2013 with AILA.
One of the greatest challenges facing employers today is finding and keeping good employees. This article describes some effective employee retention strategies that will help you retain good staff and develop a stable workforce.
This may be the final year that the so-called Bush tax cuts remain in effect, unless Congress acts to further extend them.
Service tax was initially introduced in the year 1994, when service tax was made applicable on only three services.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services have issued a new and revised Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9.
Two recent political deals at both the state and municipal level will increase employer costs and burdens.
The first major immigration proposal in several years contains sweeping changes, with the president potentially signing a version by mid-June.
How safe is it to use email as a means of communication for formal notices under contracts?
This case is the latest decision to expand the meaning of "consequential loss" beyond the narrow English definition.
To amount to a "genuine redundancy" for the purposes of the unfair dismissal exemption, three boxes must be ticked.
