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By Linda A. Thompson | March 1, 2024
Companies that cause severe and irreparable harm to the environment could face fines of up to €1.6 million. Belgium also classified ecocide as an international crime, on par with war crimes, crimes of aggression, crimes against humanity and genocide.
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By Alex D'Elia | February 29, 2024
The EU's highest court has ordered Ireland to pay a lump sum and a daily penalty to the European Commission for not transposing a 2018 EU directive into national law.
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By Gail J. Cohen | February 27, 2024
The new Online Harms Act also raises the maximum punishment for advocating genocide online to life in prison.
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By Greg Andrews | February 27, 2024
The private equity giant made the unusual disclosure to comply with conflict-of-interest rules that kicked in when Kirkland partner Reginald "Reg" Brown joined its board in 2020.
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By Jack Womack | February 23, 2024
The government said the decision was 'in response to a rising tide of this pernicious form of litigation', including high-profile cases involving Russian oligarchs and allies of Vladimir Putin.
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By Jessica Seah | February 16, 2024
'If they had consulted the lawyers here, they would have gotten opposition,' says one insider, while rivals believe the firm risks being ostracized by Chinese companies.
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By Alfred Olufemi | February 14, 2024
The country's bar association said it intends to challenge Tuesday's bilateral trade agreement between the countries up to the Supreme Court.
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By Killian O'Reilly, Neil Cahill, Ania Farren and Sonia Morton | February 12, 2024
Ireland's journey towards becoming a pre-eminent hub for dispute resolution is being marked by its position as an EU member, progressive legislative steps and a clear commitment to international standards, and by the introduction of third-party funding in international commercial arbitration.
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By Jessica Seah | February 6, 2024
Lawyers say the deal has become a tool to gain political clout and will unlikely impact Japan-U.S. trade going forward.
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By Alfred Olufemi | February 6, 2024
The African authority held that a 12-year agreement between the football organization and BeIN, a Qatari media group, violated competition regulations.
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By Benjamin Knuth | April 29, 2024
With the Corporate Transparency Act now in effect, the rubber has hit the road for corporate counsel seeking to evaluate their clients' responsibilities and filing requirements.
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By Timothy M. Brinks, Hunter Schoen, Matthew R. Jackson and Evan Gaudet | April 29, 2024
"In light of the rule, employers should consider taking other measures to protect their business interests," write Timothy M. Brinks, Hunter Schoen, Matthew R. Jackson and Evan Gaudet of Adams and Reese.
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By Maydeen Merino | April 26, 2024
"Congress passed the bipartisan Pregnant Workers Fairness Act to protect mothers-to-be and promote healthy pregnancies, and the EEOC's attempt to rewrite that law into an abortion mandate is illegal," Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti said.
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By Gary Feldon and Matthew Malinowski | April 26, 2024
"Overruling 'Chevron' will represent a dramatic decrease in the authority wielded by federal agencies," write Gary Feldon and Matthew Malinowski of Hollingsworth.
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By Maria Dinzeo | April 26, 2024
The agency has dispatched dozens of sweep letters to companies affected by the hack, which compromised the private information of 2,770 organizations and more than 94 million individuals.
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By Chris O'Malley | April 25, 2024
"Nonsolicitation agreements will be that much more important, that much more of a prevalent part of how private entities regulate ... or manage the market for employment and employment mobility," said John Siegal, a Baker & Hostetler partner.
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By Maydeen Merino | April 25, 2024
An industry group calls the 2032 deadline for cutting greenhouse gas emissions problematic.
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By Chris O'Malley | April 25, 2024
"Education is really key. Do you want to deal with a subpoena? Do you want to deal with a deposition?" said Erin Shencopp, senior counsel at Boeing.
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By Maria Dinzeo | April 24, 2024
"If you take this to its natural extension, the FTC is invalidating hundreds and hundreds of years of a common law, of statutes being implemented on this topic," Jason Tremblay, a partner with Saul Ewing, said.
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By Charles Toutant | April 24, 2024
"I'm a defense lawyer primarily, but at the end of the day, noncompete agreements were not meant to be a tool to prevent your midlevel workers from going from Company A to Company B," employment attorney Michael Elkins said.
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