By Jeffrey L. Kenens, TeekensKarstens
On 14 September 2018, the Dutch Supreme Court ruled a groundbreaking judgment with farreaching financial consequences. The Supreme Court considered that a worker who was partially dismissed because of long-term disability is entitled to a partial transition fee.
By Alessandra Marcondes D’Elia and Pedro Ackel, WFaria Advogados
In the past few years, in Brazil, companies of the most varied sizes and segments have suffered severe financial and reputational losses due to judicial decisions that have granted huge damage compensation arising from moral and sexual harassment.
By Dr. Luca Bettoja, Treuhand- und Revisionsgesellschaft Mattig-Suter & Partner
Cryptocurrencies remain popular despite their highly volatile development and slump in trading prices. There are therefore increasing questions about their tax treatment in practice.
By Foez Dewan and Paulina Raad, McCabe Curwood
‘Ipso facto’ clauses enable a party to automatically enforce certain rights against a counterparty upon the occurrence of one or more events specified in a contract. This article discusses the effect of reforms that were introduced into the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) by the Treasury Laws Amendment (2017 Enterprise Incentives No. 2) Act 2017 (Cth) (the Act).
By David S. Greber, Offit Kurman Attorneys At Law
The European Union’s (the ‘EU’) latest privacy law, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’), went into effect on 25 May 2018. The GDPR imposes significant and sweeping obligations on businesses that gather ‘Personal Data’ (1) – enough so that American businesses might hope that the Atlantic is wide enough to separate them from the GDPR.
By Laura A. Patti, Patti - Avvocati & Rechtsanwälte
This short contribution takes as its starting point an orthopaedic surgery, preceded by the correct information and consequently the informed consent by the patient, where the surgeon decided – in the middle of the procedure – to correct what in his eyes seemed a beauty imperfection, without obtaining the consent of the patient regarding this supplemental procedure.
By Jonathan R. Sigel, Mirick, O’Connell, DeMallie & Lougee, LLP
Businesses use staffng agencies to supplement their workforce with temporary workers, which saves money when meeting fluctuating production and staffng needs. However, companies can be held liable for the agencies’ violations of law (e.g. wage & hour laws) if the entities are found to be ‘joint employers’ – even when unaware of the violations!
By Nicole Elver, Dressman Benzinger LaVelle psc
The Trump Administration has not yet clearly defined its position on holding individual corporate offcers responsible for the conduct of their organisations. In 2015, Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates issued a Memorandum, known as the ‘Yates Memo,’ addressing the Department of Justice’s policy regarding individual accountability for corporate wrong-doing. In it, she stressed that the most effective way to combat corporate wrong-doing is for prosecutors to hold individuals who perpetrate the wrong-doing accountable.
By Katharine Batista, Offt Kurman
Stay Tuned to New Legislation: New legislation is being proposed and advocated for. In fact, some has already passed.
By Edward Tolchin, Offit Kurman
Blockchain companies have raised billions of dollars through Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) this past year. Has it all been legal? Have all the correct taxes been paid? Are all the companies issuing the coins operating legally? The answer may likely be “no” to at least one, or perhaps all three, of these questions. If you are considering a blockchain enterprise and an ICO and want to abide by the law, or want to assure that any company in which you are participating is abiding by the law, here’s a five-part primer on the issues to consider.
