The Soirée enCirquez-Vous, an activity for the benefit of the Montreal Association for the Intellectually Handicapped, took place on Thursday May 2. RSS was pleased to be a Partner of the event. The firm’s involvement mirrored that of Alice Bourgault-Roy, a director and the secretary of the Association, who attended the evening along with Rachel Clément and Annie Claude Beauchemin.
After what seems like months of drama about EEO-1 reporting issues, on April 30, 2019, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission confirmed that employers will be required to submit pay data by September 30, 2019. The text of the EEOC’s notice is below and can be found on the EEOC website:
Understandably, the capacity to communicate is part and parcel of a good lawyer’s skills. Marc-Olivier Brouillette frequently demonstrates this ability before the courts.
The Russian pharmaceutical industry has recently become the field for serious patent-related battles between large foreign producers of original drugs and Russian manufacturers of generics.
On April 29, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued an opinion letter concluding that workers providing services to customers referred to them through an unidentified virtual marketplace are properly classified as independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”).
In April 2018, the California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited opinion in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court, dramatically changing the standard for determining whether workers in California should be classified as employees or as independent contractors for purposes of the wage orders adopted by California’s Industrial Welfare Commission (“IWC”). In so doing, the Court held that there is a presumption that individuals are employees, and that an entity classifying an individual as an independent contractor bears the burden of establishing that such a classification is proper under the “ABC test” used in some other jurisdictions.
If somebody dies unexpectedly, it’s not only a terrible loss for the grieving family and friends, but can also be a tragedy for the company of which the deceased was a member. At such times, the company can find itself unable to make decisions, even if the deceased only held a small share in the business. However, solutions do exist to enable the testator not only to make provisions for family members in the event of his or her death, but also to make sure that the company can continue to make decisions.
Recently, in Sienna Court Condominium Association v. Champion Aluminum Corporation, et al., the Illinois Supreme Court (“the Supreme Court”) held that if a purchaser of a newly constructed condominium or residence does not have a contract with a subcontractor who provided work as part of the building’s construction, then the purchaser cannot assert a claim for breach of the implied warranty of habitability against that subcontractor. The Supreme Court’s holding in Sienna was a major victory for subcontractors and suppliers in the residential construction industry in Illinois. It was a loss for purchasers, owners, and homeowner associations, particularly those whose possible relief against the developer or general contractor with whom they have contracted is no longer viable because that party is defunct or bankrupt.
Fladgate is delighted to announce the appointment of Tax Partner Helen Cox, who joins from Mishcon de Reya.
The distinction between a resignation and a dismissal is an inexhaustible source of litigation. The Administrative Labour Tribunal recently rendered a decision in a case where handwriting experts had been called as witnesses by both parties to testify on the question whether a letter of resignation adduced as evidence by the employer had really been signed by the employee: Hugo et Thomson, Tremblay inc., 2019 QCTAT 1004.
Welcome to ILN-terviews, a series of profiles of ILN member firm attorneys, designed to give a unique insight into the lawyers who make up our Network. For our latest interview, we chose ILN member, Arthur Li of our member firm Lee and Li in Taiwan, China. In one sentence, how would you describe your practice?...… Continue Reading
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