Introduction In 2020, faced with statistics showing that nearly one in two women and three in ten men believed they had suffered sexual harassment or assault in the workplace,1 the Minister of Labour expressed its intention to help prevent and address this issue. The government began by setting up a committee to examine cases of sexual harassment and assault (the ?Committee?). Its mandate was to analyze how such cases are handled in workplaces across the province ...
The ?Doing Business in Quebec? guide is a comprehensive, practical resource for any company hoping to thrive in Quebec?s competitive and regulated business landscape ...
Inflation Reduction Act The most significant developments in the area of alternative energy continue to be related to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), which offers approximately USD270 billion in tax incentives to help combat climate change ...
Registering a British Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) in Jersey It is not currently possible for a non-Jersey resident to put a local, Jersey lasting power of attorney in place to cover their Jersey based assets. Instead, the Jersey Court will recognise a power of attorney (or equivalent document such as a guardianship or deputy order) issued by another jurisdiction provided that power of attorney is properly registered with the Royal Court of Jersey ...
The EU’s much-anticipated AI Act has finally reached the statute book, with the legislation due to formally enter into force in early August. The arrival of the legislation represents a genuinely momentous shift in the focus of regulation of AI and its associated technologies, stepping away from the line of thinking that AI is just another category of software which should be subject to the same laws, standards and regulation as other, similar technologies ...
On 2 July 2024, the Cabinet Office published additional guidance on the Procurement Act 2023, this time in relation to the Procure phase. The guidance documents cover: modifying a competitive procurement; minimum time limits, which a contracting authority must comply with during a competitive tendering procedure; and assessing competitive tenders. Read the full set of guidance documents here ...
In this episode of the Journey Through a Contract series join Julia Ishak as she provides an overview of the Incoterms® Rules, explores what the Incoterms® Rules do and don’t deal with, explains how to incorporate the Incoterms® Rules into a contract and discusses 12 top tips when using the Incoterms® Rules. The Incoterms® Rules are protected by copyright owned by ICC. Further information on the Incoterms® Rules may be obtained from the ICC website ...
Guernsey poised to benefit from new LSE rules to boost growth and innovation The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) has announced new rules for listings on the London Stock Exchange (“LSE”), which come into effect from 29 July 2024. The new rules are the biggest change to the listing regime in over 30 years and aim to support a wider range of companies to issue their shares on a UK exchange, increasing opportunities for investors ...
Carey Olsen associate Yan-Xia Rogers called to the Bermuda Bar Five lawyers spoke in support of Yan-Xia's application to be admitted to the Bermuda Bar, including Carey Olsen partner Kyle Masters who moved the application. Yan-Xia was joined by family, friends and colleagues in a courtroom in the Dame Lois Browne Evans Buildings for the proceedings, to whom she attributes her success and believes were her "pillars of strength" during challenging times ...
On July 3, 2024, Law No. 21.680, which creates a Consolidated Debt Registry (hereinafter referred to as the "Law"), was published in the Official Gazette. This Law aims to centralize information on financial debts, thus improving the credit evaluation of individuals and providing more data to the Financial Market Commission (CMF) for its regulatory functions ...
July 15, 2024 By: Roger L. Scott In September of 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 553, which amended Labor Code section 6401.7 and created new section 6401.9 to require employers (with few exceptions) to develop and implement a detailed workplace violence prevention plan and to train their employees in addressing workplace violence. Employers were required to comply by July 1, 2024 ...
On July 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a final rule[1] outlining financial penalties, referred to as “disincentives” throughout the rule, for healthcare providers that engage in conduct that is considered “information blocking.” The 21st Century Cures Act defines information blocking as a “practice that interferes with, prevents, or materially discourages access, exchange, or use of electronic health information ...
Carey Olsen named Offshore Law Firm of the Year at Chambers High Net Worth Awards 2024 The prestigious annual awards recognise national and international law firms which have demonstrated outstanding legal work and expertise, excellent client service and impressive strategic growth and innovation within the trusts and private wealth sector over the past year ...
On June 28, 2024, Exempt Resolution No. 1,160 of May 31, 2024 was published in the Official Gazette, which approved the “Technical Guideline of the Public Health Institute that establishes the requirements for the application for modifications to the sanitary registration of biological products (M-MOBI)” ...
The Firm’s managing partner, Dr Joe Borg Bartolo, welcomed the new interns who have joined its summer internship programme for this year. As part of the programme, university law students are given the opportunity to obtain hands-on experience in the legal field across the Firm’s various practice areas ...
The UAE recently amended its legal framework on abortion to expand the circumstances under which abortions are permitted and ease the rules regarding the circumstances under which abortions are permissible. Cabinet Decision No. 44/2024 (the Decision) came into effect on 21 June 2024 and progressively changed UAE’s law on abortion ...
A recent appeal case upheld a breach of contract claim over a lifetime rail travel benefit delivered by a third-party provider. We examine the case and how employers can avoid such disputes through clear terms and conditions for employee benefit schemes ...
Continuing the series on protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010 we focus on gender reassignment and the need for employers to understand the legal protections and the potential consequences of failing to comply with them. What is gender reassignment? A somewhat misunderstood protected characteristic, gender reassignment protects those who are either proposing to undergo, are undergoing or have undergone a process designed to change their sex ...
Businesses throughout the United States have been monitoring the lawsuit filed by Ryan LLC, which challenges the legality of the Federal Trade Commission’s ("FTC") Non-Compete Rule (the “Rule”). The Rule is scheduled to take effect on September 4, 2024. It makes most existing non-compete agreements unenforceable and prohibits new agreements except in limited circumstances. On July 3, 2024, the U.S ...
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) recently cited Circles of Care, Inc., a Florida behavioral health company, for failing to provide a workplace free of recognized hazards. This citation followed an incident where a patient assaulted a mental health technician at a nurse work station ...
As previously reported, on April 24, the Federal Trade Commission passed a Final Rule that would render almost all non-compete agreements with workers unlawful, effective September 4, 2024. However, a recent decision from the Northern District of Texas blocked enforcement of that Rule for a short list of litigants and casts doubt on the Rule’s enforcement in the future ...
In recent years many automotive brands and manufacturers have been reviewing their sales and distribution channels often considering moving to agency arrangements (in whole or in part). Traditionally one of the main disadvantages of appointing agents was an agent’s entitlement to potentially significant mandatory payments on termination in certain circumstances but that could be about to change ...
Roskomnadzor (Russian Data Protection Authority) plans to make it easier for personal data subjects to revoke consent to the processing of personal data Roskomnadzor proposes making it possible to ****revoke consent**** to the processing of personal data “in one click” ...
On July 2, 2024, the Central Bank of Chile ("BCCh") amended Chapters III.J.1, III.J.1.1, III.J.1.3, and III.J.2 of the Compendium of Financial Regulations (the "Compendium") governing the issuance and operation of payment cards. These modifications aim to reformulate the regulations applicable to Payment Processing Service Providers ("PSP") and include two new business models that previously lacked regulation ...
