Category: Law
A Mindset Shift on Law Firm Metrics Could Grow Your Firm
Give Yourself Permission to Be Geeky “Data seems overwhelming.” Jared Correia, host of Legal Toolkit, acknowledged in the December 22, 2020 episode. It can be really hard for lawyers, who are not trained in numerical analysis, to embrace data. But, like the efficiencies revealed in the book and movie Moneyballhe encourages lawyers to be more…
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Language Laws and Quebec Workplaces
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose I grew up in Quebec and there is little doubt in my mind that it is a distinct society in many ways, including the fact that Quebec has language laws and language police. Where else in Canada is there a law requiring two English-speaking people to enter…
CDPH Redefines “Close Contact” and “Infectious Period,” Changing Workplace COVID-19 Prevention Requirements
On June 8, 2022, the California Department of Public Health (“CDPH”) adopted new definitions for two terms that are critical to determining how employers must respond to COVID-19 cases in the workplace: “close contact” and “infectious period. ”[1] The updated definitions will affect employer obligations under both CDPH health orders that use such terms and…
It’s Not Just a Flesh Wound
I’ve been back from CREFC’s and RER’s annual meetings for a week or so, mulling what those confabs meant. There’s been plenty of reportage on the events, the panels, the parties, the to-ing and fro-ing, but what I want to do is step back and reflect on the gestalt; the subtext, the hidden codex. What…
Distributing an intimate image without consent & revenge porn offenses in New South Wales – Crime
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. A jilted woman from Scarborough, North Yorkshire in the United Kingdom has been sentenced to jail after she shared a nude photo of a man who she had sex with to her 1,300 followers on Instagram. Yasmin Walker, 30, faced…
What To Know About the New Colorado False Claims Act
On June 7, 2022, Governor Jared Polis signed into law the Colorado False Claims Act (CFCA) at Colo. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 24-31-101 et seq. The CFCA is largely based on the Federal False Claims Act (FCA), but is not an exact replica. For Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, whose office will be tasked with…
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Is the US solar industry ready to prove its panels aren’t made with Uyghur forced labor?
The US photovoltaic (PV) industry, solar module suppliers, manufacturers, and renewable energy developers are facing new regulatory challenges with the implementation of new legislation which has a significant impact on such imports. Among the most significant is the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, Pub. L. No. 117-78, 135 Stat. 1525 (2021) (“UFLPA”), whose provisions became…
Supreme Court Finds Religious Schools Entitled To Participate In School Voucher Program – Education
28 June 2022 Foley Hoag LLP To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Key Takeaways: Generally-available public benefit programs that exclude religious individuals and organizations from participation on the basis of their religious character infringe on the Free Exercise Clause, and will be held…
Bilingualism Required? The New Brunswick Court Of Queen’s Bench Considers The Appointment Of A Unilingual English Speaking Lieutenant-Governor – Constitutional & Administrative Law
On April 14, 2022, the Chief Justice of the New Brunswick Court of the Queen’s Bench (the “Court”), Tracey K. DeWare, answered an important language rights question in Acadian Society of New Brunswick v. The Right Honorable Prime Minister of Canada:1 must the person who holds the office of Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick be bilingual?…