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…
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…
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?…
Introduction On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in the case, Dobbs, State Health Officer of the Mississippi Department of Health, et al. v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization et al., 597 US _____ (2022), which concluded that the United States Constitution does not confer a right to abortion….
Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff 28 June 2022 Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The transportation and logistics industry has been widely anticipating a decision from the US Supreme Court as to whether or not…
28 June 2022 Duane Morris LLP To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Shortly after the new regulatory definition of “habitat” went into effect, the agencies that promulgated it (the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)) have rescinded it. The…
Construction projects are often complex and involve numerous parties, including owners, general contractors, sub-contractors, architects, engineers, laborers and material suppliers. Often, conflict between the parties on a project is inevitable and can result in the withholding of funds. In this environment, a builders’ lien is a critical tool for a contractor, sub-contractor or supplier to…
The Federal Court of Canada’s recent judgment in Benjamin Moore & Co. v. Canada (AG), 2022 FC 923, ordered Canadian patent examiners to apply a new legal framework when they assess computer-implemented inventions for subject-matter patentability. The three-part test was proposed by the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC), who intervened in the case. IPIC…
In Part III of our series on the right to repair, we examined the European Union’s regulatory initiatives to support the right to repair. Some notable provisions include mandatory spare parts availability for periods of up to 10 years and enforceable legal warranties. This article will look at the right to repair situation in France1….
28 June 2022 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On June 20, 2022, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued COVID-19 guidance, titled “Isolation and Quarantine Q&A,” that offers insight into the recent change to the definition…
