As we mentioned in our last alert, the government has introduced a new, pre-claim conciliation procedure for employment disputes. As of 6 May 2014, that procedure became mandatory. Before lodging the vast majority of Employment Tribunal claims, a...
The Department of State has released its May 2014 Visa Bulletin. Each monthly visa bulletin provides the priority cutoff dates for specific countries in order to regulate the flow of visa applications. Foreign nationals are permitted to file...
In In re Packard, the Federal Circuit affirmed the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision upholding the rejection of Packard’s claims for indefiniteness. The per curiam decision approaches the issue from the perspective of the USPTO’s...
After granting the plaintiffs’ Rule 23(f) petition, the Ninth Circuit reversed a denial of class certification, finding that the district court had improperly weighed the merits of the plaintiffs’ Rule 23(a)(2) commonality evidence....
In a wide-ranging set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) and other guidance, the U.S. Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services have addressed a number of issues pertaining to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). They include issues...
The FDA will hold a public workshop on May 13-15, 2014 to discuss the long-awaited report (the “Report”) issued on April 3, 2014 by the three federal agencies charged with regulating health information technology (“health IT”), the Food and Drug...
Steel and Iron Powder Company Denied Applicant a Job Because It Regarded Him as Disabled, Federal Agency Charges - NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Hoeganaes Corporation, an atomized steel and iron powder producer, unlawfully refused to hire an applicant...
Last week, CMS and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published two reports concerning Medicare contractor developments. In the Medicare Fee for Service National Recovery Audit Program Quarterly Newsletter, CMS reported that, during the...
Sex discrimination charges may be on the rise in the coming months, if the EEOC has its way. In a recent interview with Law 360, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commissioner Chai Feldblum expressed disbelief regarding the lack of awareness and...
A BVI Business Company (BC) has a separate legal personality from its members and over the course of its life the activities which it undertakes are recorded in documents that were created or entered into on its behalf. The documents and records that...
