At some point, you’ll realize it is time. Time for a change in your practice. The reasons can be varied – bigger firm, smaller firm, crossing the v, perhaps even leaving the law entirely. People change jobs several times during a career. There’s no...
As in many other jurisdictions in Canada, Quebec’s pension landscape is in the midst of significant change driven by the issues of pension coverage, adequacy and sustainability. Notable highlights for 2013 included......
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued proposed rules that would require certain employers to electronically submit injury and illness information to OSHA on a periodic basis. Encouraged by President Obama’s Open Government...
Employment-based visas have five difference preference categories based on the position sought and the applicant’s qualifications. For instance, the EB2 category is available for professionals holding advanced degrees (or persons of exceptional...
In late November, J.P. Morgan, the Justice Department and other agencies reached a $13 billion settlement over practices involving mortgage securities. Three days later, J.P. Morgan’s General Counsel, Stephen Cutler, participated in a panel...
HIPAA compliance ended with a bang in 2013, with the feds issuing the first settlement involving a health provider’s failure to have breach notification policies and procedures in place. On Dec. 24, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services...
On December 20, the Fed advised large financial institutions to ensure that if risks are shifted to a thinly capitalized counterparty, any residual risk is effectively captured in the firm’s internal capital adequacy assessment....
On December 24, 2013, the Decree n. 145 (published on the Official Gazette of the Republic of Italy on December 23, 2013), which provides for a package of measures aimed at the economic development known as "Destination Italy Plan" (Piano...
