Chief US District Judge of the Northern District of Texas recently issued a "stinging court defeat" to the lobbying arms of the big banks – the US Chamber of Commerce, Financial Services Institute, Financial Services Roundtable, Insured Retirement Institute, and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association – by upholding the "Fiduciary Rule." Now, administrators in […]
Following recent news of the UK’s plans for an Apprenticeship Levy, by which the government aims to reach its target of three million apprentices by 2020, a City & Guilds survey reveals a third of UK businesses are unaware of the implications it will have on their costs and more. Here David Lynch, Managing Director […]
Health Canada is concerned about the dangers of unregistered pesticides being brought into Canada. Unregistered pesticides brought in from other countries have not been assessed for safety by the Department, and may not be labelled or packaged properly for safe use in Canada. The current Pest Control Products Regulations allow pesticides (regardless of their registration status […]
2016 has been a challenging year for the legal sector, with increasing court fees threatening the access to justice, and the Brexit vote introducing uncertainty. However, the Bar Council continued to campaign assiduously on behalf of the Bar, and to support the profession in delivering specialist advice and advocacy. From establishing a Brexit Working Group, which lobbies […]
The International Bar Association (IBA) calls for a halt to President Donald Trump’s undermining of the United States judiciary – and consequently the rule of law – through personal attacks on respected jurists. Following the unanimous decision of the judges of the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in San Francisco, not to reinstate the […]
Last week we heard that NHS services throughout England will have a legal duty to charge foreign patients upfront, when treatment is non-urgent and not eligible to be free. If they cannot pay in advance, as of April 2017, overseas patients will have to forgo services, and be refused operations. The announcement came from Health […]
A poll of New Mexico business leaders found that less than one in five of them think the state is headed in the right direction. Executives voiced their concerns about the considerable influence of money in politics, campaign finance and lobbying, among other issues, and expressed overwhelming support for reforms to minimize unscrupulous activity. The […]
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