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Legislation was introduced in the House and Senate to secure the future of the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC). Congressman Pat Tiberi (R-OH) and two colleagues on the House Ways and Means Committee, Congressmen Tom Reed (R-NY) and Richard Neal (D-MA), the Ranking Member on the committee, introduced the House bill. They were joined by […]
Nearly a third (30%) of senior business decision makers are aware of employees at their current organisation suffering from a mental health issue, with 18% aware of employees who have had to leave their job because of their mental health. A YouGov study, commissioned by leading job board, totaljobs, surveyed 606 senior business decision makers […]
AARP recently launched a campaign against the ‘age tax’, a proposed unfair penalty on older adults that would line the pockets of big insurance companies, allowing them to charge older Americans over $3,000 more than they currently pay per year. AARP launched a new series of advertising that will also appear in numerous Congressional districts […]
A landmark legal ruling has been secured by UK200Group member firm Virtuoso Legal in a case between retail giant Argos and Virtuoso’s client, a relatively small US-based software company, Argos Systems Inc. The case concerns the domain name www.argos.com, which was registered by Argos Systems in 1992, and the decision has wider implications for the […]
Competition compliance programmes must take account of the FCA’s rules for mandatory self-reporting of existing or potential competition law infringements.
Below Lawyer Monthly gains expert insight from Mark O’Halloran, Partner at Coffin Mew, on the IP developments to look out for this year, which will undoubtedly take IP progress to the next level.
Communicating for America (CA) recently sent Tom Price, the newly named Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, a clear message – the enforcement of a new regulations on short term insurance plans needs to be delayed until a there is legislative clarity about how to replace Obamacare. The letter, written by CA […]
The Finance Act 2015 had proposed to amend the test of residence for foreign companies to provide that a company would be treated as resident in India if its place of effective management in the previous year is in India. Earlier, section 6 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) referred that, a company is […]
In a landmark case the Court of Appeal has ruled on the side of patient choice versus medical paternalism. Hearing Sebastian Webster v. Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2017], a case brought by Heather Butler after her son Sebastian suffered serious disabilities following his birth at Burton Hospital, the Court decided his mother’s wish to […]
Uber have missed a golden opportunity to start complying with the law says GMB. GMB, the union for professional drivers, are disappointed with a series of changes and initiatives introduced for Uber drivers that was announced last week. The initiatives include financial advice, English lessons and updated community guidelines to inform drivers what is expected […]
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