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2024 Canadian Animal Law Conference Aims to Enlighten & Inspire

August 26, 2024 rehan.rafique No Comments

The 6th annual Canadian Animal Law Conference is coming up! Animal Justice’s exciting and truly one-of-a-kind event will bring together animal lawyers, scholars, advocates, and students to learn, reflect, and collaborate on building a better legal system for animals. When: September 27-29, 2024Where: Toronto Metropolitan UniversityTickets: CanadianAnimalLawConference.ca The conference has been a big success since…

Canada Law

LIDW 2024: Mass Litigation and the Courts of Europe and the UK: Have they Finally Found a Place to Call Home?

August 26, 2024 rehan.rafique No Comments

The 2024 London International Disputes Week (“LIDW”) was stage to several discussions regarding mass litigations. This was definitely not by chance. Europe has been seeing an exponential rise in mass litigation, particularly in the last twenty years, where aspects arising from environmental, social and governance issues have started to become a trend worldwide. This post…

European Law

With Wildfires at a Peak, “Firetech” Is Joining Smart City Lineups — Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real Estate Law Blog — September 17, 2024

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The threat of extreme wildfires has doubled in the past 20 years, with almost 20,000 fires blazing across the United States in 2024 alone. These high-intensity fires can be deadly, expensive, and create lingering health and environmental consequences. While we are used to seeing firefighters on the frontlines, researchers hope that next-generation smart technology, augmented…

Property Law

Pennsylvania License with New York Cell Phone Ticket

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What happens if you have a PA (Pennsylvania) Driver’s License with a New York cell phone Ticket? New York’s Vehicle and Traffic Law (VTL) contains two different sections related to use of ANY portable electronic devices while driving: VTL 1225(c) Use of Mobile Telephone VTL 1225(d) Use of Portable Electronic Devices (includes texting while driving)…

New York Law

Navigating Fixed-Term Contract Risks: Essential Lessons for Ontario Employers

August 26, 2024 rehan.rafique No Comments

Are you an employer using fixed-term employment contracts and wondering how to avoid costly legal pitfalls? Ontario’s recent Steele v. City of Barrie decision provides key insights on how to use FTECs effectively, minimizing risks like paying out full contracts or unintentionally creating indefinite-term employees. Here’s what you need to know. Fixed-term employment contracts (FTECs)…

Canada Law

Disinformation report suggests major legal reforms

August 26, 2024 rehan.rafique No Comments

We’re suffering from “information disorder,” according to a report recently issued through the Aspen Institute. That’s not news. But how to solve this problem is the big issue, and the commission’s answer is that it will require substantial legal changes, as well as action by platforms, professionals, and academics. Legal responses to our disinformation pandemic…

Internet Law

Termination Clauses In Employment Contracts

August 26, 2024 rehan.rafique No Comments

Written on behalf of Peter McSherry When an employee is hired to work for a particular employer, the parties often reduce the terms of the agreement to writing to ensure that both parties clearly understand their rights and obligations under the employment agreement. Typically, employment contracts include details regarding compensation to be paid to the…

Canada Law

European Commission guidance for EU competition-compliant possibilities for cooperation between competitors in realizing sustainability objectives

August 26, 2024 rehan.rafique No Comments

Companies often point out that there is a tension between sustainability and antitrust/competition. They argue that European Union (EU) – and EU Member States’ national – competition rules hamper competitor cooperation and innovation regarding sustainability because such rules prohibit arrangements that companies believe are necessary. On June 1, 2023, the European Commission (EC) adopted new…

European Law

New York Police and the Drager Drug Test 5000

August 26, 2024 rehan.rafique No Comments

The Draeger Drug Test 5000 Screening Device Many states are now recognizing the benefits of legalized weed both recreationally and medically throughout the United States. Canada just went legal in October of 2018. The backlash against all this legalization is beefing up by the police of DWAI marijuana arrests. In the fight against DUI cannabis…

New York Law

Recent developments in European Consumer Law: Hidden plane defects and cancelled flights

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This June the CJEU issued two judgments analysing the scope of the application of the ‘extraordinary circumstances’ exception to airlines’ scope of liability for cancelled flights, where cancellation was a consequence of a hidden plane defect. In Finnair (C-385/23) a relatively new plane (5 months old) had a failure of a fuel gauge, which became evident…

European Law