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Smoking ban

  • Kennedys Law LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 23 2007

The Smoke-free (Premises and Enforcement) Regulations 2006 will come into force on 1 July 2007 making all enclosed public places and workplaces smoke free

New Jersey Civil Union Act: lending compliance challenges

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • USA
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  • March 26 2007

The New Jersey Civil Union Act, P.L. 2006, c. 103 (the “Act”) was signed into law Dec. 21, 2006, and took effect on Feb. 20, 2007

Do you Yahoo on the company's computer? E-mail privacy and the attorney-client privilege

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
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  • September 18 2007

Many employers have policies that limit use of the company’s e-mail system and Internet access to company business

Indiana court rejects negligence suit brought by murder victims’ estate

  • Ogletree Deakins
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  • USA
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  • August 28 2008

A state appellate court recently ruled in favor of an employer whose employee left a job site in the middle of a shift, drove several miles away in his personal vehicle, broke into a home, and murdered two residents

Damages

  • Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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  • Canada
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  • January 29 2009

Lawsuits arise for nearly as many reasons as there are plaintiffs

NJ bill seeks to end "discrimination against ex-offenders"

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
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  • USA
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  • February 8 2013

Three Democratic New Jersey state senators have introduced a bill called "New Jersey's Opportunity to Compete Act," which seeks to eliminate

Personal Responsibility Bill dropped

  • Kennedys Law LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • December 11 2009

This Bill sought to place upon the individual a greater responsibility for the consequences of their own actions and of any failure on their part to use common sense

Ontario bans the use of handheld cellular phones and other electronic devices while driving

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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  • Canada
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  • September 24 2009

On April 23, 2009, Bill 118, Countering Distracted Driving and Promoting Green Transportation Act, received Royal Assent and will come into force at the end of October

Are fixed success fees in asbestos claims fair?

  • Kennedys Law LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • December 11 2009

In the New Law Journal edition of 6 November 2009 Andrew Morgan laments the low fixed success fee of 27.5 in asbestos claims, which he attributes to the high rate of recovery in pleural plaques claims prior to the Rothwell decision, and says “the current costs regime provides no comfort for asbestos disease victims”

New Vetting and Barring Scheme for those working with children and vulnerable adults: guidance published

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • December 7 2009

The long awaited Vetting and Barring Scheme came into effect in October and is intended to provide additional safeguards to protect children and vulnerable adults