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Orsingher Ortu Avvocati Associati | Italy | 27 Feb 2023
Applicability of the exemption from the MTO requirement in relation to increased voting rights
With Communication No. 0003619 of 12 January 2023, CONSOB confirmed the applicability of the exemption provided for in the combined provisions of…
Wilson Harle | New Zealand | 13 Dec 2022
Supreme Court finds setting voting age at 18 inconsistent with Bill of Rights Act
đź•‘ 10 minutes The goal of Make it 16 Inc is to have the voting age in New Zealand lowered from 18 to 16 years. In Make It 16 Inc v Attorney-General, it sought to advance that objective by applying for declarations that provisions setting the minimum voting age at 18 in the Electoral Act 1993 and the Local Electoral Act 2001 were inconsistent with the right to freedom from discrimination on......
LatinAlliance | El Salvador | 30 Nov 2022
Se aprueba la Ley Especial del Ejercicio del Sufragio en el extranjero - El Salvador
Por: Norma Villalobos La Asamblea Legislativa aprobó Mediante Decreto No. 541 la Ley Especial del Ejercicio del sufragio en el Extranjero, que tiene…
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | USA | 3 Nov 2022
With Election Day Around the Corner, Employers Need to Remember You May Have to Give Employees Time Off to Vote
Next week on November 8, voters will head to the polls around the country for our midterm elections for the U.S. House, certain Senate seats…
Littler Mendelson PC | Hungary | 25 Oct 2022
Littler Global Guide - Hungary - Q3 2022
The recent amendment of the Labor Act introduced the category of qualified staffing agencies. To stipulate the more detailed provisions on these…
Schoenherr | Romania | 29 Aug 2022
Does abstaining constitute an expressed or unexpressed vote in shareholder voting?
Historically speaking, uncertainty always existed in Romania regarding the meaning of "abstention" in the general meetings of shareholders. What is at stake is the means to calculate the majority required for the adoption of resolutions of ordinary general shareholders meetings, in which case the Companies Law provides that resolutions are adopted by the "majority of expressed votes". One......
Becker & Poliakoff | USA | 18 Aug 2022
Webinar: Time to Upgrade Your Board Meetings - Electronic Voting for Community Associations
In this webinar, we cover everything you need to know about electronic voting for your condo/HOA in New York/New Jersey, and how moving to electronic…
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP | USA | 9 Aug 2022
Democracy, Part 2: the 24th and 26th Amendments
The 24th Amendment goes halfway toward removing poll taxes—one of the many historical practices used to suppress voting on the basis of race and…
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP | USA | 2 Aug 2022
Democracy, Part 1: the 17th, 23rd, and DC Voting Rights Amendments
120 years of corruption and deadlocks finally allow reformers to achieve direct election of Senators, with the hope of a more responsive and…
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP | USA | 18 Jul 2022
SPLC and LWV Call on Supreme Court To Defend Equal Representation For Black Alabamians By Affirming Decision Striking Down Alabama Congressional Map
Amicus brief in Merrill v. Milligan outlines how Alabama congressional MAP “cracks” apart Black communities to deny them an equal voice in government…
