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FordHarrison LLP | USA | 21 Dec 2022
Significant employment protections for drug use under new Missouri constitutional amendment
🕑 3 minutes Missouri voters recently passed Constitutional Amendment 3, which made limited marijuana use lawful in the state of Missouri for persons over the age of 21. The amendment took effect 8 December. It is imperative that employers understand the parameters of the amendment, and what it means for the protection of their employees.
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP | USA | 23 Aug 2022
The Presidency: the 22nd and 25th Amendments
Despite the constitutional convention’s tentative rejection of term limits, early presidents establish a custom of two terms (each for their own…
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP | USA | 19 Jul 2022
Prohibition: the 18th & 21st Amendments
A multi-decade organizing project by the WCTU and ASL and the malapportionment of state legislatures leads to the passage of the 18th Amendment, with…
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP | USA | 5 Jul 2022
Announcing Season 4: Remodeling
We’re back for the final season of How to Build a Nation in 15 Weeks. Join us as we discuss events and amendments from the past 100 years that…
Martínez Algaba de Haro y Curiel | Mexico | 15 Mar 2022
New interpretation of diffuse control of constitutionality
A new interpretation has been made on the scope of the diffuse control of constitutionality in amparo trials. An "amparo trial" is where a federal judge or court is requested to analyse the constitutionality of a specific act of an authority. The interpretation is more in line with the spirit of the amendment of the Mexican Constitution in 2011 since it seeks to provide amparo judges and......
Martínez Algaba de Haro y Curiel | Mexico | 1 Feb 2022
Principle of substance over form
The Supreme Court recently issued a jurisprudential criterion regarding the principle of substance over form, which must be applied by all authorities in the resolution of materially jurisdictional proceedings. The principle of substance over form obliges all authorities with materially jurisdictional powers in Mexico to privilege the substantive resolution of conflicts submitted to their......
RK Dewan & Co | India | 29 Nov 2021
Trademarks as Company Names - New Rules
In India, the use of a registered trademark by a third party as a company name amounts to infringement of the registered trademark. Despite legal…
Lexology PRO | Asia-Pacific, Malaysia, Singapore | 7 Jul 2021
Singapore regulator wants to expand raid powers
Singapore’s financial regulator has asked politicians for new powers to conduct raids without obtaining a warrant or giving its targets prior notice.
Lexology PRO | Australia, European Union, France, etc. | 24 Jun 2021
Australia ushers in US Cloud Act-style law
Australian enforcement agencies have been granted the power to force communication service providers with a presence in the country to hand over data even if the information is stored abroad, in a move that local politicians hope will significantly speed up criminal investigations.
Greenberg Traurig LLP | Mexico | 23 Sep 2020
Iniciativa que pretende reformar los artículos 25, 27 y 28 de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos.
Con fecha 14 de septiembre de 2020, se publicó en la Gaceta Parlamentaria año XXII, número 5608-V de la Cámara de…
