A sale or purchase of a business can involve complex issues relating to employees of the business. The consideration in this article is appropriate only for an asset sale, in contrast to a share or equity sale. The issues can be broadly put into three groups: Retention, Entitlements, and Compliance. Retention How important are the staff to the functioning of the business? Would the business be valuable without the current staff? Put another way, would the buyer purchase the business without the employees (or a particular key employee)? This is a critical issue, particularly in smaller businesses which may be reliant on the knowledge or performance of one or two key personnel.…
Kahnawake was unimpressed with consultations on Quebec Indigenous language law
The Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) community on Montreal’s South Shore has joined the growing number of groups against Quebec’s proposed Indigenous languages bill, criticizing the CAQ government’s “ingenuine consultation process.” The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake has been critical of François Legault’s government’s Bill 96 (An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Quebec) since it was tabled and is also objecting to the government’s proposed Indigenous languages law. “Quebec’s tactic is to propose legislation in an effort to mitigate negative impacts from how Bill 96 was forced into law,” said MCK Grand Chief Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer. “History has shown that consultation is just a tool external governments use as a checkbox mechanism to say that Indigenous Peoples have been consulted and pass their legislation as planned.…
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Revamped US News law school rankings yield major shifts
Large number of schools saw their rankings change by double digits US News changed its rankings methodology in response to a widespread boycott among law schools(Reuters) – US News & World Report on Thursday released its new law school rankings, capping off the unprecedented tumult over the annual list that included a boycott by nearly a third of law schools and a more than three-week delay caused by data problems. The final version of this year’s law school rankings brought several notable shifts among elite law schools and significant movement among many schools further down on the list. Those changes primarily were the result of the publication’s overhauled methodology that increased the weight of employment outcomes and bar passage rates and reduced the weight of Law School Admission Test scores and undergraduate grade-point averages.…
Iranian refugees from Toronto facing deportation fears persecution
Feminist film producer Mahshid Ahangarani Farahani came to Canada from Iran to study almost 20 years ago. Shortly thereafter, she applied for and was granted refugee status due to the deteriorating political situation in her homeland and the fears she had of being persecuted for having opposed the regime. Now, after almost two decades of living peacefully in Canada, the long-time North York resident is unexpectedly facing deportation back to Iran, where her films are banned and a warrant is out for her arrest, says her immigration lawyer Hana Marku. Her deportation may not be imminent – Canada has paused removal orders to Iran as that country is experiencing a humanitarian crisis – but the threat hangs over her just the same.…
Ben Crump, Attorney for Malcolm X’s Family: “We Refuse to Let Anybody Exterminate Black History”
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: this is Democracy Now!democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. We continue to look at the life and legacy of Malcolm X, born 98 years ago today, as we turn to civil rights attorney Ben Crump, representing Malcolm’s family in a $100 million wrongful death lawsuit against the FBIthe CIA, New York City and state, and the New York police, as well as the District Attorney’s Office, for concealing evidence of their involvement in Malcolm X’s 1965 assassination. Three men were convicted of his murder, two of them fully exonerated in 2021.…
What’s next on the debt ceiling: Selling the plan and making a deal into a law
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN World PMN Politics PMN NewsAuthor of the article:The Associated Press Mary Clare Jalonick And Kevin FrekingPublished May 28, 2023 • Last updated 3 days ago • 4 minute readLights illuminate the capitol after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., announced that he and President Joe Biden and McCarthy had reached an “agreement in principle” to resolve the looming debt crisis on Saturday, May 27, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Photo by Patrick Semansky /THE ASSOCIATED PRESSArticle content WASHINGTON (AP) —Advertisements 2This advertisement has not been loaded yet, but your article continues below.…
Ed Sheeran copyright case: Songwriter’s lawyer points to ‘smoking gun’
Musician Ed Sheeran was in Manhattan federal court Tuesday as a copyright infringement trial got underway involving alleged similarities between his Grammy-winning song “Thinking Out Loud” and the Marvin Gaye classic “Let’s Get It On.” Sheeran, seated in a dark suit and tie at the defense table, listened to the opening statements in the case, which was brought forth by the heirs to “Let’s Get It On” co-writer Ed Townsend. “If you remember nothing else about this trial, about this case, simply remember it is about giving credit where credit is due,” said renowned civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, who represents the heirs of Townsend.…
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Trained on the text of hundreds of books and most of the web, GPT-3 can mimic human-written text with uncanny—and at times bizarre—realism, making it probably the most impressive language mannequin but produced using machine learning. “I get at least 20% extra power out of my panels using the same space,” says Case. The focus will be on vitality effectivity, decarbonized electricity, transportation, buildings, and industry electrification. Filled with newest titbits of news about Apple and the tech market in general, LoopInsight also offers a more in-depth protection on the matters that matter to you. TalkAndroid was based in 2008, posting news articles on Android, Chromebook, and Smart Home along with system evaluations and how-to guides ever since.…