Rostering and contracting employees to work during a public holiday is quite usual in many industries such as Mining, Aged Care, Manufacturing and Construction The Federal Court has recently declared that the current system of rostering or contracting employees to work on public holidays needs a serious rethink for Employers and Human Resources. In the matter of Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union v OS MCAP Pty Ltd [2023] FCAFC 51 (28 March 2023) on Christmas Day and Boxing Day in 2019, approximately 85 production employees of OS MCAP Pty Ltd, BHP’s in-house labor hire company, worked a standard 12.5-hour shift at BM Alliance Coal Operations’ (BMA) Daunia Mine in Central Queensland.…
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Dechert law firm asks judge to toss reporter’s hack-and-leak lawsuit
(Reuters) – Law firm Dechert asked a US judge to throw out a former Wall Street Journal reporter’s lawsuit accusing the firm of working with mercenary hackers to leak private emails and get him fired from his job. Dechert argued in a Washington, DC, federal court filing late Friday that the lawsuit was untimely because it relates to events that occurred more than five years ago. The complaint by reporter Jay Solomon also does not show that Dechert was responsible for the harm he faced, the firm said. Solomon, who recently became an editor at the news startup Semafor, sued Dechert and the firm’s former partners Neil Gerrard and David Graham Hughes in October, alleging they worked with hackers in India and US investigative and public relations firms to steal and leak emails between him and one of his sources, Iranian American aviation executive Farhad Azima.…
Alberta law society votes to keep continuing education rule following petition against Indigenous culture course
The Law Society of Alberta rejected a motion to suspend the group’s ability to require members to undertake continuing education, multiple lawyers told Global News. The decision comes after the Law Society of Alberta held a special meeting on Monday to vote on the motion. Roughly 4,669 active Alberta lawyers registered to attend the special meeting, which was held via Zoom.There were 2,609 votes against the motion, compared to 864 votes in favour. The Law Society of Alberta said 3,473 votes were cast at Monday’s meeting.This means lawyers practicing in Alberta will still have to take mandated continuing education courses. Read more: Indigenous course for lawyers becoming ‘increasingly common’ in Canada: expert The vote is a response to a petition from 51 lawyers against The Path, a five-part course on Indigenous history and culture that follows one of the calls to action in the Truth and Reconciliation report.…
Kanye West’s ex-lawyers finally found him after months of trying to tell him they quit
Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, is seen on November 27, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.MEGA/GC Images/Getty Images Lawyers who represented Ye — aka Kanye West — finally found him after months of trying. They handed him a judge’s order explaining they quit and he had to find new attorneys. Ye has several pending lawsuits against him, alleging millions of dollars in damages. Kanye West’s former lawyers have finally found him. After months of searching, attorneys at Greenberg Traurig LLP, the firm that represented West for everything from contract disputes to employment lawsuits, tracked Ye down and told him they quit.…
Health Care Law & HIPAA Law
Healthcare law is constantly changing, especially in today’s data driven online world. Healthcare providers have unprecedented concerns related to privacy and cybersecurity as different technologies and threats intersect in ways never seen before. With the growth of cloud computing and electronic health records, more regulations and greater scrutiny have been given to the industry, as hospitals, medical providers and healthcare agencies are liable in new and different ways. The National Law Review covers all legal aspects of the healthcare industry, with expert legal analysis on HIPAA regulations, non-profit organization status, to home health and nursing care abuse. Additionally, the National Law Review covers all aspects of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, and its implementation, as well as the various attempts to repeal the ACA and new legislation in the healthcare arena, including the American Health Care Act of 2017.…
Profile of Cho Seung Woo Drakor Player Divorce Attorney Shin, from a Family of Artists, Wealth in Billions
TRIBUNTRENDS.COM – Don’t miss the latest Korean drama entitled Divorce Attorney Shin. The Drakor entitled Divorce Attorney Shin stars a number of well-known stars, including Cho Seung Woo. What is the profile of Cho Seung Woo, the Drakor Divorce Attorney Shin? Before watching his comeback act, the audience should first pay attention to the profile of the Korean drama actor Divorce Attorney Shin, Cho Seung Woo. Who knows, by reading the profile of the Korean drama actor Divorce Attorney Shin, the audience will fall in love with Cho Seung Woo. That is not impossible because there are many interesting things in the profile of the Korean drama actor Divorce Attorney Shin, Cho Seung Woo.…
Kazakhstan Law News Digest for December 2022 – January 2023
Key Kazakhstan legal developments for the last two months and clarifications from the state authorities, case law news and legal publications have been discussed by our team. I. Legislative News Environment The Parliament has amended the Administrative Offences Code to strengthen administrative liability for environmental offenses. Most notably, a new corpus of administrative offence was introduced in Article 380 1. Violation of protection regime of specially protected natural territories. This shall be effective from 5 March 2023. Subsoil Use The Ministry of Energy has approved the Rules and Requirements for Equipping Production Facilities of Petroleum Supply Points with Control Metering Devices.…
Steve Bannon Ordered To Pay More Than $480,000 To Former Lawyers
A judge has ordered Steve Bannon, an ex-adviser to former President Donald Trump, to pay his former attorneys more than $480,000 for unpaid legal work. A New York Supreme Court judge on Friday awarded legal firm Davidoff Hutcher & Citron $480,487.87 plus legal fees and approximately $4,800 in interest for what the firm said was two years’ worth of unpaid work. The firm’s work included helping Bannon secure a presidential pardon in 2020 and defending him against ongoing fraud allegations in his former “We Build The Wall” campaign, which has a trial date set for next year. Attorney Jeffrey Citron, a co-managing partner of the law firm that includes Trump’s legal ally Robert Costello, called the situation “unfortunate” in a statement to HuffPost on Monday and said the firm “was left with no recourse except to sue Mr.…