To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. If your property is “tainted” by alleged criminal offending, the state may apply to permanently take it away from you. The mechanism used to do this is called a Forfeiture Order, or in the case of certain serious offenses Automatic…
The group of chemicals known as PFAS (per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) are high on the federal regulatory agenda for 2022, as implementation of EPA’s “PFAS Strategic Roadmap” proceeds. One potential consequence will be new additions to California’s “Prop 65 List” of chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm. Already, two PFAS substances are subject…
One of the perennial items on everyone’s end of financial year checklist is the proper execution of trust resolutions, ensuring that trustees are not taxed on trust income at the top marginal rate (45%). For family trusts in particular, these distributions often require additional consideration prior to the end of this financial year following some…
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Editor’s Note: A version of this article by Fred Rocafort was first published on Law360. The US Constitution’s free speech protections, found in the First Amendment, may present a legal recourse for cannabis brands in trouble for using marks that are similar to famous trademarks. To be clear, a free speech argument will not be…
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This past week, the Supreme Court of the United States (Supreme Court) denied UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company’s (UnitedHealthcare) petition for a writ of certiorari (Petition) challenging, in part, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’s (CMS) Overpayment Rule, which requires Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, such as UnitedHealthcare, to return identified “overpayments” to CMS within 60 days….
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27 June 2022 Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Background context: What is TCFD? On December 4, 2015, the Financial Stability Board (FSB)one established the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). The TCFD was asked to develop recommendations…
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On the 26January 2022, the General Court of the European Union (the “GC”) delivered its judgement on the case of “Intel Corporation vs. Commission”, wherein it partially annulled a decision of the European Commission (the “Commission”) issued on the 13 of May 2009 (the “Decision”). In its decision, the Commission had imposed a fine of…
Ankura Consulting Group LLC 27 June 2022 Ankura Consulting Group LLC To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Ransomware/Malware Activity Spyware Vendor RCS Labs Observed Infecting Android and iOS users with Commercial Surveillance Tools Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) published a report regarding RCS Labs’…
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In response to the consequences flowing from the divergent transposition and implementation of EU laws on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (“AML-CFT“) within EU Member States, and the continued expansion, and increased sophistication, of cross-border financial crime within the EU, in July 2021 the European Commission launched a new AML-CFT legislative package. This legislative package…
On August 29, 2022, Alberta’s Builder’s Lien (Prompt Payment) Amendment Act2020 (the “act“) will come into force and overhaul the Builder’s Lien Act (the “BLA“), with significant amendments and a renaming to “the Prompt Payment and Construction Lien Act”. On February 25, 2022, the Government of Alberta released the Prompt Payment and Adjudication Regulations (the…
