20 Apr
Chapter News, New York Related News

Governor Cuomo Announces Groundbreaking at University at Albany’s Emerging Technology and Entrepreneurship Complex

The $180 Million Project Will be Completed in 2021  Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the University at Albany broke ground on its Emerging Technology and Entrepreneurship Complex at the Harriman State Office Campus - paving the way for a new interdisciplinary hub for STEM research, public policy development and entrepreneurship. The $180 million complex, funded in part by the NYSUNY 2020 program, will be built on the Harriman Campus and will be the future home of University at...

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20 Apr
Member News

Business delegation of the Slovenian woodworking companies in the USA

The Ministry of Economic Development and Technology of the Republic of Slovenia and the Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for the Promotion of Entrepreneurship, Internationalization, Foreign Investment and Technology (SPIRIT) in cooperation with the Wood Industry Cluster, organize a business delegation of woodworkers in the USA from 21st to 25th of May 2018 (New York, Cleveland and Pittsburgh). The purpose of the delegation is to establish business links to boost exports to the US in the coming years. Target market segments include; Interiors, office...

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20 Apr
Brexit News, Member News

The weekly Vulcan View for the 16th to the 20th of April featuring analysis of the latest EU developments

KEY EVENTS THIS WEEK: EUROPEAN UNION Commission hands judges extra powers to seize e-evidence from other countries  Judges and prosecutors across the EU are expected to be granted new powers that would it make it easier for them to obtain emails, text messages and other electronic evidence from other jurisdictions within the bloc. The plan would see the creation of a warrant known as the European Production Order and is intended to force powerful tech companies to hand over sensitive information without...

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18 Apr
Member News

FY 2019 H-1B Cap: USCIS Completes Random Selection Process

By Rebecca L. Sigmund , Ann Louise Brown Cauble | Ogletree Deakins On April 11, 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the completion of its “computer-generated” random selection process used to select H-1B petitions for the congressionally-mandated cap filing season for fiscal year (FY) 2019. USCIS previously announced on April 6, 2018, that it had reached the statutory cap of 65,000 H-1B petitions and the master’s cap of 20,000 petitions. USCIS received a total of 190,098 H-1B petitions during this year’s filing period, which began...

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18 Apr
Member News

The Toy Association to Unveil Study on “The Future Toy Consumer & Toy Retail Ecosystem”

The toy industry is experiencing profound change as online shopping continues to grow, technology continues to advance at a rapid pace, customers increasingly want customized products, and the retail landscape diversifies. Yet, these challenges present exciting opportunities for the industry to redefine itself. In light of this, The Toy Association has commissioned a series of studies by ProdigyWorks, whose exclusive network of creative thinkers and industry experts are exploring the future of the toy industry. The first study, “The Future Toy...

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18 Apr
Chapter News

Commissioner Vestager in Washington, DC

  This past week, European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager traveled to Washington, DC to participate in a series of meetings on antitrust law at the American Bar Association and gave a press conference at the EU Delegation to the U.S. "In Europe, you're more than welcome to have success; if people like your product, then this is the reason you grow," the Commissioner later said in an interview with CNBC, when questioned about Facebook and its potential status as a monopoly. "The thing...

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18 Apr
Chapter News

Speech by François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Banque de France

“France: economic developments and reforms, where are we heading?” Press contact: Mark Deen (mark.deen@banque-france.fr). Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very pleased and honoured to give this speech to the Economic Club of New York. The theme of my speech is “economic developments and reforms in France”. One year ago, you would probably not have suggested it. This shift tells something: France is currently going through exciting times and deserves a close scrutiny. . Before addressing the subtitle of my speech “where are we heading?”...

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17 Apr
Member News

Retaining Control Over Use of Technology-Assisted Review

By Donna L. Fisher, Matthew J. Hamilton, Sandra Adams | Pepper Hamilton  Reprinted with permission from the April 12, 2018 issue of the New Jersey Law Journal. © 2018 ALM Media Properties, LLC. Further duplication without permission is prohibited. All rights reserved. Technology-assisted review (TAR)—an algorithm-based method of reviewing documents for relevance—is a powerful tool that can improve the accuracy of document review while reducing cost. Some litigators have been reluctant to utilize it for fear of expensive collateral litigation about its implementation. Numerous decisions...

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16 Apr
Chapter News

European Commission acts to ban unfair trade practices in the food supply chain

The Commission is targeting the most damaging unfair trade practices to grant farmers and small and medium sized businesses greater certainty and less need to manage risks over which they have little or no control. The Commission proposes today to ban the more damaging unfair trading practices in the food supply chain to ensure fairer treat­ment for small and medium sized food and farming businesses. In addition, the proposal includes effective enforcement provisions: sanctions can be imposed by national authorities...

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16 Apr
Member News

Dutch Supreme Court provides more clarity on the effect of bankruptcy proceedings on contracts

By Robert van Galen, Barbara Rumora-Scheltema, Anne Marie Verschuur , Tom de Clerck |NautaDutilh  Recently, the Dutch Supreme Court rendered a judgment in which it has given a detailed explanation of the effects of bankruptcy proceedings on a contract or other legal relationship. The case in question involved a dispute between a bankruptcy trustee and a bank as to whether the bank could file its post-bankruptcy legal costs as a claim in the bankruptcy proceedings. The Supreme Court took the opportunity to elaborate on earlier...

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