08 Mar
Member News, Uncategorized

Troutman Pepper | FTC Workshop Argues That Private Equity Incentives Are Not Aligned With Quality Health Care

On March 5, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hosted a public workshop titled “Private Capital, Public Impact: An FTC Workshop on Private Equity in Health Care.” The event is part of the agency’s effort to publicize and encourage enforcement targeting private equity investments in health care. The speakers from five federal and state agencies included all three sitting FTC commissioners, Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division Jonathan Kanter, Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health & Human...

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26 Feb
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Jaguar Freight | The Weekly Roar

In this week’s Roar: shrinking ocean capacity, concerns over the ETS, a potential rail strike, a lack of capacity in air cargo (too), and a new biggest exporter. Ocean carriers are facing challenges when it comes to maintaining weekly sailings from Asia to Europe. It’s well-known that the closure of the Suez Canal has caused carriers to reroute ships around the Cape of Good Hope, adding to voyage times. In order to meet schedules, some carriers are adding extra ships and...

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26 Feb
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Datacolor | 8 Factors That Influence the Way You See Colors

In everyday situations, it doesn’t matter much if you think a tennis ball is yellow and your friend thinks it’s green. After all, there are a range of factors that influence perception of color. . For most of us, those factors lead to little more than casual disagreements. What if it’s your job to evaluate the colors of products, though? Well, that’s a whole different story. Differences in the way people see color can quickly escalate from disagreement to an expensive...

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20 Feb
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ACG Resources | Pros and Cons of Flexible Work Schedules

Pros and Cons of flexible work Schedules:  Flexible work schedules can be good or bad, depending on your business and the employees you have. Below are some pros and cons of flexible work schedules. Pros: • Flexible work schedules make it easier to find employees and it makes the ones you have happier and more loyal to the company, because it makes all employees feel as if their needs are being met and you care about how they feel and what...

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20 Jan
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Littler Mendelsohn | What Would Overruling Chevron Mean for Labor and Employment Law?

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on two cases challenging the deference given to federal agencies’ interpretations of statutes they are charged with enforcing. If Chevron is overruled or pared back, federal agencies enforcing labor and employment laws will likely face more challenges to their rules and other interpretive guidance. Overruling Chevron may cause agencies to issue fewer new regulations, take more modest positions in the regulations they do issue, or both. Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases asking whether to...

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18 Jan
Chapter News, Uncategorized

OECD | Labour Market Situation Update: January 2024

OECD employment rate remains at record high in the third quarter of 2023 OECD employment and labour force participation rates stabilised at 70.1% and 73.8% in the third quarter of 2023, the highest levels recorded since the start of the series in 2005 and 2008, respectively. Both indicators were at or near their record highs in 9 of the 38 OECD countries, including France, Italy, and Japan (Figure 1, Tables 1 and 2). Record highs in both the OECD employment and...

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16 Jan
Member News, Uncategorized

IPTI | Property Tax in the News – January 2024

IPTI’s usual monthly newsletter - the “President’s Message” - contains, inter alia, some summarized news articles from around the world. This IPTI publication - “Property Tax in the News” – contains some of the more interesting news articles concerning property taxes in North America and Europe which is where many of our members have a particular interest. Links to these and more, similarly summarised, articles - from North America, Europe and around the globe - can be found in...

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15 Dec
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Noerr | Russian Courts Disregard Arbitration Clauses in Favour of Russia-friendly/­Neutral Forums

Western companies contracting with Russian parties should not feel safe relying on arbitration clauses in favour of Russia-friendly or neutral forums. In a number of recent cases Russian courts have disregarded arbitration clauses in favour of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC). On 1 December 2023, in the case of VTB Bank PJSC v VTB Bank (Europe) SE (No. А56-84760/2023) the Arbitrazh Court of Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Region recognized as unenforceable due to anti-Russian...

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29 Nov
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ECB | Survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises: Continued Tightening in Reported Financing Conditions

> Euro area firms signalled a continued increase in turnover, while higher labour, production and interest costs weighed on their profitability. Firms expect their turnover to increase further over the next six months. > The share of financially vulnerable firms increased almost to the level seen during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. > Compared with the last survey, firms expect a noticeably smaller increase in their average selling prices (3.7%, down from 6.1%) and wages (4.3%, down from 5.4%) over the next...

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06 Nov
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CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen) | Should Health Care and Life Sciences Consider ESG? – Explore Pros and Cons

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) included dozens of tax credits for green energy initiatives. It is an example of policies meant to incentivize businesses and organizations — including in health care and life sciences — to advance sustainable energy practices. While it is a great opportunity to consider on its own, taking advantage of these IRA incentives also lends itself to the emerging ESG movement. In health care regulations and policy, we could view the Biden administration’s efforts on health equity as ESG-esque. For example,...

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