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17
Jul
By Dr. Gerlind Wisskirchen, Attorney-at-Law/ Partner/
Certified labor and employment law specialist, CMS Germany
Gerlind Wisskirchen is a partner and specialist lawyer in the area of labor and employment law at CMS Germany. She advises multinational corporations particularly on the issues of reorganization, national and international labor and employment law and compliance. Gerlind is an expert on the digitalization of the world of work and editor of the report "Artificial Intelligence and Robotics and their Impact on the Workplace" for...
17
Jul
The long anticipated "Great Repeal Bill’’ was officially published by Downing Street yesterday. It will revoke the European Communities Act of 1972 and in-turn transposed all EU law into UK law. It’s introduction is to ensure that there will be no sudden changes to regulations and rules once the UK leaves the bloc in March 2019, and will aim to allow the government to amend some legislation without the scrutiny of Parliament.
Although the bill was published yesterday in order...
12
Jul
In an era of intense competition for funding and enhanced governance and regulatory standards, a merger of two or more charities can lead to increased efficiencies and improved services for beneficiaries. We explain the most common merger structures for charities and highlight the potential benefits for charities considering a merger.
What is a merger of charities?
A merger of charities is the joining of two or more charities into one, larger organization.
There are several ways that a merger between charities can...
11
Jul
The White House has been working with the Department of Justice to formulate changes to the H-1B visa program pursuant to the administration’s “Buy American and Hire American” executive order. The H-1B visa program is a temporary work visa for professional positions. Apart from the required involvement of the Department of Homeland Security, some of the proposed changes to the program could be implemented by administrative actions, while others would require new legislation to be passed.
Proposed Changes That Would Require...
10
Jul
Former White House Special Advisor will lead Latin America practice.
July 10, 2017, Washington, DC – Daniel P. Erikson was named Managing Director at Blue Star Strategies, LLC, where he will lead the firm's Latin America practice representing U.S. corporations across Latin America and the Caribbean and Latin American businesses with interests in the United States.
Erikson has had an outstanding career as a diplomat in the U.S. State Department and the White House, where he served as special advisor for...
10
Jul
Parliamentarians in Strasbourg have this week voted to introduce new rules that would enforce multinational companies operating in the EU to publish details of their profits on a country-by-country basis. The legislation is part of an overall campaign to reform broader tax regulation in an effort to cut down on multinational tax avoidance.
Similar laws already exist for the banking sector, but MEPs extended the rules to cover all multinationals that operate in Europe. This will result in companies...
07
Jul
Following on from the European Commission’s €2.4bn fine against Google last week, the trade commissioner Margrethe Vestager has called for tougher powers to be granted to her competition department in order to intervene earlier in antirust problems. These so called interim measures would avoid long delays previously experienced in EU investigations by allowing the commission to order companies to cease suspected anti-competitive behaviour even before there is a formal finding of wrongdoing.
Speaking to the media, Ms. Vestager spoke of...
06
Jul
NYC's REAP, ECSP, LMEP, CRP, CEP, CRT, and other Programs Renewed for 3 years!
Right Now is a Great Time to Plan for the Rest of 2017 and Beyond.
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