Every year, roughly 66,000 non-U.S. citizens are granted special visas to perform non-agricultural and non-highly skilled jobs in the United States under the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service’s H-2B program. The underlying program (which formerly included agricultural workers) started in 1952. While some employers that seek workers under this program fail to hire any, it can […]
Apr 13, 2021 It is important that an agreement that has been made and entered between two or more parties is binding and must be adhered to by the parties involve. This is clearly stipulated under article 1338 of the Indonesian Civil Code (“Civil Code”). Prof. Subekti is a reputable person in this field of […]
Radca Prawny. Zeszyty Naukowe 2/2016 Krzysztof Jasiński This commentary is a critique of the concept of so-called negative resolutions of shareholders of companies adopted by the Supreme Court. The authors examine issues associated with the existence of the aforementioned resolutions and the grounds for distinguishing them in the legal doctrine, as well as the possible […]
The Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufischt (BaFin) – Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority – has closed down Greensill Bank’s business operations with its customers and filed criminal charges. Private investors as well as institutional investors and municipalities fear losing their money at the bank. Greensill Bank was acquired by the British-Australian financial conglomerate Greensill Capital in 2014, […]
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s Consultation Paper on the Listing Regime for Overseas Issuers1 published on 31 March 2021 (HKEX Consultation Paper) proposes potentially far reaching changes to its requirements for secondary and dual primary listings of overseas companies on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (the HKEX). Two of the key proposals, which are the […]
Intellectual property (IP) is a key concern for every business, no matter where it is operating. This is no less true in Vietnam; while the country is a signatory to numerous IP conventions, there are still many reasons for foreign companies operating there to keep a close eye out for IP violations. Therefore, it is […]
On April 15, 2021, the U.S. President signed an Executive Order “Blocking Property with Respect to Specified Harmful Foreign Activities of the Government of the Russian Federation” (the “E.O.”). In it, the U.S. President declared a new national emergency under which economic sanctions may be imposed against individuals and entities (i) undermining the conduct of […]
If you’ve had to lay off employees as far back as Nov. 1, 2019, a tiny portion of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) might go to them. That’s the good news for eligible former employees. The bad news for employers is that your company will have some administrative responsibilities to see that the […]
With climate change policy at the center of the Biden-Harris agenda, what impacts and opportunities will we see during the next four years, nationally and in California? Join us for a one-hour nonpartisan panel discussion with an experienced group of Manatt professionals from our government and regulatory and environmental law teams. The panelists will discuss […]
There is a struggle these days to find reliable and competent leadership. In many ways, the human services industry exemplifies the challenge. Despite an abundance of books, speeches, and guides that focus on the creation of good leaders, their absence persists. This persistence, however, is not a result of our inability to pull good leadership […]
Apr 09, 2021 The government has just recently issue Government Regulation No. 56 of 2021 on Song and/or Music Copyrights Royalties Management (GR 56/2021). This regulation which serves as the implementing regulations of Law No.28 of 2014 is promised to provide clearer guidelines on the royalties distribution management for copyright owners specifically from song/music industries. […]
We are excited to share our new “Hong Kong Employment Law Handbook – Covid-19 Edition” which addresses your most asked employment law queries including those relating to working from home (WFH), working from abroad, unpaid leave and annual leave, redundancies and restructurings, as well as occupational health and safety. Click on the button below to […]
