Member Articles

Contact: Henry J. Chang; Blaney McMurtry (Ontario, Canada) Foreign nationals who hold work permits in Canada sometimes wonder what will happen to their immigration status if they quit their jobs or are terminated by the ...

Contact: Carter Newell (Queensland, Australia) The Queensland Parliament has passed the Mines Legislation (Streamlining) Amendment Act 2012, which will make substantial changes to the way resource companies do business ...

Contact: Edmund D. Harllee; Williams Mullen (North Carolina & Virginia, USA) On August 15, 2012, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (the “Bureau”) issued a proposed rule and request for public comment on ch ...

Contact: Herrick, Feinstein LLP (New York, New York, USA)     The Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) has withdrawn a policy statement issued in 2003, which outlined a methodology for determining w ...

Contact: Herrick, Feinstein LLP (New York, New York, USA)   The Second Circuit affirmed a decision which found that an investment partnership violated the short-swing profit provisions of Section 16(b) of the ...

Contact: Herrick, Feinstein LLP (New York, New York, USA)  The Southern District of New York in refusing to dismiss a breach of contract claim found that “use restrictions” in a non-disclosure agreement (“NDA ...