By: Edwin Coe LLP. An employee of the animal protection charity, the League Against Cruel Sports, has brought a claim asserting that he was discriminated against and sacked as a result of his vegan ‘belief’.

By: Williams Parker Harrison Dietz & Getzen. Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Michael Oreskes, Brett Ratner, Louis C.K., Charlie Rose, and Matt Lauer are a few well-known names that have already appeared on the naughty list for 2017.

By: Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP. Earlier this week, Ohio’s 7th District Court of Appeals again addressed the amount of diligence required to identify the holders of severed mineral interests under the 2006 version of Ohio’s Dormant Mineral Act (2006 DMA).

By: Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP. Last year we reported on S.B.

By: Williams Parker Harrison Dietz & Getzen. Lifetime giving by individuals makes up the vast majority of charitable contributions to nonprofit organizations. 

By: Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP. On November 21, 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a far-reaching decision that “an employer has a legal duty to exercise reasonable care to safeguard its employees’ sensitive personal information stored by the employer on an internet-accessible computer system.” Read more.

By: Spiegel Sohmer. The idea that employees cannot be fired without a serious reason, without being given a fair and reasonable notice, (where the employment is for an indefinite term), is widely known.

By: Edwin Coe LLP. An alliance of 27 brewers, retailers and other UK firms have launched a £100million legal claim against a ‘cartel’ of European truck manufacturers.

By: Russell Kennedy. Further to our previous Alert, the Fair Work Commission has now inserted casual conversion clauses into a number of modern awards. 

By: Russell Kennedy. The Voluntary Assisted Dying Regulations 2018 (the Regulations) have now been finalised under the authority of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 (the Act) and will commence on 19 June 2019.