(Jan. 26, 2018) On December 28, 2017, three new Legislative Decrees (L.D.s) regulating the film and audiovisual sector were published in Italy, with an effective date of December 1, 2018. (L.D. No. 202 of December 7, 2017, Provisions on Employment in the Film and Audiovisual Sector; L.D. No. 203 of December 7, 2017, Reform of […]
Topic: Broadcasting, Child labor, Contracts, Employee hiring, Labor, Law, Television and Film
Jurisdiction: Italy
Author: Dante Figueroa
(Nov. 9, 2017) On September 26, 2017, Sheikh Khalifa, President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), issued Federal Law No. 10 of 2017. The new Law is aimed at strengthening the legal measures for the protection of domestic service workers. (President Issues Law on Support Service Workers, Cabinet of the UAE website (Sept. 26, 2017).) […]
Topic: Contracts, Labor, Labor-management relations
Jurisdiction: United Arab Emirates
Author: George Sadek
(July 24, 2017) On June 23, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC), in the decision Douez v. Facebook, Inc., ruled against the enforcement of Facebook’s forum selection and choice of law clause and cleared the way for a privacy lawsuit to go forward in British Columbia, despite a clause in Facebook’s terms of use […]
Topic: Contracts, Jurisdiction and venue, Right of privacy, Social media
Jurisdiction: Canada
Author: Tariq Ahmad
(Apr. 21, 2017) On March 17, 2017, new employment legislation entered into effect in Italy. (Decree-Law No. 25 of March 17, 2017, Urgent Provisions for the Repeal of Provisions on Accessory Work as well as for the Amendment of Provisions on Joint Liability in Government Procurement (D. L. No. 25), GAZZETTA UFFICIALE (G.U.) (Mar. 17, 2017), […]
Topic: Civil liability, Contracts, Employee benefits, Employee hiring, Labor, Labor-management relations, Public contracts and procurement
Jurisdiction: Italy
Author: Dante Figueroa
(Apr. 19, 2017) Iran’s Supreme Labor Council, a government body charged with proposing labor regulations to the presidential Cabinet, agreed on March 15, 2017, to raise the minimum wage for the 2017 fiscal year (which begins March 21 in Iran) by 14.5%. (Workers’ Rights, CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN (Jan. 3, 2006); Labor Code […]
Topic: Banks and financial institutions, Civil code, Contracts, Executive agencies, Inflation and prices, Labor, Labor-management relations, Wages and hours
Jurisdiction: Iran
Author: Barry Lerner
(Feb. 14, 2017) On November 16, 2016, the U.S. State Department’s Advisory Committee on Private International Law held its annual meeting to discuss ongoing work involving the negotiation and drafting of instruments governing private cross-border transactions. The Committee announced that it had sent transmittal letters for each of several treaty documents to the Senate in […]
Topic: Commerce, Contracts, International law, International organizations, Trade agreements and negotiations, Treaties and International Agreements
Jurisdiction: United Nations, United States
Author: Peter Roudik
(Aug. 29, 2016) An amendment to Japan’s Act on Specified Commercial Transactions (No. 57 of June 4, 1976, Japanese Law Translation) was promulgated on June 3, 2016. (Act No. 60 of 2016, KANPO (June 3, 2016) (in Japanese).) Most of the amended provisions will become effective within 18 months of the promulgation date. (Id., Supp. […]
Topic: Commerce, Consumer protection, Contracts
Jurisdiction: Japan
Author: Sayuri Umeda
