Overview The Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”) has been the subject of several US Supreme Court decisions over the past decade. To summarize its long and complicated past, the ATS is a statute that gives US federal courts jurisdiction to hear lawsuits filed by non-US citizens for torts committed in violation…
This series of ESG-focused thought leadership webinars will share insights and practical guidance for businesses considering what ESG…
Across the globe, governments are taking steps to gradually reduce lockdown measures and reopen their economies. As new…
Exploring the current mobility landscape and anticipated challenges Australian employers will face with employee travel and immigration processes.
In light of the global pandemic, governments across the globe are faced with urgent needs whose immediate coverage is a matter of life and death. Hence, these unusual and uncertain times call for rare and exceptional measures, and without much ado, governments around the globe have provided them. Common to all approaches is the will to enable public contractors to procure the urgently needed supplies to save lives and contain the pandemic without major bureaucratic hurdles.
Our Latin America Employment and Compensation team is pleased to provide you with this quick guide which includes six key topics when planning to reopen the workplace around 7 jurisdictions in Latin America.
Baker McKenzie’s EMEA Tax Practice Group presented an overview on “Digital Tax”, the third in a series of short webinars to keep tax professionals abreast of recent developments in these less than certain times on 23 June 2020.
This Week in Government Enforcement Please join us for a new weekly video series, hosted by Baker McKenzie’s…
The recently announced Large Employer Emergency Financing Facility (LEEFF) will require loan recipients to report on climate change…
The US legal system is not virtual. As the Supreme Court has stated, the right to in-person confrontation has “a lineage that traces back to the beginnings of Western legal culture.” Reminders of the importance of physical presence in the courtroom are everywhere: the Constitution guarantees the right to trial by jury, the Supreme Court has held that there is a qualified First Amendment right to attend court proceedings, and out-of-court statements are generally inadmissible. These are only a few examples. But what happens when these important rights collide with equally important public health considerations? Are virtual solutions legally permissible/technically possible/strategically desirable? Will today’s temporary work-arounds become tomorrow’s best practices? Is remote litigation the wave of the future? What risks and opportunities does it present?