Corporate & Securities Law

How will the Treaty of Lisbon affect EMU
On the 10th birthday of the European Union?s Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) the Lisbon Treaty was rejected by the Irish voters. Most politicians in favor of the Lisbon Treaty concluded that rejecting this Treaty put a break on the...

Lisbon treaty on European Union reform enters into force
[JURIST] The European Union (EU) reform treaty, known as the Treaty of Lisbon went into effect Tuesday after more than two years of negotiations. The Treaty, which was ratified by all 27 member-states of the EU, was crafted to make the EU more democratic, transparent, and efficient, to more effectively promote and protect the values of the Union through promulgation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and to increase the EU's role as a global actor...

An American in Paris: Why I am mystified by the French Governments attitude towards the Lisbon Treaty
As I noted in an earlier post, all of the biggest constitutional news this summer comes from abroad. Apart from the Turkish Supreme Court?s apparent coup d?etat against the AKP in the name of secular Kemalism, the constitutional fight that tops all other stories is the rejection of the Lisbon treaty by Irish voters...

Lisbon Treaty could strengthen EU powers in IP and data protection
The European Union has strengthened its powers to change intellectual property and data protection laws in future, according to one EU law expert. The structure of the European Union changed today when the Lisbon Treaty came into force.

Lisbon Treaty Updates EU; New Commissioners Named
On 1 December, the Treaty of Lisbon entered into force, bringing a variety of changes across the European Union. Also this week, a new administrative cabinet has been named to represent the European Commission for the next five years, along with some changes in the structure of the EU administrative body.

Sweden parliament approves Treaty of Lisbon
[JURIST] Sweden's parliament on Thursday approved the European Union (EU) reform charter known as the Treaty of Lisbon by a wide margin. There were 243 votes for, 39 against, and 67 absent or abstaining votes...

Gay Marriage Laws
Where same sex couples can marry

Law of the Sea Treaty
United Nations Convetion on Use of World's Oceans

Discouraging Union Organizers
Strict work place rules

E2 Treaty Investor Visa Questions
E2 Visa Assistance

European Style Smoked Salmon
Recalled due to Possible Listeria Contamination

Windows Software
Microsoft fined $1.3 billion for failing to comply with the European Union's antitrust order.

Employment
Employee rights including labor law, harassment, safety, unpaid overtime, discrimination and union disputes.

Railroad Worker Leukemia
Union Pacific pays settlement to former manager exposed to carcinogenic chemicals.

Westinghouse
alleging that former Westinghouse employees are being deprived of a choice in health care prescription plan benefits that were formerly available to them through union bargaining.