The Employment Tribunal has recently held that a claimant’s belief in a fear of catching COVID-19 and a need to protect herself and others does not amount to a philosophical belief under the Equality Act 2010.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division announced this Tuesday, January 18, 2022, that they are seeking public comment on revising their merger guidelines.
The sustainable investing market is witnessing remarkable growth. The field, however, has been challenged by greenwashing claims and a lack of consistency in identifying what, exactly, makes an investment “sustainable”.
ESG/SDGs and Energy Transition are key issues for Japanese investors in the UK and Europe in 2022. In this two-part webinar series, Mayer Brown lawyers based in London and Tokyo will brief you on the major opportunities, pitfalls and risks related to ESG/SDGs (9 February) and Energy Transition (24 February) in the region.
The rapid advancement of AI technologies in recent years means that regulators are engaged in a game of catch up.
On December 22, 2021, in response to a request from the Alternative Reference Rate Committee (ARRC) and a further request from the Futures Industry Association (FIA), the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued five technical no-action letters providing additional, and extending existing, time-limited, no-action relief and guidance for certain London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) transition matters.
Social distancing rules have been tightened from 7 to 20 January 2022. For catering businesses (excluding bars and pubs which will be closed), with the abolition of Mode A, there will now be only three modes of operation in which they can operate dine-in services, all of which require the customers (except for certain exempted individuals) to use the LeaveHomeSafe (LHS) mobile application before entering the premises.
On December 17, 2021, the Sixth Circuit dissolved the Fifth Circuit’s nationwide stay of the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s “vax or test” Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), applying to US employers with 100 or more employees.
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