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Almost without exception, businesses are faced with the question of whether an exempt employee’s salary can be docked because inclement weather has affected its operations and the employee’s ability to come to work. ...

By Susan Kohn Ross:  In an earlier alert, we discussed the various export incentives put into place with the passage of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act (“TFTEA”). One long-standing benefit ...

The Federal Budget passed down on 3 May 2016 announced major changes to superannuation in terms of concessional and non-concessional contribution limits, the retirement account cap and contribution entitlements (click he ...

Now that the new federal Liberal government’s first budget has been introduced, we can focus our attention on those measures that actually have been put forward rather than on those that everyone speculated might be pu ...

The recent “Panama Papers” scandal is a timely example of the impact that a data breach can have on high net worth individuals, businesses and law firms. The scandal, which involved the leak of more than 11.5 millio ...

By: Prof. Dr. H. Ercument Erdem Introduction The Swiss Federal Supreme Court (“Court”) with its latest decision dated March 16, 2016, numbered 4A_628/2015 and published on March 29, 2016 (“Decision ...