
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or logged in to Mondaq.com.Our Associate, Fatima Alsayed expands on changes to regulations of pensions and retirement allowances for government employees.
The principal law governing the pensions and retirement allowances for government employees is Law No. (13) of 1975 (the “Laws”). On the 18thth of April 2022, the Shura Council along with the Council of Representatives issued amendments under Law No. (13) of 2022 (the “Amendments “or “Amended Law”) to the provisions of the Law. Its provisions provide enhanced financial security for employees working in the…

Todd and Julie Chrisley have reported to prison.
A representative for the couple told NBC News on Jan. 17 that the patriarch Chrisley reported to Federal Prison Camp Pensacola in Florida, while Julie Chrisley reported to the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Lexington in Kentucky, where they will begin their sentences after being convicted of tax fraud.
Todd Chrisley will serve for 12 years, while his wife will serve a seven-year sentence.
FPC Pensacola is described as a minimum security federal prison camp, while the Lexington facility is an “administrative security federal medical center with an adjacent minimum security satellite camp,”…

Big Hit Music has released new statements about its legal response to the violation of its artists’ rights.
On June 29, Big Hit Music shared two separate statements regarding the protection of its artists BTS and TXT against personal attacks such as maliciously edited posts, false rumors, sexual harassment, and more.
Big Hit Music’s full English statement regarding BTS is as follows:Hello.This is Big Hit Music.
Our company regularly initiates legal proceedings against perpetrators of malicious activities related to BTS, including defamation, personal attacks, sexual harassment, the spread of groundless information, and ill-intentioned criticism. We would like to provide…

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What if there aren’t any extra legal guidelines? No extra precedents, no extra constitutions, no extra charters?…

Hamburg, Germany – Not solely recognized for its well-known seafood and the third largest European seaport for items and cargo dealing with1but in addition a substantial and noteworthy jurisdiction on the subject of the safety and enforcement of commerce mark rights in preliminary proceedings.
The Greater Regional Court docket of Hamburg present in a latest commerce mark dispute in preliminary injunction proceedings (Choice of 29 September 2022 – 5 U 91/21) between the “Deutsche Telekom” (“Deutsche Telekom” (“Claimant”) and the Spanish telecommunication firm “Telefónica” and its German subsidiary (collectively “Defendants”), that the applying and use of a “T” consisting of…

On this snapshot authorized replace, we report that on 25 Might 2022, in a written reply by Mr. Christopher Hui, the Secretary for Monetary Providers and the Treasury, to Legislative Council questions on crowdfunding, Mr. Hui confirmed that the Hong Kong Authorities is reviewing the regulation of crowdfunding in Hong Kong.
The target of the evaluate is to offer clearer regulatory necessities, and to strengthen the transparency and accountability of crowdfunding actions. The evaluate may even give attention to strategies to stop fraudulent crowdfunding actions for probably unlawful functions. The evaluate will embrace a public session to be accomplished inside…

It’s starting to look so much like a authorized disputes saga between supermarkets within the UK. We’ve not too long ago lined an ongoing dispute between Lidl and Tesco (see right here), which pertains to an alleged commerce mark infringement. This time, Marks & Spencer (M&S) are suing the biggest Europe’s low cost grocery chain Aldi for copying their registered designs of the light-up Christmas gin bottles. That is the second authorized case not too long ago introduced by M&S in opposition to Aldi, with the primary involving the well-known Colin the Caterpillar cake, which has since been settled. Notably,…

In this post, Anna Walsh (Partner) and Nicole Ellerby (Associate) in CMS’ medical malpractice team considered the awaited decision from the Supreme Court in the Scottish case of McCulloch and Ors v Forth Valley Health Board [2021] CSHI 21.
Overview
The appeal of the decision in McCulloch and Ors v Forth Valley Health Board [2021] CSIH 21 was heard by the Supreme Court on 10 May 2023. The issues appealed to the Supreme Court concern the legal test to be applied when determining whether an alternative course of treatment is reasonable in addition to whether the courts erred in their…