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Court Interprets "Affected Area" Under The BIMCO Infectious Or Contagious Diseases Clause For Time Charter Parties 2015: Bunge S.A v Pan Ocean Co. Ltd. (The "Sagar Ratan") [2025] EWHC 193 (Admiralty) - Gemma Morgan, Mark Stiggelbout & Conor Fenton-Garvey

The recent decision of Henshaw J in Bunge S.A v Pan Ocean Co. Ltd. (The "Sagar Ratan") [2025] EWHC 193 (Admiralty) analyses issues that often arise out of shipping delays caused by infectious diseases.

United Kingdom Coronavirus

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Quadrant Chambers

Termination For Failure To Follow COVID-19 Policy Not Discriminatory

Ontario's Divisional Court has dismissed an application for judicial review by a former personal support worker who alleged that the termination of his employment was discrimination...

Canada Coronavirus

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Cassels

Reinstating Military Members Separated Over The COVID-19 Vaccine

In August 2021, the U.S. Secretary of Defense mandated that all service members receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The policy was later rescinded in January 2023, but not before thousands of service members were separated...

United States Coronavirus

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Tully Rinckey

Coronavirus Pandemic: Cologne Higher Regional Court On Procurement Of Masks Using Open-House Procedure – "Open House 2"

In its judgment of 19 July 2024 (case 6 U 101/23), the Cologne Higher Regional Court dealt once more with the procurement of masks by the federal government by means of what is known as the open-house procedure.

Germany Coronavirus

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Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

North Carolina Supreme Court Unlocks The Door To COVID-19 Business Interruption Coverage, Holding That Pandemic-Era Restrictions On Use Of Property Constitute "Direct Physical Loss" To Property

United States Coronavirus

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McGuireWoods LLP

Interest Rate Derivative Trade Reporting

United Kingdom Coronavirus

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Leaping forwards: recent developments in open banking in NZ

New Zealand Coronavirus

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Relocate Smart: Why Choose Cyprus For Your Business

Cyprus Coronavirus

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Eurofast

7224 Sayılı Yeni Koronavirüs (Covıd-19) Salgınının Ekonomik Ve Sosyal Hayata Etkilerinin Azaltılması Hakkında Kanun

Turkey Coronavirus

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CVG Hukuk

The "Long COVID" Effects On Business

United States Coronavirus

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Farrell Fritz, P.C.

SAM Scams: Protect Your Company

United States Coronavirus

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Crowell & Moring LLP

BVI Voluntary Liquidations: End-of-Year Dates And Deadlines To Consider

British Virgin Islands Coronavirus

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Maples Group

The COVID-19 Virus Does Not Trigger Business Interruption Insurance Coverage

Canada Coronavirus

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Bennett Jones LLP

ONCA Clarifies That Business Interruption Losses Are Not An Insured Loss

Canada Coronavirus

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SBA Lawyers LLP

Trump's Trade Policy: The EU Response – What's Now And What's Next?

Worldwide International

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Matheson

Resale Price Maintenance And Online Sales Bans Once Again Under The Turkish Competition Authority's Close Radar: Oriflame And Uğur Cases

Turkey Anti-trust

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ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law

Tentative List Of Countries For Potential Travel Ban And Travel Restrictions

Worldwide Immigration

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Pryor Cashman LLP

Italian Citizenship Jure Sanguinis Through The Maternal Line: A Guide For Americans

Italy Immigration

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Boccadutri International Law Firm

The Turkish Competition Board's Approach On Electric Vehicle After-Sales Services: Key Takeaways From The TOGG/Bosch Exemption Decision

Turkey Anti-trust

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ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law

Highlighted Content

Enforceability Of Vaccination Policies Boosted By Recent Arbitration Decision

Canada Coronavirus

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Mandatory Vaccines: Another Policy Upheld In Ontario

Canada Coronavirus

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Ontario Updates: Further Extensions To Paid And Deemed Infectious Disease Emergency Leave

Canada Coronavirus

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Flexible Work Patterns In Denmark After COVID-19?

Denmark Coronavirus

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Poul Schmith

Ontario Updates: Minimum Wage Hike Effective October 1, 2021 And IDEL Extensions

Canada Coronavirus

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

COVID-19 Update: Sick Leave Entitlements And Employer Reimbursement

Canada Coronavirus

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Ontario's New COVID-19 Restrictions: Employer Takeaways

Canada Coronavirus

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Right Of Refusal Under The Act Respecting Occupational Health And Safety And COVID-19 – A Recent Decision Provides A Reminder Of The Applicable Principles

Canada Coronavirus

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Travel To Canada: 14 Day Quarantine And Multiple Tests Now Required Of Virtually All Persons Entering The Country

Canada Coronavirus

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Ontario Employers: Are Your COVID-19 Workplace Screening Practices Up To Date?

Canada Coronavirus

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Insurance Claims

North Carolina Supreme Court Unlocks The Door To COVID-19 Business Interruption Coverage, Holding That Pandemic-Era Restrictions On Use Of Property Constitute "Direct Physical Loss" To Property

Last week, the North Carolina Supreme Court issued its long-awaited ruling in North State Deli, LLC v. The Cincinnati Insurance Company, siding with a group of North Carolina restaurants...

United States Coronavirus

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McGuireWoods LLP

COVID-19 Insurance Update

Over the past few months, there were two California Supreme Court cases addressing coverage issues arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

United States Insurance

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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

The Court Of Appeal Clarifies Business Interruption Clauses In Commercial Insurance Policies

The Court of Appeal's ruling in *ExCel v Allianz* broadens business interruption insurance coverage for pandemic-related losses, favoring policyholders by allowing government restrictions to trigger claims under "at the premises" clauses.

United Kingdom Insurance

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Giambrone & Partners

John's Grill, Inc. v. Hartford Financial Services, Group, Inc.: Illusory Coverage, Unambiguous Policy Language, And The Enforceability Of Limited Coverage Endorsements

United States Insurance

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

The COVID-19 Virus Does Not Trigger Business Interruption Insurance Coverage

Canada Coronavirus

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Bennett Jones LLP

ONCA Clarifies That Business Interruption Losses Are Not An Insured Loss

Canada Coronavirus

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SBA Lawyers LLP

Nevada Supreme Court Rules Tolling Provisions Under COVID-19 Emergency Directives Are Broadly Applicable To All Potential Claims

United States Litigation

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Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

New York's Highest Court Weighs In On COVID-19-Related Commercial Property Insurance Claims

United States Insurance

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Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

Property Damage (COVID-19) – California

United States Coronavirus

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Plunkett & Cooney

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Financing

Analyzing COVID-19's Impact On Asset-Based Lending In Canada: Current Landscape And Future Outlook

The COVID-19 pandemic (the "Pandemic") sent shockwaves through the global economy, profoundly impacting various sectors, including the lending industry.

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Aird & Berlis LLP

COVID-19 Enforcement Under The Biden Administration — Winding Down Or Just Getting Started?

In the ABA's Winter 2022 White-Collar Newsletter, we published a look back at the first year of COVID enforcement under the Biden Administration and identified several areas...

United States Criminal

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Inconstitucionalidad Parcial De La Ley Orgánica Para El Desarrollo Económico Y Sostenibilidad Fiscal Tras La Pandemia COVID-19

La Corte Constitucional mediante sentencia 110-21-IN/22 expedida el 28 de octubre de 2022 declaró la inconstitucionalidad parcial de la Ley Orgánica Para el Desarrollo Económico y Sostenibilidad...

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CorralRosales

Partial Unconstitutionality Of The Law For Economic Development And Fiscal Sustainability After The COVID-19 Pandemic

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CorralRosales

Jersey Withdraws Covid-19 Economic Substance And Corporate Tax Residency Concession

Jersey Coronavirus

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Walkers

COVID-19 Related Circulars Or Guidance (Non-Exhaustive) Published By Financial Services Regulators Of Hong Kong (Last Updated: 16 September 2022)

Hong Kong Finance

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Mayer Brown

COVID Catapults E-commerce Sales To $1 Trillion

United States Coronavirus

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FTI Consulting

The UK Recovery Loan Scheme

United Kingdom Finance

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Duane Morris LLP

COVID-19 Related Circulars Or Guidance (Non-Exhaustive) Published By Financial Services Regulators Of Hong Kong (Last Updated: 19 August 2022)

Hong Kong Coronavirus

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Mayer Brown

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Reporting and Compliance

Supreme Court challenge could see all remaining COVID fines declared invalid

Redfern Legal Centre challenged the validity of COVID fines, as they failed to comply with the Fines Act 1996.

Australia Coronavirus

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

DHS Grants Additional Time For Full Form I-9 Compliance After Temporary Flexibility Procedures End And Provides Update On Future Remove Verification Rule

In a May 4, 2023, announcement, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) granted employers through August 30, 2023, to complete the physical document inspection required for Form I-9...

United States Employment

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Foley & Lardner

Important I-9 Updates For May 2023

Temporary I-9 flexibilities program allowing remote I-9 inspection ends July 31, 2023.

United States Coronavirus

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Pryor Cashman LLP

The End Of The Federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Is Near: What To Expect As HHS Transitions Beyond The Emergency Phase

United States Coronavirus

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Mintz

Arbitrator Upholds Hospital's Vaccination Policy And Cause Terminations

Canada Coronavirus

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Fasken

Duty To Defend Triggered For Judicial Sanctions On Attorney Who Lied About COVID Vaccination Status

United States Coronavirus

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Wiley Rein

Ontario, Canada Court Finds Employment Contract Frustrated By Employee's Refusal To Become Vaccinated Against COVID-19

Canada Employment

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Littler - Canada

COVID-19 Luxembourg Update: Exceptional Measures Applicable To Companies Ends

Luxembourg Coronavirus

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Maples Group

Ontario Court Upholds Dismissal Where Employee Refused To Comply With Third Party Vaccine Mandate

Canada Employment

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CCPartners

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Employment and Workforce Wellbeing

Sunsetting Of COVID-19 Paid Emergency Leave Law

Beginning July 31, 2025, New York employers will no longer be required to provide separate leave for COVID-19 quarantines and isolations.

United States Employment

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Do I Still Need A PCR Test To Travel To Ghana?

Although the COVID-19 pandemic is over, travel protocols continue to evolve as the world adjusts to the post-pandemic landscape.

Ghana Immigration

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Acheampong & Associates

The Future Of Work: An Update From The Campaign Trail And The Hill (Spoiler Alert: COVID-19 Is Taking Center Stage)

In our fifth installment on the presidential candidates' stances on future of work issues, we provide an update from the campaign trail and Capitol Hill.

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

DOJ Withdraws Eleven ADA Guidance Documents For Public Accommodations

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Court Interprets "Affected Area" Under The BIMCO Infectious Or Contagious Diseases Clause For Time Charter Parties 2015: Bunge S.A v Pan Ocean Co. Ltd. (The "Sagar Ratan") [2025] EWHC 193 (Admiralty) - Gemma Morgan, Mark Stiggelbout & Conor Fenton-Garvey

United Kingdom Coronavirus

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Quadrant Chambers

Tennessee Supreme Court Holds That Petitioning The State Government Is Not Conduct Protected By The Common Law Tort Of Retaliatory Discharge Against A Private Employer

United States Employment

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Bass, Berry & Sims

Termination For Failure To Follow COVID-19 Policy Not Discriminatory

Canada Coronavirus

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Cassels

DOJ Withdraws 11 Pieces Of Americans With Disabilities Act Title III Guidance: What Covered Businesses Need To Know

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Når En Høj Hygiejnestandard Ikke Er Nok

Denmark Employment

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Norrbom Vinding

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Latest Videos

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Regulating The Gig Economy In A Post-Covid World (Video)

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Ius Laboris

COVID-19 MERKEZİ

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Gun + Partners

Legal Implications Of The Hybrid Work Model

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Employment Labor After Hours VIDEO - COVID Religion Exemption Requests

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Brennan Manna & Diamond

COVID-19 Vaccination In Indonesia: Key Considerations For Employers & Employees (Video)

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DFDL

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