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Luxury tax and competitive balance in football – continued

By Jack Blakey on June 18, 2019

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has renewed his call for a luxury tax system in football. Sports Shorts previously covered the role luxury tax has played in the NBA and the extent to which this could be applied in the game of football in Europe, following similar comments by Ceferin in 2017. In summary, a luxury tax system would involve the imposition of a cap on the amounts that teams can spend on player salaries (and…

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The European Court of Justice waves the starting flag for the EU-Canada Investment Court

By Antoine Adeline & Nadia Dridi on June 18, 2019

CJEU Opinion 1/17 30 April 2019 On 30 October 2016, Canada and the European Union signed a free trade agreement called the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (“CETA”)[1] . This Agreement provides for an investor-state dispute settlement (“ISDS”) mechanism, including an Investment Court System. In September 2017, Belgium requested an opinion from the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) regarding the compatibility of such a mechanism with European Union law[2].…

Employment Law Worldview

Seventh Circuit: Obesity Alone Is Not A Disability Under the ADA (US)

By Melissa Legault on June 17, 2019

As we previously reported here, the issue of whether obesity is a legally-protected impairment is complex, and jurisdictions differ on the extent to which they consider obesity to be a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). On June 12, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit joined the Second, Sixth, and Eighth Circuits in holding that without evidence that an underlying physiological disorder caused the individual’s extreme obesity,…

Triage Health Law

Three weeks to go until Oral Arguments in Texas v. United States Determining Future of Obamacare

By David Archer on June 17, 2019

There are now only three weeks before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear oral arguments in Texas v. United States, the latest legal front in the ongoing battle over the future of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Texas v. United States is a lawsuit focusing on the indispensability of the individual mandate, which required most Americans to maintain “minimum essential” health insurance coverage, to the rest of the…

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That Didn’t Take Long: Ninth Circuit’s Decision in Garvin v. Cook Invs. NW is Challenged

By Mark Salzberg on June 14, 2019

As noted in prior posts, the Ninth Circuit opened the door, albeit narrowly, to cannabis company bankruptcies when it issued its opinion in Garvin v. Cook Invs. NW on May 2, 2019. In Garvin, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the confirmation of a plan of reorganization proposed by the lessor to a marijuana growing operation. The Ninth Court adopted a narrow interpretation of section 1129(a)(3)’s confirmation requirement that a plan be proposed “not by any…

La Revue

Détachement professionnel : transposition en France de la directive (UE) 2018/957 du 28 juin 2018

By Coline Bied-Charreton on June 14, 2019

Ordonnance n° 2019-116 du 20 février 2019 portant transposition de la directive (UE) 2018/957 du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 28 juin 2018 L’ordonnance du 20 février 2019 transpose en droit français les précisions apportées le 28 juin 2018 à la directive 96-71 sur les travailleurs détachés. Un projet de loi de ratification de l’ordonnance en l’état (sans changements) a été présenté en Conseil des ministres le 7 mai 2019 par la ministre du…

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What makes an Electronic Communications Service? (Part 2)

By Francesco Liberatore & Matt Buckwell on June 14, 2019

On 13 June 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU“) published its ruling on the classification of Gmail in the EU following a request for a preliminary ruling from the German Courts. Gmail is a web-based email service, and is a type of “Over-The-Top” (“OTT”) service. The CJEU determined that Gmail is not an electronic communications service (“ECS”), as defined in the Framework Directive (Directive 2002/21/EC, as amended) – i.e. a service…

Employment Law Worldview

State Law Round-Up: Paid Leave Proliferation (CT, ME, MA, NV, DC) and Minimum Wage Update! (US)

By Shennan Harris on June 13, 2019

July 1 Minimum Wage Increases A number of jurisdictions will see a minimum wage increase effective July 1, 2019; please find our updated minimum wage chart here. In addition to those listed, Nevada just (on June 12, 2019) passed a law to raise the minimum wage to $12/hour by 2024.…

Global IP & Technology Law Blog

Digital Copyright Directive published…and already the subject of complaint

By Carlton Daniel & Dillon Ravikumar on June 13, 2019

The Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (the Directive), has now been published in the Official Journal, and entered into force on Friday 7 June 2019. EU member states have two years in which to transpose the Directive (which is now officially Directive (EU) 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market and amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC).…

La Revue

Détachement professionnel : principaux apports de la Loi Avenir Professionnel

By Coline Bied-Charreton on June 13, 2019

Loi n°2018-771 du 5 septembre 2018 Décret d’application n°2019-555 du 4 juin 2019 La loi dite « Avenir Professionnel » a apporté d’importants changements au détachement de travailleurs d’entreprises étrangères sur le territoire français. La parution du décret n°2019-555 du 4 juin 2019 est l’occasion de faire le point sur les principales modifications. Définition du salarié détaché Dans sa nouvelle rédaction, l’article L. 1261-3 du Code du travail précise que le salarié détaché est le « Salarié d’un employeur…

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Luxury tax and competitive balance in football – continued

The European Court of Justice waves the starting flag for the EU-Canada Investment Court

Seventh Circuit: Obesity Alone Is Not A Disability Under the ADA (US)

Three weeks to go until Oral Arguments in Texas v. United States Determining Future of Obamacare

That Didn’t Take Long: Ninth Circuit’s Decision in Garvin v. Cook Invs. NW is Challenged

Détachement professionnel : transposition en France de la directive (UE) 2018/957 du 28 juin 2018

What makes an Electronic Communications Service? (Part 2)

State Law Round-Up: Paid Leave Proliferation (CT, ME, MA, NV, DC) and Minimum Wage Update! (US)

Digital Copyright Directive published…and already the subject of complaint

Détachement professionnel : principaux apports de la Loi Avenir Professionnel

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