Israel: Rabbinical Courts' Jurisdiction Extended to Enable Jewish Divorce...
On November 30, 2021, the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) passed the Rabbinical Court Jurisdiction (Marriage and Divorce (Amendment No. 5 and Temporary Order) Law, 5782-2021 (Amendment Law). The...
View ArticleIsrael: Labor Court Rules Approval of Telework Requests Is Prerogative of...
On March 4, 2022, the Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court ruled that an employer who denied a temporary employee permission to telework over dissatisfaction with her job performance and the short duration of...
View ArticleBrazil: Superior Electoral Tribunal and Federal Supreme Court Sign Agreement...
On May 18, 2022, Brazil’s Superior Electoral Tribunal (Tribunal Superior Eleitoral, TSE) issued a press release announcing that the TSE and the Federal Supreme Court (Supremo Tribunal Federal, STF) had...
View ArticleBrazil: Superior Electoral Tribunal May Cancel Registration of Candidates Who...
On May 31, 2022, Federal Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who will head the Superior Electoral Tribunal (Tribunal Superior Eleitoral, TSE) when Brazil’s general elections are held on October...
View ArticleIsrael: Labor Court Clarifies Labor Relations Rules Applicable in...
On August 3, 2022, the Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court approved a motion to file a class action against an app-based food delivery service company to require the company to contribute to its couriers’...
View ArticleBrazil: Two New Criminal Courts Created in State of Rio de Janeiro to...
On September 5, 2022, the Justice Tribunal of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro (Tribunal de Justiça do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, TJRJ) inaugurated two criminal courts specializing in prosecuting...
View ArticleItaly: Amendments to the Tax Justice System Adopted
On September 1, 2022, Law No. 130 of August 31, 2022, containing provisions on the tax justice system, entered into effect in Italy.Modification of the Denomination of Tax CourtsArticle 1(1)(a) of Law...
View ArticleIsrael: National Labor Court Quintuples Compensation in Occupational...
On September 6, 2022, Israel’s National Labor Court (NLC) partially accepted an appeal by a former public hospital employee over a decision by the Nazareth Regional Labor Court and quintupled the...
View ArticlePakistan: Federal Shariat Court Upholds Punjab Protection of Women against...
On Nov. 22, 2022, the Federal Shariat Court (FSC) of Pakistan issued a judgment determining that no provision of the Punjab Protection of Women against Violence Act, 2016, a law enacted by the...
View ArticleGermany: Federal Fiscal Court Holds Cryptocurrency Transactions Subject to...
In a decision published on February 28, 2023, the German Federal Fiscal Court (Bundesfinanzhof, BFH) held that profits gained from cryptocurrency (currency token) transactions within the one-year...
View ArticleBrazil: New Law Creates Specialized Police Stations for Women
On April 3, 2023, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed Law No. 14,541 of April 3, 2023, which provides for the creation and uninterrupted operation of specialized police stations for...
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