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On August 8, 2019, the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (“SIC”) imposed the highest-ever fine due to an obstruction of an investigation during a dawn raid. Under Colombian law, the SIC has the power to conduct unannounced dawn raids on the...By: Dentons

It can be tempting for a "losing" party in adjudication to defend itself against the winner's enforcement proceedings by arguing that the adjudicator got it wrong. Hard as it is to ignore apparent errors, such parties must remember that adjudicators'...By: Dentons

EE Ltd v. Sir James H E Chichester [2019] UKUT 164 (LC) considers the ability of landowners to resist the imposition of rights pursuant to the Electronic Communications Code (Code) where they intend to redevelop their land. The landowner in question...By: Dentons

With NSW Minister for Planning and Public Spaces, Robert Stokes’ desire to end spot rezonings, and Labor’s recent moves to prohibit pre-gateway reviews, it is likely to become even harder for developers to have development sites rezoned. However, if...By: Dentons

For US employers with 100 or more employees, extensive new information relating to their prior EEO-1 filings must be submitted by September 30, 2019. Specifically, in addition to categorizing employees by race/ethnicity, gender and job type,...By: Dentons

On June 26, 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) granted leave to appeal the Ontario Court of Appeal's decision in CM Callow Inc. v. Zollinger (Callow),1 a case involving the scope of the organizing principle of good faith and related duty of...By: Dentons

The construction industry is starting to engage more widely with new and emerging technology like Building Information Modelling, drones and 3D printing. Various bodies are now working on the multitude of challenges that implementation of such "new...By: Dentons

Cash is king in construction, and inadequate cash flow is one of the major reasons that construction companies fail. Retentions (whereby the employer withholds a percentage of payment until the construction work is completed free of defects) have a...By: Dentons

The recent decision of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Octaform Systems Inc v. Clayworth confirms that a court may only dismiss an application for a stay of proceedings under British Columbia’s Arbitration Act if the dispute clearly falls...By: Dentons

Ms Tillman was employed as Joint Global Head of the Financial Services Practice Group by Egon Zehnder Ltd, a specialist executive search and recruitment business (the Company). ...By: Dentons