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Green Imagery – Is it Worth the Risk?

The Softly Spark

FTC Shows How NOT to Use Green Imagery The FTC’s Green Guides, first introduced in 1992 and last updated in 2012, are currently under revision to tackle the growing issue of greenwashing. “A marketer’s advertisement features a picture of a laser printer in a bird’s nest balancing on a tree branch, surrounded by a dense forest.

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Tick-tock, the Court Starts the Clock: Deconflicting the FCA and Rule 4(m) of the FRCP

Inside Government Contracts

In Weiner , the Plaintiff-Relator’s initial February 2012 action alleged that Siemens AG fraudulently induced more than $234 million in government contracts in violation of the FCA and its state-law analogues. This was the question before the Second Circuit last month in U.S. Siemens AG , No. 22-2656, 2023 WL 8227913, at 3 (2d Cir.

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The Contents of Journal of International Arbitration, Volume 41, Issue 4 (August 2024)

Kluwer Arbitration

Second, in the case in which the principle of independence and impartiality collides with another principle, I advocate the use of balancing. First, I propose a multi-step model that allows us to analyse a specific case.

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Navigating the Intersection of Sovereign Acts and Commercial Activities: Insights from Omega v. Panama

Kluwer Arbitration

Panama also contended that the Claimants failed to provide sufficient evidence of the Vice-President’s alleged motives and that the solicitation meeting in 2012 was unproven. Panama stated that its actions were commercial in nature, and therefore, no expropriation had taken place. Concluding Observations The Tribunal’s decision in Omega v.

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Know Your People: Generations in the Workforce

GovLoop

The newest generation to enter the corporate workforce, Generation Z consists of individuals born between 1997 and 2012. Consequently, workplaces must learn to balance these strengths in order to develop a comfortable environment for everyone. Every generation brings positive traits to the workforce. Here are those attributes.

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Documenting the use of Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling groups in DoD

AWS Public Sector

The following permissions policy is an example of granting a user permission to configure Auto Scaling in the AWS account but only for Auto Scaling groups tagged with a tag of purpose with value testing.

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Red Eagle v. Colombia: Colombia’s Decisions to Protect Páramos Do Not Constitute a Violation of the Minimum Standard of Treatment vis-à-vis an Investor with No Vested Right

Kluwer Arbitration

Between 2010 and 2012, Red Eagle acquired the 11 mining titles, which were assigned and registered according to Colombian law. This behavior showed that Colombia acted with a legitimate purpose, giving meaningful consideration to competing economic, environmental, and social interests to produce a balanced policy.

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