“IR laws top CEO concerns”

This is The Australian’s 8 December 2022 headline. It reflects the result of its 2022 CEO Survey. We’re not surprised. It echoes the observation made in our previous blog about the new laws getting much C-suite interest.

This interest, and those concerns, stem from the likely shift away from enterprise bargaining and towards terms and conditions being set along industry lines.

The laws are very much aimed at employers who are able to compete on price through favourable labour arrangements. … Read the rest

The morning read for Wednesday, Dec. 14

The morning read for Wednesday, Dec. 14

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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. To suggest a piece for us to consider, email us at roundup@scotusblog.com.

Here’s the Wednesday morning read:

  • U.S. Supreme Court to review murder-for-hire conviction (Nate Raymond, Reuters)
  • Military interests parachute into Supreme Court cases on LGBTQ rights, elections (John Fritze, USA Today)
  • A notorious Trump judge just fired the first shot against birth control (Ian Millhiser, Vox)
  • DOJ says
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Court will resume opinion announcements from the bench, but won’t provide live audio

Court will resume opinion announcements from the bench, but won’t provide live audio

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The Supreme Court will resume its pre-pandemic practice of announcing opinions from the bench, the court’s Public Information Office said on Monday afternoon. But although the justices now provide live audio of oral arguments, the opinion announcements will not be livestreamed. Instead, consistent with the court’s pre-pandemic practice, the audio of opinion announcements will not be available until the beginning of the following term.

The resumption of in-person opinion announcements marks another step in the court’s slow return to … Read the rest

Strauss estimates a greater impact of the Salmonella incident, partly because of consumer lawsuits

The cost of a recall and plant closure due to Salmonella contamination is to be more than initially predicated, according to Strauss Group.

The company updated the estimated damage to net profit for 2022 due to the recall and shutdown of the plant in Nof Hagalil, Israel to a range of Israeli New Shekel (NIS) 290 to 310 million ($ 84.8 to $ 90.7 million).

In May, estimates showed the confectionery recall and closure of the factory would impact net … Read the rest

The morning read for Thursday, Dec. 8

The morning read for Thursday, Dec. 8

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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. To suggest a piece for us to consider, email us at roundup@scotusblog.com.

Here’s the Thursday morning read:

  • Takeaways from Moore v. Harper, the historic Supreme Court arguments on election rules (, CNN)
  • A Conservative Theory Too Extreme Even for This Supreme Court (Noah Feldman, Bloomberg)
  • What Difference Would It Make If the
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Justices probe government’s authority to dismiss False Claims Act lawsuits

Justices probe government’s authority to dismiss False Claims Act lawsuits

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The Supreme Court heard oral argument on Tuesday in the case of Dr. Jesse Polansky, a whistleblower who had filed a claim on behalf of the government under the False Claims Act’s qui tam provision. The Department of Justice had initially allowed Polansky to proceed with the lawsuit against a company he accused of causing millions of dollars in false Medicare bills to the government, but after several years of litigation sought to force dismissal of the case. At … Read the rest