Civil Law

“Ottawa Charter at 40” Panel Presents on Support for Personal Skills and Social Development

As suggested in my previous post introducing the October 2026 conference in Canada that reexamined the public health goals set by the Ottawa Charter in 1986, there was reason both for modest celebration and serious critical thinking about what has happened during the last 40 years.

In a morning panel on October 21, we were tasked with the 4th Pillar of the Ottawa Charter, focusing on “personal and social development.” The presentations ranged from detailed frameworks for implementing new health … Read the rest

Civil Law

Prove the Policy, Not the Story: SBA’s Final Rule Rewrites the 8(a) Social Disadvantage Test

The proposed rule is now history. On August 11, 2026, the Small Business Administration (SBA) published its final rule, Reforms to 13 CFR 124.103 To Remove SBA’s 8(a) Program’s Rebuttable Presumption of Social Disadvantage for Individually Owned Firms Only, 91 Fed. Reg. 51568 (Aug. 11, 2026) (the Rule). The Rule takes effect September 10, 2026, and by its own terms applies to all pending applications of individually-owned applicants as of that date. A firm with an application sitting in the … Read the rest

Civil Law

So What Goes with Social Security?

We’ve tried staying away from this subject because it seems so political. The Democrats are shreiking that the Republicans are about to “gut” Social Security and Medicare. The Republicans flatly deny that. Meanwhile both parties joined to pass a Social Security Fairness Act that increased benefits for some federal workers. The effect, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) was to advance the time bomb of social security insolvency. Letter to the Honorable Chuck Grassley about the long-term effects of … Read the rest

Civil Law

Actualité social

Jurisprudence

Les conditions d’ouverture du droit aux indemnités journalières s’apprécient au premier jour de I’arrêt de travail /

Une irrégularité dans la procédure de sanction disciplinaire ne peut entacher sa validité si elle n’a pas d’impact sur les droits à la défense du salarié /

Le temps de trajet n’est pas du temps de travail effectif même si le salarié reste joignable /

L’entretien préalable et la signature d’une convention de rupture conventionnelle peuvent avoir lieu le même jour /… Read the rest

Supreme Court

Social media content moderation laws come before Supreme Court

Social media content moderation laws come before Supreme Court

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Once again, the relationship between the government and social media will headline arguments at the Supreme Court on Monday. NetChoice v. Paxton and Moody v. NetChoice are just the second of three social media disputes the court will hear this term. The justices on Monday will consider the constitutionality of controversial laws in Texas and Florida that would regulate how large social media companies like Facebook and X (formerly known as Twitter) control content posted on their sites.

Defending … Read the rest