Migrants to get market rates
CONTROLS on temporary skilled migrants have been tightened to ensure they are not being used to undercut wages of the permanent Australian workforce. australianit.news.com.au |
Six-month jail sentences reduced to six weeks to ease jail overcrowding
Six-month jail terms are being slashed to six weeks and 28-day sentences are being waived by prison governors desperate to ease record levels of overcrowding, The Times has learnt. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
Sidley Austin opens office in Palo Alto
Sidley Austin LLP said Tuesday it is opening an office in Palo Alto. bizjournals.com |
GBLS takes funding hit as legal need skyrockets
One of the toughest slowdowns in the legal services market in decades meant an incredibly tough year in the end for Greater Boston Legal Services. bizjournals.com |
Hedge funds’ $1bn lawsuit says Porsche lied on VW ambition$
American hedge fund managers sued Porsche and two of its former top managers yesterday for more than $1 billion ($£620 million), in what may be one of the biggest damages claims ever received by a German company. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |