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National employer vaccine mandate – closer to reality?
United States | Publication | October 19, 2021
In September, President Joe Biden announced a mandate that businesses with more than 100 employees either require COVID vaccines or administer weekly tests. On October 12, federal OSHA submitted the initial text of an emergency vaccine rule to the Office of Management and Budget for review.
The rule will take effect once the OMB finishes its review and it is published in the Federal Register. The rule will then be ripe for courts to consider the numerous expected challenges to its constitutionality.
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The rise in AI shareholder proposals: Navigating shareholder concerns
As discussed in our previous look at the 2025 proxy season, the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies has elevated AI to a core governance concern for shareholders, and as AI continues to dominate headlines, the urgency of finding a balance between transparency, responsibility, and return on investment for shareholders is likely to spur a growing number of AI-related shareholder proposals in the coming years.
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Elbows up: “Buy Canadian” in federal government contracting
As Canadian businesses deal with tariff uncertainty and trade protectionism, the federal government has announced its intention to introduce rules promoting domestic goods and services in government contracting by most federal departments and agencies.
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