COVID-19 PESTLE

• Chinese premier calls for enhancing cooperation to promote steady world economic recovery December 7, 2021
  ...promote the steady recovery of the world economy and early victory over COVID-19," Li said while holding the sixth "1+6" Roundtable in Beijing via video link with heads of major international...
• Los Angeles covid fraud ring leader gets 10 years in prison December 7, 2021
  ...keep small businesses nationwide from collapsing during the initial lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic, prosecutors say. Lamenting the “brazenness” of Dadyan’s crimes, U.S. District Court Judge...
• Suu Kyi may see out the remainder of her life under house arrest December 7, 2021
  ...in Naypyidaw, the capital, related to charges of inciting dissent and breaking Covid-19 rules. She will serve her sentence by remaining under house arrest in Naypyidaw. Her co-defendant Win...
• Status red warning as Storm Barra winds pose threat to life December 7, 2021
  ...across Cork and Kerry have been cancelled. Cork City Hall’s major Covid-19 vaccination centre as well as vaccination centres in Kerry and Clare also closed for the duration of the storm. Outpatient...
• United States: Healthcare Highlights: Cyber-Security, Licensing Board Issues, And Employer COVID-19 Regulations - Ward and Smith, P.A. December 7, 2021
  ...jury, and executioner, you're right," added Smith. Employment Law and COVID-19 Ken Gray, a labor and employment attorney who leads Ward and Smith's labor and employment practice group, provided...
• Ousted Myanmar leader Suu Kyi gets jail sentence halved to 2 years December 7, 2021
  ...on Monday sentenced to four years’ jail for inciting dissent and breaching Covid-19 pandemic rules. This is the first court verdict in a series of charges levelled against her by the country...
• Japan: Japan Document Execution And Retention Policies In The Electronic Age - Nishimura & Asahi December 7, 2021
  ...resolution proceedings. To help foster the adoption of e-signatures (especially with the COVID-19 pandemic backdrop that led many companies to adopt remote work requirements and restrict face-to-face...
• Ben Robert-Smith’s Defamation Trial Set To Resume In February December 7, 2021
  ...resume. Basically, the trial had to pause because it was no longer COVID-19 safe for it to continue, particularly because witnesses were being called. In case you aren’t up to date, Roberts-Smith...
• What the papers say – December 7 December 7, 2021
  ...Times says scientific advisers to the Government believe cases of the Omicron Covid-19 variant are doubling every three days in Britain. The Daily Telegraph says that the Covid-19 booster campaign...
• Two schools wrongly claim $170K under wage subsidy scheme December 7, 2021
  ...provided schools with additional funding and support throughout 2020 in response to Covid-19." Spending on farewell gifts and retirement functions should be moderate and conservative, and appropriate...