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New Jersey Quietly Rolls Back Temporary Suspension of Employer Withholding Rules for Teleworking Employees

Effective October 1, 2021, the New Jersey Division of Taxation (the “NJDT”) ended the temporary relief period with regard to employers’ obligation to withhold income taxes for teleworking employees who work in New Jersey.1  Employers must therefore stop basing their obligation to withhold and remit income taxes on the employer’s jurisdiction, and instead should do so based on where the employee’s service or employment is performed. If that location is New Jersey, employers should withhold New Jersey taxes from such wages.




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Settled a Lawsuit with a Government Agency Last Year? Form 1098-F Reporting of Fines and Penalties is Coming Due

  • 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act changed rules relating to when penalties/fines paid to or at the direction of a government agency can be deducted as a business expense.
  • Certain payments to government agencies, such as the EEOC, as part of employment lawsuit settlements, are affected.
  • To this end, Agencies will start issuing information returns, IRS Form 1098-F, to affected employers.




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Court Holds Backup Withholding Required by Law Does Not Violate a Settlement Agreement

In Escano v. Innovative Financial Partners, LLC,1 a magistrate judge held that the defendants’ decision to withhold funds from a payment required under a settlement agreement when the plaintiff refused to provide a Form W-9 did not violate the agreement.




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Ontario, Canada Human Rights Tribunal Finds it Has Concurrent Jurisdiction with Labour Arbitrators to Decide Human Rights Claims in Unionized Workplaces

The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario recently held a preliminary hearing to determine whether allegations made under the Human Rights Code (Code) fell within the exclusive jurisdiction of a labour arbitrator, or whether the Tribunal had concurrent jurisdiction over employment-related human rights matters in a unionized workplace.  




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California Supreme Court Holds Plaintiffs with Arbitration Agreements Retain Standing to Pursue Non-Individual PAGA Claims in Court

  • The California Supreme Court determined that plaintiffs seeking civil penalties under California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) retain standing to pursue representative PAGA claims on behalf of other alleged aggrieved employees in court despite being bound to arbitrate their individual PAGA claims.




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    Pencils, Paper, and Now NLRA Legal Protections – New General Counsel Memorandum Provides College Student Athletes with a Very Significant New “School Supply”

    On September 29, 2021, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel (GC) Jennifer A. Abruzzo released a nine-page memorandum taking the unequivocal position that “certain Players at Academic Institutions” are employees under Section 2(3) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).  Refusing to call such players “student athletes,” Abruzzo asserts in the memorandum (GC 21-08) that:




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    NLRB General Counsel Suggests How Colleges and Universities Can Satisfy NLRA Disclosure Obligations Without Violating FERPA

    Colleges and universities that employ their own students face conflicts about how to protect student information, as required by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), while disclosing information about student-employees who seek to unionize, as required by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).

    On August 6, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel issued a memorandum with her advice about how higher education institutions should handle this dilemma.




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    What to Expect and How to Comply with Senate Bill 553




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    Considerations for Compliance with FTC Noncompete Rule




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    New Haven Office Kicks Off 2024 with a New Leader – Littler Selects Paula Anthony as Office Managing Shareholder

    NEW HAVEN, Conn. (January 4, 2024) – Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has appointed Paula Anthony as office managing shareholder (OMS) of the firm’s New Haven, Connecticut office, effective January 1, 2024. Anthony succeeds Lori Alexander who will be stepping down to continue to focus on her full-time litigation and advice practice.




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    Littler Bolsters Toronto Office with the Addition of Partner Stephen Shore

    TORONTO (April 15, 2024) – Littler, the world’s largest employment and labour law practice representing management, has added Stephen Shore as a partner in its Toronto office. Shore joins from Ogletree Deakins and represents employers across all areas of employment and labour law.




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    Littler Continues Hiring Streak with Addition of Shareholder Kelly Cardin in New York City

    NEW YORK (May 28, 2024) – Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Kelly M. Cardin as a shareholder in its New York City office. Cardin – who joins the firm from Ogletree Deakins, where she was co-chair of the Pay Equity practice group – marks Littler’s fifth shareholder level addition since the beginning of April.




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    Littler Continues Toronto Growth with the Addition of Shana French as Partner

    New arrival comes as Stephen Shore is appointed Littler’s Toronto Office Managing Partner

    TORONTO (June 3, 2024) – Littler, the world’s largest employment and labour law practice representing management, has added Shana French as a partner in its Toronto office. Her arrival comes as Stephen Shore, who joined Littler in April, is named Office Managing Partner in Toronto. French joins from Sherrard Kuzz and marks Littler’s seventh partner level addition since the beginning of April.




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    Littler Continues Robust Canadian Expansion with Five New Additions to Toronto Office

    New Additions Follow Arrival of Three Partners in Recent Months




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    Senate Recesses Without Votes On Biden NLRB Nominees

    The Senate recessed, leaving two nominees key to the partisan balance on the National Labor Relations Board in limbo, and Michael Lotito says it’s a sign that their confirmations are not guaranteed.

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    Trump’s Populism Set to Clash With Senate GOP on Labor Nominees

    Michael Lotito says to expect clashes between the populist and business-friendly wings of the GOP over Trump’s labor nominations.

    Bloomberg Law

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    Texas Court to Weigh Overtime Rule With Trump Rescission Looming

    While the state of Texas and businesses tries to convince a federal district court that the US DOL went beyond its authority with a rule expanding overtime protections, Jim Paretti says that if employers in Texas continue operating business as usual, they will be doing so at their own risk.

    Bloomberg Law

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    ETSI’s 4th NFV Plugtests event broadens its scope with edge computing testing

    ETSI’s 4th NFV Plugtests event broadens its scope with edge computing testing

    Sophia Antipolis, 29 July 2019

    The 4th ETSI NFV PlugtestsTM event was one of the sunny June highlights in ETSI, as it took place from 3 to 7 June in Sophia Antipolis.

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    ETSI OSM organizes its first fully remote Hackfest with a record number of participants

    ETSI OSM organizes its first fully remote Hackfest with a record number of participants

    Sophia Antipolis, 16 March 2020

    These are special times where many face-to-face meetings are being postponed or canceled. But when the going gets tough, the tough gets going and ETSI OSM opted for reorganizing its Hackfest, originally planned as a physical event in Madrid from 9 to 12 March 2020, as a fully remote event. What originally seemed a huge challenge due to the hands-on approach and the high level of interaction required in a Hackfest, proved possible in a record time thanks to the outstanding engagement of the OSM community and the means provided by ETSI, making this Hackfest one of the best attended ever. The 4 days of Hackfest were run in parallel with the OSM Mid-Release EIGHT meeting and the OSM Ecosystem Day, also held remotely. 

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    ETSI signs MoUs with Khronos and OARC for Augmented Reality

    ETSI signs MoUs with Khronos and OARC for Augmented Reality

    Liaison agreements strengthen the outreach of the ETSI group on AR

    Sophia Antipolis, 3 June 2020

    ETSI has signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with the Khronos® Group and OARC (Open AR Cloud Association) to allow the exchange of views and expertise between ETSI and both organizations to further develop interoperability of AR components, systems and services necessary to enable a thriving ecosystem with a diverse range of technologies and solution providers.

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    Successful ETSI virtual Security Week 2020 with over 4000 viewers

    Successful ETSI virtual Security Week 2020 with over 4000 viewers

    Sophia Antipolis, 24 June 2020

    The ETSI virtual Security Week 2020, that took place from 8 June to 23 June, successfully closed with a record audience of more than 4000 viewers joining from over 50 countries. Speakers and moderators comprised a variety of stakeholders ranging from global telco operators, vendors and academia to security organizations and other standards bodies.

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    SESAR Deployment Manager signs MoU with ETSI for European Air Traffic Management modernization

    SESAR Deployment Manager signs MoU with ETSI for European Air Traffic Management modernization

    Sophia Antipolis, 27 July 2020

    SESAR Deployment Manager (SDM) has recently signed an MoU with ETSI, namely to participate to the ETSI technical group making standards for aeronautics (TG AERO). SESAR aims at the modernization of Europe’s Air Traffic Management (ATM), crucial for the sustainability of European aviation and the forecasted increase in air traffic by 2035 (pre covid-19 forcast). SDM synchronizes and coordinates the deployment of common projects, translating the regulatory requirements to the industry.

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    ETSI White Paper and webinar map the way forward with IPv6

    ETSI White Paper and webinar map the way forward with IPv6

    Sophia Antipolis, 21 September

    An ETSI webinar has examined the global status of IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) with discussions on deployment, industrial applications, transition solutions and progress on standardization.

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    Designing tomorrow’s world: ETSI unveils strategy in line with its ambitious vision

    ‘Designing tomorrow’s world’: ETSI unveils strategy in line with its ambitious vision

    Sophia Antipolis, 3 December 2020

    At the meeting of its General Assembly yesterday ETSI has validated a new strategy, the result of an intensive development process over the last months.

    Titled ‘Designing tomorrow’s world’, the strategy has been shaped by ETSI’s diverse global community, drawing on the expertise and experience of more than 900 member organizations that include multinational and smaller companies, start-ups, research organizations and governmental institutions.

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    The Agricultural Industry Electronics Foundation signs MoU with ETSI

    The Agricultural Industry Electronics Foundation signs MoU with ETSI

    Sophia Antipolis, 20 January 2021

    On 7 January, the Agricultural Industry Electronics Foundation (AEF) signed a Memorandum for Understanding (MoU) with ETSI.

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    ‘Designing tomorrow’s world’: ETSI introduces its new strategy in line with its ambitious vision

    ‘Designing tomorrow’s world’: ETSI introduces its new strategy in line with its ambitious vision

    Sophia Antipolis, 5 May 2021

    Today ETSI is pleased to introduce its new strategy, the result of an intensive development process over the last months, validated at the ETSI General Assembly in December 2020.

    Titled ‘Designing tomorrow’s world’, the strategy builds on a recognition of the global importance of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for a sustainable development and to support the digital transformation of society.

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    ETSI releases test specification to comply with world-leading Consumer IoT Security standard

    ETSI releases test specification to comply with world-leading Consumer IoT Security standard

    Sophia Antipolis, 12 October 2021

    ETSI has released the test specification for the existing ETSI EN 303 645, the world leading consumer IoT security standard. This test specification, ETSI TS 103 701, describes how a conformity assessment is performed in a structured and comprehensive way. This will allow supplier organizations such as manufacturers, vendors or distributers to assess the compliance of their devices against ETSI ETSI EN 303 645 in self-assessments or via testing labs. User organizations can also apply the test specification for in-house testing.

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    ETSI NFV Release 5 kicks off with increased support for cloud-enabled deployments

    ETSI NFV Release 5 kicks off with increased support for cloud-enabled deployments

    Sophia Antipolis, 9 November 2021

    The ETSI Industry Specification Group (ISG) for Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) has started working on its next specification release, known as "Release 5”, officially kicking off the new Release technical work after their September meeting.

    The Release 5 work program is expected to drive ETSI NFV’s work into two main directions: consolidating the NFV framework and expanding its applicability and functionality set. On the one hand, some aspects of the NFV concepts and functionalities that have been addressed in previous Releases, but need additional work, will be further developed in Release 5. For instance, based on development, deployment experience and feedback collected during testing events such as the “NFV/MEC Plugtests”, additional work on VNF configuration was deemed necessary. Another example is the more detailed specification work related to fault management modelling which aims at further defining faults and alarms information to improve interoperability during network operations, in particular for root cause analysis and fault resolution in multi-vendor environments.

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    ASIA PKI Consortium signs MoU with ETSI

    ASIA PKI Consortium signs MoU with ETSI

    Sophia Antipolis, 2 December 2021

    During the ETSI General Assembly, ASIA PKI and ETSI signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to structure and strengthen the relationship between both organizations and foster a closer relationship.

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    PKI Consortium signs MoU with ETSI

    PKI Consortium signs MoU with ETSI

    Sophia Antipolis, 1 February 2022

    On 26 January PKI Consortium and ETSI signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to structure and strengthen the relationship between both organizations and foster a closer relationship.

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    MEC is ramping up with Phase 3 work on Multi-access Edge Computing

    MEC is ramping up with Phase 3 work on Multi-access Edge Computing

    Sophia Antipolis, 15 March 2022

    Since the beginning of 2022 the ETSI MEC Industry Specification Group (ETSI ISG MEC) has moved forward with the on-going Phase 3 work, which is foreseen to help accelerate and enable more effective and fruitful collaboration with other organizations.

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    ETSI extends its ecosystem for the twin transition with new partners

    ETSI extends its ecosystem for the twin transition with new partners

    Sophia Antipolis, 29 March 2022

    Today, ETSI’s General Assembly has approved two new Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with Direct Trust and FIDO and two cooperation agreements with the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) and Information Technology Industry Council’s (ITI) The Green Grid (TGG).

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    Bureau of Indian Standards signs MoU with ETSI

    Bureau of Indian Standards signs MoU with ETSI

    Sophia Antipolis, 16 May 2022

    Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), India’s national standards body, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the European standards body ETSI with a common objective to perform & promote international standardization, which will benefit both by adopting a complimentary approach to the standardization, fostering closer cooperation, and further strengthening their relationship.

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    New ETSI White Paper and MEC Hackathon: another step to engage with app developers and verticals

    New ETSI White Paper and MEC Hackathon: another step to engage with app developers and verticals

    Sophia Antipolis, 16 June 2022

    The ETSI MEC (Multi-access Edge Computing) group is pleased to announce a new White Paper which aims to describe the deployment options related to MEC federation, especially from an architectural point of view. With a key focus on ETSI MEC implementations, it also aims to provide an open approach taking into account other standards and technologies, including those from 3GPP SA Working Group 6 and GSMA OPG. For this purpose, the White Paper first analyses the recent publications of GSMA OPG and recent updates in ETSI MEC and 3GPP specifications, then introduces the synergized architecture supported by both standards organizations, which indicates the background information for the deployment of MEC federation harmonized standards for edge computing.

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    ETSI OSM launches Release TWELVE, with enhanced Network Function resiliency and runtime operations

    ETSI OSM launches Release TWELVE, with enhanced Network Function resiliency and runtime operations

    Sophia Antipolis, 30 June 2022

    ETSI OSM is pleased to announce OSM Release TWELVE, the second Long Term Support release of ETSI Open Source MANO and one of its most prolific releases. One of the main new features of Release TWELVE is the ability to heal network functions that may be affected by any kind of infrastructure failure. This healing process, which may be triggered either manually or automatically depending on operator preference, can be applied in all the clouds supported by OSM, in line with OSM’s multi-cloud approach.

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    ETSI simplifies ICT end-users’ lives with a guide available in 19 European languages

    ETSI simplifies ICT end-users’ lives with a guide available in 19 European languages

    Sophia Antipolis, 21 July 2022

    ETSI is pleased to announce the new version of the ETSI Guide EG 203 499, developed by experts from the Human Factors Technical Committee. The guide aims to further simplify end-user access to ICT devices, services and applications by providing recommended terms for basic and commonly used ICT-related objects and activities, notably the terms that end users are commonly exposed to.

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    ETSI eSignature testing event helps industry to comply with EU regulation

    ETSI eSignature testing event helps industry to comply with EU regulation

    Sophia Antipolis, 22 July 2022

    With the eIDAS Regulation, European Union Member States have put in place the necessary technical means to process electronically signed documents that are required when using an online service offered by, or on behalf of, a public sector body. In order to ensure that the cross-border dimension works in practice, testing needs to be done to mutually check Member States’ signatures against their existing digital signature validation applications.

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    ETSI celebrates World Standards Day with ETSI Standards for a Better World

    ETSI celebrates World Standards Day with ETSI Standards for a Better World

    Sophia Antipolis, 14 October 2022

    Today ETSI is joining the international standardization community in celebrating World Standards Day. This year’s edition focuses on a “shared vision for a better world”, where the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are key enablers. Standards help to reach these goals.

    At ETSI, we have decided to showcase six of our recently released ICT standards which help citizens to live in a better world, giving concrete examples of how people and the planet benefit from standards, and how they are aligned with the SDGs.

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    ETSI signs MoU with the French organization for railway standardization

    ETSI signs MoU with the French organization for railway standardization

    Sophia Antipolis, 24 October 2022

    ETSI and the Bureau de normalisation ferroviaire (BNF), the French organization for railway standardization, have just signed a Memorandum of Understanding to structure and strengthen their relationship.

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    ETSI signs MoU with the OpenID Foundation

    ETSI signs MoU with the OpenID Foundation

    Sophia Antipolis, 25 October 2022

    ETSI and the OpenID Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 12 September to contribute to the establishment of a global information infrastructure.

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    ETSI Secures Critical Infrastructures against Cyber Quantum Attacks with new TETRA Algorithms

    ETSI Secures Critical Infrastructures against Cyber Quantum Attacks with new TETRA Algorithms

    Sophia Antipolis, 8 November 2022

    With the world facing growing challenges including the war in Europe and a global energy crisis, it is essential that the mission- and business-critical communications networks used by the public safety, critical infrastructure and utilities sectors (including transportation, electricity, natural gas and water plants) are secured against third-party attacks, to protect communications and sensitive data. With more than 120 countries using dedicated TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio) networks for these critical services, work has been undertaken to ensure the ETSI TETRA technology standard remains robust in the face of evolving threats.

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    ETSI OSM launches Release THIRTEEN with a new scalable architecture for massive closed-loop operations

    ETSI OSM launches Release THIRTEEN with a new scalable architecture for massive closed-loop operations

    Sophia Antipolis, 15 December 2022

    The ETSI Open Source MANO community is proud to announce OSM Release THIRTEEN, meeting the already established cadence of two releases per year, alternating between Long Term Support (LTS) releases such as Release TWELVE (2 years’ support) and Standard releases (6 months support).

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    ETSI to transform the standards development landscape with Software Development Groups

    Sophia Antipolis, 2 February 2023

    ETSI, the organization for globally applicable standards for information and communication technology (ICT), has adopted a new instrument, Software Development Groups (SDGs). This game-changing move will help ETSI adapt to the ever-evolving landscape of technology and standards development. Developing software to accompany standards will accelerate the standardization process, providing faster feedback loops and improving the quality of standards.

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    New ETSI White Paper: Unlocking Digital Transformation with Autonomous Networks

    Sophia Antipolis, 23 March 2023

    Autonomous Networks (AN) are considered one of the most important evolutions to enable Digital Transformation, offering new service opportunities and significant cost saving in network operation. It is one of the most attractive environments where to leverage Artificial Intelligence in the Network and activities around Autonomous Networks have gained momentum in Standards and ICT Industry.

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    Your Smart Digital Identity with ETSI: Join our webinar on 20 April

    Sophia Antipolis, 14 April 2023

    Today we expect to be able to communicate anywhere, with everyone, at anytime, on every device and at the same time use various services that will help us save time in our daily life.

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    ETSI releases standard for IT solution providers to comply with EU regulation on electronic signatures in email messages

    Sophia Antipolis, 20 September 2023

    ETSI has published a new standard on “Requirements for trust service providers issuing publicly trusted S/MIME certificates” (ETSI TS 119 411-6 ) helping Trust Service Providers comply with new standards for S/MIME certificates that are enforced since 1 September 2023. Secure MIME (S/MIME) certificates are used to sign, verify, encrypt, and decrypt email messages. 

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    New White Paper Explores ETSI TeraFlowSDN Alignment with TIP OOPT MUST Requirements

    Sophia Antipolis, 27 September 2023

    The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) Open Optical & Packet Transport (OOPT) group is making significant strides in advancing network management and interoperability.

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    Collaboration with Utrecht University Summer School

    Sophia Antipolis, 11 June 2024

    ETSI, the Standards People, are putting high emphasis on enhancing education to help prepare the next generation of standards professionals master tech standardization.

    The European standardization organization provides a comprehensive set of high-quality educational materials on ICT standardization aimed at universities, NSOs and member organizations for training purposes. This comprises a textbook on ‘Understanding ICT Standardization’ which is complemented by a modular slide set allowing components to be used in a range of engineering, business, and law courses.

    ETSI is pleased to announce a new collaboration with the Utrecht University Summer School on ‘Global Power and Technology’ covering ‘Competition, Innovation & Technological Advancement through Standardization in the EU’, taking place on 15-19 July 2024 in the Netherlands.

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    MAA Ottawa: Axe Throwing with Ottawa's Alumni

    Starts: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 19:00:00 -0500
    11/13/2024 05:30:00PM
    Location: Ottawa, Canada




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    A Galaxy Within: Single-Cell Genomics Open a New Frontier to Understanding the Brain

    Starts: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 20:00:00 -0500
    11/14/2024 06:00:00PM
    Location: montreal, Canada