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What Are the Benefits of Being a Commonwealth Citizen in the UK?
Reiss Edwards The Commonwealth has its roots in the days of British colonialism, during the height of the British 'Empire' and global power. Today, the…
The FCA and Cryptocurrency
Rahman Ravelli In a speech at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Chief Executive Nikhil Rathi talked of the…
New Brazilian foreign exchange rules for 2023 (*)
Correa Porto Despite its history of extremely rigid and bureaucratic exchange rules, Brazil will now evolve towards a scenario of free movement of capital and…
CMS Expert Guide on discrimination in the workplace
CMS Legal Measures to ensure that citizens are treated equally and respectfully, regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexuality, beliefs and other criteria…
A general introduction to shareholder rights and activism in South Africa
Bowmans A general introduction to shareholder rights and shareholder activism in South Africa, including need-to-know features of the legal framework and key procedures.
In review: governing rules for IPOs in Portugal
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados A general introduction to the laws and regulations governing initial public offerings in Portugal, including key listing requirements for the relevant stock exchanges.
How To Track UK Visa Application Status
Reiss Edwards If you have submitted a UK visa application, you may wonder how it is progressing. Due to the standard visa processing times, it can be quite a while…
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA): Big Changes For Employers With Employees in California In 2023
Seyfarth Shaw LLP Introduction Employers need to be aware of the significant changes that are on the horizon when the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) becomes…
Africa Business in Brief | Issue 464 | 04 SEP 2022
ENSafrica The Rockefeller Foundation has announced a new USD5.5-million collaboration with the Electricity Growth and Use in Developing Economies (e-Guide) and…
Are sexy videos in the workplace okay?
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (Bryan Cave) Allow it, and you could be the next test case on whether employees have to actually see offensive material in the workplace to create a hostile work environment.
Hong Kong’s Climate Action Plan 2050 and its impact on real estate
LC Lawyers LLP In October 2021, the Hong Kong Government announced the Hong Kong Climate Action Plan 2050 outlining strategies and targets for achieving carbon…
The Role of Hydrogen in Singapore’s Net Zero Emissions by 2050
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Singapore’s Energy Market Authority (EMA) published the Energy 2050 Committee Report (the “Report”) on 22nd March. The committee (consisting of…
Mining in the Philippines
Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia A structured guide to mining in the Philippines
Copyright protection for fictional characters - lovely jubbly
Bristows For the first time, the UK High Court has found that a fictional character can be protected by copyright. In Shazam v Only Fools The Dining…
Employment & labour law in India
Kochhar & Co A structured guide to employment & labour law in India
XXX/AXXX life insurer class action appeals likely to be consolidated
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP We previously reported how life insurers were successful in winning dismissal of two putative class actions filed in the Southern District of New…
Fact: Most NFT Projects Convey Ownership of, and Valuable Intellectual Property Rights in, Digital Art
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC Recently, some folks in the NFT industry, including Galaxy Digital in a report published on August 19, 2022, have called into question the ownership…
Corporate Immigration in USA
KPMG Law Corporate Immigration in USA
EU legislators limber up for intense negotiations on the ‘Fit for 55’ package
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer After a long, exceptionally hot summer, policymakers are heading back to Brussels to kick off intense negotiations on arguably some of the most…
U.S. Immigration Updates - August 2022 Monthly Review
Fakhoury Global Immigration U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on August 23, 2022, that it has received a sufficient number of petitions needed to reach…
Establish and Enforce Clear FMLA Reporting Mechanisms
Shawe Rosenthal LLP This was the lesson from a recent case from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in a case under the Family and Medical Leave Act where…
A Step-By-Step Guide To Transferring Real Properties Through Succession
Villaraza & Angangco Pursuant to the law of Succession under the Civil Code of the Philippines, the rights of the heirs to Properties, rights and obligations (the estate)…
Property Rights of Daughter in India: Post-Supreme Court Ruling, 2022
Fox Mandal In January 2022, the Apex Court, through its decision in Arunachala Gounder (dead) v. Ponnuswamy’s held that the self-acquired property of a Hindu…
Copyright Fair Use: How Much Copying is Too Much Copying?
Goodell DeVries Leech & Dann LLP Years back a copyright defendant client related copyright lore as a defense to his actions. He swore up and down that copying was permissible as long…
Tax Train Wreck: US IRS Derails Private Wealth Tax Planning Transactions
Mayer Brown It’s unusual enough for one or more facets of relatively Conservative tax planning to be successfully challenged by the Internal Revenue Service (the…
What Are the Benefits of Being a Commonwealth Citizen in the UK?
Reiss Edwards The Commonwealth has its roots in the days of British colonialism, during the height of the British 'Empire' and global power. Today, the…
Dispute Resolution no Longer Alternative
Cooley LLP Alternative Dispute Resolution is henceforth to be called Negotiated Dispute Resolution (‘NDR’). This change in nomenclature, introduced in the 11th…
Resolving Exclusion Confusion
Cooley LLP In its hotly anticipated judgment in Soteria Insurance Limited (formerly CIS General Insurance Limited) v IBM United Kingdom Limited, the Court of…
Third Circuit Rules on ‘Mind-Bending’ Arbitration Question
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently issued a precedential decision on what it called “the mind-bending issue of arbitration about…
Scrapping WFH on Fridays - what’s the worst that can happen?
Fox Williams LLP If Thursday is the new Friday, then presumably Friday is the new Saturday? Perhaps not for staff at Frasers Group, who were told over the summer that…
Financial Services Speed Read: 8 September 2022 edition
Ashurst Welcome to the latest edition of the Financial Services SpeedRead, a collection of bite-sized updates designed to help you keep on top of key…
What is Contractual Risk Transfer?
Saxe Doernberger & Vita, P.C. Every commercial property owner, developer, general contractor, subcontractor, and vendor should understand the concept of contractual…
Can an employee retain an employer's confidential information for the purpose of future litigation?
Morton Fraser Elise Turner and David Hossack discuss the High Court case of Nissan Motor (GB) Ltd v Passi in which an employee retained confidential information…
How A Facebook Messenger Chat Can Become a “Usual and Customary” FMLA Notice Procedure For a Company
Seyfarth Shaw LLP In a recent ruling, Roberts v. Gestamp (Decided August 15, 2022), the Fourth Circuit reversed, in part, the lower court’s decision…
CA Legislature Expands Pay Transparency and Data Reporting Requirements; Extends COVID Supplemental Paid Sick Leave
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP California employers should take note of two significant bills recently passed by the state Legislature that are now awaiting likely approval by…
"SLAPP" claims: Defamation claimants (and solicitors) may get stick
Walker Morris LLP Recent reporting in relation to a number of high profile defamation claims (including those involving Johnny Depp/Amber Heard, Reb…
Artificial Intelligence and Flexible Healthcare Resources
Brooks Kushman PC Artificial Intelligence has allowed many companies to perform complex forecasting not previously possible. Bernoulli AI is an AI-based system…
Deadline to Update New EU Standard Contractual Clauses Is Approaching
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Businesses should update their existing contractual agreements to the new SCCs by 27 December 2022. It would be sensible to have a data privacy…
Managing Construction Price Inflation- part 1
Wedlake Bell The construction industry has had to mitigate the effects of Brexit and COVID-19 and is now beset with additional inflationary pressures in the wake…
A general introduction to real estate M&A and private equity in United Kingdom
Slaughter and May An overview of the real estate market in United Kingdom in light of recent developments, with particular regard to recent M&A and private equity activity.
The Truss Government - What Inferences Can We Draw?
Covington & Burling LLP On 6 September 2022, Liz Truss was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. With her appointment, Government business will resume after the…
California Attorney General Bark Turns to Bite as First CCPA Settlement Includes Monetary Penalty
White & Case LLP In a long anticipated development, on August 24 California Attorney General Rob Bonta ("Cal AG") announced the state's first monetary penalty under…
Financial services regulatory update - September 2022
Taylor Wessing On 24 August 2022, the FCA published a webpage announcing it has launched its diversity, equity and inclusion innovation spotlight initiative. This…
Ohio lawyers given the green light to hold cryptocurrency in escrow
Thompson Hine LLP Just last month, Ohio issued Opinion 2022-07, which allows lawyers to hold cryptocurrency in escrow, under certain conditions. It is no secret that…
Heavy Redactions Subject to Increased Vigilance from the Court
Cooley LLP When considering whether a redaction to a disclosed document has been properly made, the courts in England and Wales will usually be satisfied by a…
California legislative session ends without extending CCPA employee-data exemptions: Next steps for businesses
DLA Piper On August 31, 2022, the California legislature adjourned without extending the temporary exemptions under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)…
Ten things you should know about the amendments to Quebec’s Charter of the French language
Lavery Lawyers Quebec recently enacted Bill 96, entitled An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec, which aims to overhaul the Charter of…
19 State Attorneys-General Participate in Investigation of ESG Ratings
Mintz Nineteen state attorneys-general have announced their participation in an investigation spearheaded by Missouri Attorney-General Eric Schmitt into the…
Hashed & Salted: Vol. 1, Issue 8
Loeb & Loeb LLP On the federal level, the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (H.R. 8152), the bipartisan consumer data privacy bill discussed in our June issue…
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA): Big Changes For Employers With Employees in California In 2023
Seyfarth Shaw LLP Introduction Employers need to be aware of the significant changes that are on the horizon when the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) becomes…
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA): Big Changes For Employers With Employees in California In 2023
Seyfarth Shaw LLP Introduction Employers need to be aware of the significant changes that are on the horizon when the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) becomes…
Fact: Most NFT Projects Convey Ownership of, and Valuable Intellectual Property Rights in, Digital Art
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC Recently, some folks in the NFT industry, including Galaxy Digital in a report published on August 19, 2022, have called into question the ownership…
Copyright Fair Use: How Much Copying is Too Much Copying?
Goodell DeVries Leech & Dann LLP Years back a copyright defendant client related copyright lore as a defense to his actions. He swore up and down that copying was permissible as long…
Be Careful Not to Cut Off the Interactive Process Too Quickly
Shawe Rosenthal LLP “Just as an employee may not terminate the interactive process quickly to create liability, so too an employer may not cut off the interactive process…
Dispute Resolution no Longer Alternative
Cooley LLP Alternative Dispute Resolution is henceforth to be called Negotiated Dispute Resolution (‘NDR’). This change in nomenclature, introduced in the 11th…
NLRB Proposes New Joint Employer Rule
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Today, the National Labor Relations Board released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, proposing to rescind and replace its 2020 rule concerning the…
Does the first-sale doctrine apply to NFTs?
World Trademark Review Thanks to the first-sale doctrine, businesses and individuals can re-sell a lawfully purchased copy of copyrighted content without fear of facing…
Third Circuit Rules on ‘Mind-Bending’ Arbitration Question
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently issued a precedential decision on what it called “the mind-bending issue of arbitration about…
Is it too late now to say sorry?
Rubin Thomlinson LLP As external investigators, our investigation ends with the delivery of a written report to our client. These reports always include findings of fact…
The Quentin Tarantino suit of Miramax- Tarantino NFTs
SS Rana & Co Quentin Tarantino, the writer of popular screenplays such as Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Django Unchained, has a cult…
The fashion industry enters the metaverse
DLA Piper The faux pas of the 2022 fashion season is failure to understand the metaverse and its potential impact on the fashion industry and notable brands…
Reckless False Dealing With Accounting Documents
Sydney Criminal Lawyers Reckless false dealing with Accounting documents is an offence under section 490.2 of the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), which carries a maximum…
Israeli Courts remain steadfast: if a reference PTE has not been granted in the U.S. then no PTE will be granted in Israel
S Horowitz & Co In a recent decision, the Tel-Aviv District Court (“the Court”) denied an appeal filed by Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V. (“Merck”) on a decision rendered…
EEOC Guidance: What Are Employer Obligations When the Alleged Harasser Is a Customer?
Hendershot Cowart P.C. The laws enforced by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) protect your employees from discrimination by anyone in your workplace…
Shape of CHANEL NO.5 bottle is NOT DISTINCTIVE : USPTO
RK Dewan & Co Chanel Limited is a French luxury brand created by Coco Chanel in 1910. In 100 plus years Chanel has created a goodwill for itself in ready-to-wear…
Virtual goods and NFTs - IP protection of digital assets in gaming, social media and the metaverse
Hogan Lovells Digital assets and NFTs being all the rage, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) is increasingly receiving trademark applications…
Decentralized domain names: the need for discussion between operators and intellectual property right holders
IP Twins The following domain names are for sale, among thousands more…
Ethics in AI: Where it fits and Singapore's approach
Withers Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to do what humans can do. AI-enabled tools or solutions have the ability to process data as humans do…
Elite Sydney School Students Could Face Criminal Charges Over Offensive Group Chat
Sydney Criminal Lawyers A group of students from Sydney’s elite Knox Grammar School are under investigation over allegations they shared videos depicting child abuse, rape…
Settlement Agreements
Walker Law PC Most lawsuits settle before they proceed to trial. Settlement can happen formally, through the negotiation and execution of settlement documents. It…
NFTs and intellectual property - How do you assess the value of an intangible, non-fungible asset?
Bernstein Shur As coverage of NFTs has proliferated in the news cycle, some of you may be wondering how they interact with intellectual property law. The short…
“A House Built on Sand”: Where does the Penn State Case Leave Sports Merchandising?
Crowell & Moring LLP In June 2021, Penn State filed a lawsuit for trademark infringement against online retailer, Vintage Brand, LLC for selling items containing the…
Hanagami v. Epic Games Inc.
Loeb & Loeb LLP Fortnite-maker Epic Games wins dismissal of copyright claims brought by professional dancer and choreographer after district court concludes that his…
Closer to a Circular Economy - New environmental legislation in Victoria
Holding Redlich Waste management and recycling have been pressing policy challenges in Victoria following China’s National Sword Policy which blocked the import of…
5 Key Takeaways | Beyond The Basics
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Kilpatrick Townsend's Crystal Genteman recently presented "IP: Beyond the Basics" for the Association of Corporate Counsel Georgia Chapter. Ms…
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