Jurisdictions: United Kingdom / European Union Authors: Huw Beverley-Smith, Alex Denny, Gary Laitner Law firm: Faegre Baker Daniels Subject: The U.K. has voted, in a popular referendum, to leave the EU. The referendum is not legally binding and the result was extremely narrow: 51.9 percent in favor of leaving, 48.1 percent in favor of remaining. The […]
Jurisdiction: South Africa Author: Refilwe Mashale Law firm: ENSafrica Subject: In South Africa, the determination of whether a foreign entity is a company or partnership is an important one as it subsequently determines the applicable tax treatment of the foreign entity. The issue of whether foreign entities should be recognized as foreign companies or foreign partnerships […]
Jurisdiction: United States of America Authors: Paul D. Ackerman, Gregory L. Porter, and Brian Wunder Law firm: Andrews Kurth Thème: President Obama has now signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (“the Act”), which was passed by Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support. Effective upon the President’s signature, and applicable to any misappropriation of […]
Jurisdictions: United States of American / European Union Authors: Mark E. Schreiber, Alan D. Meneghetti, Thomas J. Smedinghoff and Natasha Ahmed Law firm: Locke Lord LLP Subject: Companies are relieved that there will now be a new Safe Harbor for cross-border transfer of personal data from Europe to the US. This announcement will provide a degree […]
Jurisdiction: Israël Author: Ofer Granot Law firm: Herzog Fox & Neeman Subject: On January 1, 2016, a National Authority for Technological Innovation (“NATI”) was established following a major revision of the Israeli R&D Law. NATI, a statutory corporation (not part of any government office), will now replace many of the functions of the Office of the […]
Jurisdiction: Singapore Authors: Foo Maw Shen and Ooi Huey Hien Société : Rodyk & Davidson LLP Subject: In line with Singapore’s reputation as a preferred arbitration destination, Singapore has recently amended its laws to bring its arbitration regime in line with the world’s best practices. Among the changes made are clarifications on the powers of an emergency […]
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