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The Cayman Islands government has now introduced
legislative changes which will require relevant companies (“Relevant Companies ”) to prepare and
maintain a register of beneficial owners (the “Register of Beneficial Owners ”).
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The Hungarian Parliament
recently passed new legislation on arbitration ( Act LX of 2017 on Arbitration , the “2017
Act”) that will reform Hungarian arbitration law as of 1 January 2018.
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After having explained the procedures of transferring cases to the criminal courts, in this part we will describe the procedures following the transfer and the rules to be followed before the criminal judge in the hearings.
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An “IP”, or “internet protocol” is a unique series of numbers allocated to each and every device connected to a network, including and most notable the internet. Similar to your physical home address to which postal articles are addressed and delivered, internet traffic is delivered to your computer’s address i.e. your IP address.
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The recent Legal Notice No. 156 of 2017 (“Leave for Medically Assisted Procreation National Standard Order 2017”) has laid down minimum requirements designed to grant a period of paid leave to employees who undergo the process of medically assisted procreation (hereinafter referred to as the “leave”) whether in Malta or outside Malta.
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The issue of discrimination based on religion continues to occupy the European courts.
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On 10 July 2017, the Commission
announced the public consultation on the development of secondary markets for
non-performing loans (NPLs) and distressed assets. Following the commencement
of this public consultation, the Council introduced its Action Plan for NPLs.
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For the second time in less
than five years, the Bulgarian Commission for the Protection of Competition
("Commission") has opened investigation proceedings regarding
prohibited agreements and concerted practices against the major fuel companies
in Bulgaria and closed them without issuing penalties.
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EMPLOYER TIPS: KEY OBLIGATIONS IN
DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT
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It has been noticed that many of our colleagues based abroad are contacting us here in the UAE for their clients who were unfortunately arrested at one of the Airports in the UAE for some criminal charges. Their query usually relates to what the expected procedures are.
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At a Breakfast Briefing Event this week, entitled ‘Walking The Tightrope’, Baker and Partners provided guidance on current regulatory ‘Hot Topics’ to Jersey’s compliance industry. The panel discussion facilitated by, Director of Regulatory and Compliance, Tim Smith , Advocate William Redgrave and Advocate Simon Thomas Baker & Partners , discussed several important areas of focus for finance industry professionals with particular emphasis on effective Suspicious Activity Reporting (SARs) and Sanctions issues.
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Eterna Law team represented the interests of the Group of companies located in Belgorod region in a dispute with the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia on sanctions for the violation of antimonopoly legislation of the Russian Federation in the form of an agreement with a public authority to limit competition.
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VEGAS LEX Partner, Head of special projects Maxim Grigoryev has
discussed problems in implementing special investment contracts (SPIC) and ways
to avoid them, and the potential of SPIC for migration to best available
technologies (BAT) at the INNOPROM-2017 International Industrial Exhibition in
Yekaterinburg.
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Eterna Law successfully defended the interests of Polish agro company in a dispute with the Ukrainian agro trader .
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On 11 July 2017, VEGAS LEX held in its office the workshop “Dealing with the rule-making
initiatives. The skills of drafting opinions and commentaries” dedicated to adjustment of key algorithms
of logic analysis and written communication skills for the professionals of companies
operating in pharmaceutical sector and related industries
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AVELLUM acted as a legal
advisor to the seller regarding the sale of Karavan Hypermarket chain to Auchan
Group.
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AVELLUM
advised its longstanding client Kernel Holding S.A. (“Kernel”) on the
acquisition of 100% of shares in a farming business that manages over
170,000 tons of grain storage capacity and over 27,500 hectares of leasehold
farmland by one of its subsidiaries. Total consideration of the deal amounted
to USD43.3 million and was paid in cash.
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Even if health-related advertising claims are true, they may still mislead consumers and thus be impermissible. That was the verdict of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) (Az.: C-296/16 P).
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The owners of Rotronic AG, which develops and manufactures measuring technologies, sold the company to funds managed by Battery Ventures.
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Mr. Kap-You (Kevin) KIM, a senior partner at Bae, Kim & Lee
LLC (“BKL”), has been appointed as President of the International Arbitration
Committee of the Korea Commercial Arbitration Board (“KCAB”).
