USING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGIES TO USE AUTOMATION SYSTEMS TO FACILITATE OUR JUDICIAL PROCESSES
By Anand Desai, Managing Partner, DSK Legal and Hanuman Tripathi, Chairman, Hashtasy Digital, and Council Member, NASSCOM COVID-19 is a catalyst for rethinking various aspects of our lives, including the functioning of the judiciary, being one of the pillars under our Constitution. As a long-term strategy, can physical attendance in our Court / Tribunal …
COVID-19 Raising equity capital
One thing that is more certain in the current environment is the likely need for a number of NZX listed issuers to consider raising equity in the short to medium term. For our full COVID-19 coverage, follow this URL: https://www.bellgully.com/publications/covid-19-updates
COVID-19 The Commerce Commission issues guidance to lenders
Among the many industries facing pressure as a result of the current lockdown, consumer lenders face particular challenges in assessing the affordability of new or altered lending under the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003 (CCCFA) for borrowers who may have already suffered material changes to their income or anticipated future income as a …
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COVID-19 Luxembourg news: CSSF instructs Luxembourg funds to report large-scale redemptions
The Financial Sector Supervisory Authority has confirmed it has issued a circular requiring investment funds domiciled in the grand duchy to report whenever they receive investor redemption requests amounting to more than 10% of the fund’s asset in a day or more than 30% over a week.
Court rules on status of cryptocurrencies
For as long as cryptocurrencies have been around, lawyers have pondered over the existential question of what exactly they are. That question may arise in a number of different contexts — e.g., in a public offering of cryptocurrencies, in the taxation of cryptocurrency transactions, or in the insolvency of a cryptocurrency exchange. That last example …
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What are the Employer’s Obligations with regards to Employee Representatives?
The Employee (Information and Consultation) Regulations (S.L 452.96) (the ‘Regulations’) make provision for the right to information and consultation of employees including the election of an employee representative to represent categories of employees which do not fall under a trade union. These Regulations bind employers to ensure that they make the practical arrangements in order to allow …
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New Pension Regulations on Cross-Border Activities and Transfers
The ‘Retirement Pensions (Cross-Border Activities and Cross-Border Transfers) Regulations (the “Regulations”) came into force on 13th March 2020 by means of Legal Notice 48 of 2020. The Regulations transpose certain provisions of Directive (EU) 2016/2341 (the “Directive”), more commonly referred to as the IORP II Directive. While many of the Directive’s provisions have as their main …
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Turkish DPA’s Decision on Right to Access Personal Data
Turkish Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) published a landmark decision (2020/13) at the Data Protection Authority’s (“DPA”) website on March 13, 2020 regarding data subjects’ “right to access personal data”.
Amendments Introduced to the Turkish Internet Law Regarding Illegal Betting
The Law No. 7226 on Amendment of Certain Laws (“Amendment Law”) has been published in the second Official Gazette of March 26, 2020.
Roads to Digital Resilience with COVID-19: Data Privacy Perspective
Getting ready to claim its spot in the history books, COVID-19 has been spreading all around the globe at a drastic pace and highlighting the need for the international community to develop a system of emergent healthcare support to cope with disease outbreaks.