Welcome to the August 2019 issue of our global newsletter.

In preparation for the Rome Summit on March 25, 2017, which celebrates the 60th anniversary of the creation of the European Union, the European Commission yesterday published a White Paper on the Future of Europe.

On September 11, 2024, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that it is seeking comments on a new interim final rule amending OFAC's Reporting, Procedures and Penalties...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued two administrative complaints and proposed settlements enforcing the U.S. federal Consumer Review Fairness Act

For many years now, Israel's emergence and growth on the world's economic stage has captured the attention of national and private investors all over the globe.

According to the Israeli Import and Export Order 2006 (supervision of products, services and dual-use technology export), the export and trade of any product or technology explicitly mentioned in...

The Israel Tax Authority ("ITA") is promoting legislation that will require foreign companies not subject to the Israeli tax regime today to report and even pay tax in Israel.

Despite the unrest caused by the draft regulations, we at ERM think that the panic may be premature for two main reasons.

China has a long-held reputation in the international community for being closed off from outsiders — a reputation that it cultivated for thousands of years.

On May 8, 2018, President Trump announced the United States will withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ("JCPOA"), commonly referred to as the "Iran Nuclear Deal," ...

It is a joint effort of the US and the EU to meet the Article 29 Working Party's deadline from October 16 last year.

Within a nation exceeding 8.5 million people, Israel is a world leader in technology and innovation, consistently producing an impressive number of tech startups.

Under the new rules, in a matter of weeks, foreign lawyers will be able to work in Israel and to provide advice on issues concerning foreign law.

During a press conference at Wealthsimple's headquarters in Toronto, Mayor John Tory announced that a convoy of government officials and tech sector luminaries will be heading to Israel...

In an Academic Conference in the honour of the late Dr. Reinhold Cohn organized by the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Haifa University’s Center for Law and Technology and the Reinhold Cohn Group, the Israeli Industry and Trade Minister and Deputy Prime-Minister, Mr. Ehud Olmert, announced that Israel has agreed in principle to pass legislation protecting the information in pharmaceutical product files.

The Benchmark Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad is conducted by the Bureau of Economic Analysis to secure current economic data on the operations of U.S. parent companies and their foreign affiliates.

Israel is a place where ideas are taken seriously and seeds of innovation are given the right conditions to grow.

During the second week of October, a historic agreement was agreed in principle between the Republic of Lebanon and the State of Israel over a maritime border dispute that had erupted...

The purpose of the Israeli Restrictive Trade Practices Law is to encourage and maintain competition in the country.

Purchasing a residential property is generally one of the most profound, expensive and important decisions you make in your life.