The Capital Contribution Principle is a new regulation in Swiss tax law that came into force on 1 January 2011. It replaced the Nominal Value Principle.

What impact is the COVID-19 pandemic and increased regulation having on restructuring activity and how is the role of the trustee changing?

The new Law on Corporate Criminal Liability for corruption offences is approved and now companies should take the appropriate measures in order to prevent and detect possible corruption crimes...

national and transnational bribery and influence peddling, (sections 258 and 258 bis Argentine Criminal Code – "ACC") ...

On 20 March 2018, China's National People's Congress ("NPC") passed the Supervision Law detailing the powers and responsibilities of the National Supervision Commission (the "New Commission").

On 7 February 2024, the European Parliament voted the proposed Directive amending the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (2011/61/EU) (AIFMD) and the UCITS Directive (2009/65/EC).

The general minimum wage and the professional minimum wages for the Geographic Area "A", did not change.

On February 27th, 2015, Call for Bidders No. CNH-R01-C02/2015 was published in Mexico's federal official gazette.

The Singapore Parliament approved a suite of new criminal justice reforms.

From 17 May 2013 a foreign insurance company can render insurance services in Ukraine from a local branch.

The European Commission has started the process by which it would add US sanctions measures on Iran to the so-called Blocking Regulation (formerly Regulation 2271/96).

On March 13, 2018, the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that it will end the 2014 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) on September 28, 2018.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK financial services regulator, has recently reported on lessons learned from the first year of its regulatory sandbox.

Significant progress has been made over the past 11 months to bridge the differences between Japan's privacy protection requirements under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information...

In the last week, there have been three reported matters which demonstrate the material consequences that Australian companies and individuals may face as a result of involvement in corrupt conduct.

A number of significant amendments in the regulation of the banking and finance sector of the Republic of Azerbaijan were made in the first half of March 2016.

The Ontario Superior Court recently pronounced that alleged acts of workplace sexual harassment, including alleged incidents occurring in the workplace, are not connected to employment...

Irritations arose not only in Anglo-American countries, when public prosecutors and other authorities in Germany searched (cooperating)...

On 15 January 2025, the European Commission (EC) has issued a legally non-binding Recommendation (EU) 2025/63, recommending the adoption of screening mechanisms at EU Member State Level for outbound investments by European investors to third countries with respect to specific, particularly sensitive sectors

With the New Year, the European Central Bank has published an updated frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the ECB's role in supervising Eurozone banks.