As widely anticipated, the New Zealand Government has announced further changes to the overseas investment framework which governs foreign investment in New Zealand.

We have already discussed at length the obvious impacts on employment in a recession. But what happens to people who are not employees?

The Securities Act (Short Form Prospectus) Exemption Notice 2009, which replaces the Securities Act (Short Form Prospectus) Exemption Notice 2002, came into force on Monday.

The new rules represent the most significant GST reforms to the funds management industry since the introduction of GST.

New legislation ensures greater parliamentary scrutiny of compliance with international human rights obligations.

Prior to any pro bono work, in-house or government lawyers should ensure appropriate professional indemnity cover.

Pro bono is when a lawyer or paralegal gives free legal advice and/or representation to individuals or organisations.

‘Open Source Software’ (OSS) refers to a type of software that is subject to the terms of an open source licence where, often, the ‘source code’ has to be made available to users.

Bank guarantees are one of the most common features in leases these days. Landlords are increasingly turning to bank guarantees as an effective security to ensure tenants comply with their obligations under the lease.

Notable recent events in which foreign athletes benefitted from UK tax exemptions were the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

This article describes proposed changes to the Civil Aviation (Carriers' Liability) Act and the Damage by Aircraft Act.

The alleged international air freight cartel is one of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) and New Zealand Commerce Commission’s (NZCC) largest ever cartel investigations. In addition Auskay International, a Melbourne vacuum importer has commenced a representative proceeding (class action) against certain international carriers in relation to the same alleged cartel. The alleged cartel allegedly set the level of fuel, security and war-risk surcharges for international air

A premilinary report has been published on the Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011 (Bill).

This is the global monthly publication from DLA Piper's Sports, Media and Entertainment group.

A recent decision by an English court throws light on what circumstances may require notification under a claims-made policy.

Early last week, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Australian authorities reached an agreement, to allow certain broker-dealers and exchanges to operate in both jurisdictions, generally without the need for them to be separately regulated in each of the countries.

The results are in - 2013 was another tough year for the Australian M&A market overall.

This article outlines key competition issues arising in the marketing and sale of output from a joint venture project..

This article from Exchange – International discusses regulatory developments in the financial services sector in France.

The line separating commercial speech from First Amendment-guaranteed free speech has become blurred in the Internet age,.