Freshfields – A survey of multinational companies by Freshfields shows many are complacent when many employees are willing to blow the whistle. They have a new report, details below. International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is urging multinational companies to move whistleblowing up their risk agendas as a global survey* of more than 2,500 middle […]
Clifford Chance – With the decision by the United States and the European Union to impose sanctions on Russia came a raft of new challenges not ordinarily contemplated even by the most seasoned sanctions experts. Commercial and financial transactions have been heavily impacted by the imposition of constraints on dealings with a major trading power
By Muna Saleem* Once upon a time (although not that long ago) being a divorcee and trying to meet new significant others was extremely difficult, largely as a result of society’s perceptions of divorce, particularly being divorced and female. However, opinions have changed dramatically in the last few decades and many women in
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THE ALLURE OF THE POTENTIAL COST SAVINGS OF BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE PROGRAMS IS TOO GREAT FOR MANY AUSTRALIAN ORGANISATIONS TO RESIST. Not only do the financials of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programs look good (the immediate cost savings from the organisation not purchasing the handsets or paying the service plan fees), the organisation
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Clifford Chance – In September, amendments to the proposed reforms to IORP II were published in the First Presidency compromise text as the proposal moves through the EU’s co-decision legislative process. The European Commission had published its proposal to revise the IORP Directivei in March this year. The revised directive, the so-called IORP II Directive,
On September 8, 2014, Chancellor Andre G. Bouchard of the Delaware Court of Chancery granted Cravath’s motion to dismiss in its entirety a putative class action lawsuit filed by the City of Providence on behalf of shareholders of First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (“First Citizens North”). The suit challenged the company’s forum-selection bylaw — adopted on
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Skadden Arps – This Hong Kong regulatory update is intended to provide a brief overview of the principal Hong Kong regulatory developments in the preceding three months relevant to companies listed or proposed to be listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the HKEx) and their advisers, including HKEx announcements and rule changes,
Al Mirsal – Global cyber-attack threats stand at the highest ever recorded level, jumping 14 percent from 2012 to 2013 (Cisco 2014 Annual Security Report). Furthermore, a recent Microsoft Security Intelligence Report found that operating system infection rates in the GCC countries were almost twice the worldwide average, with up to 13 computers out of
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Akin Gump – “Supreme Court Clarifies Induced Infringement: A Defendant Cannot Be Liable for Inducing Infringement Where No One Has Directly Infringed,” an article by Akin Gump intellectual property partner Sanford Warren and associate Jesse Snyder, has been published by IRMI, the International Risk Management Institute. The article discusses the June 2, 2014, U.S. Supreme
The Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group is pleased to announce the release of a practical video guide to the Canadian Competition Act merger review process. This video presents a complex legal process in an engaging and easy-to-understand format.
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