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Worldwide: Update On COMESA's New Merger Control Regime - Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:06:03 GMT

The COMESA's Competition Commission commences operations the COMESA Competition Commission has started to enforce its competition rules and to accept merger control filings since 14 January 2013 for the 19 eastern and southern African states that are members of COMESA.

United Kingdom: Countdown To The CMA - Enterprise And Regulatory Reform Act Receives Royal Assent - Pinsent Masons LLP

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:04:08 GMT

The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 is expected to herald the development of a more effective and efficient competition law regime in the UK.

Greece: DEFENSE PROCUREMENTS Law No. 3978/2011 - Ballas Pelecanos & Associates

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:57:19 GMT

Article 8. Transparency and Conduct Rules applied by the organs of the Armed Forces.

Greece: Injunctions May Not Be Used To Reverse The Results Of Terminating An Exclusive Distribution Agreement - Ballas Pelecanos & Associates

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:56:28 GMT

In a decision handed down on November 8, 2011, the First Instance Single- Member Court of Athens (Injunctions Procedure) ruled that the plaintiff, an electrical appliances exclusive distributor, may not request injunctive relief to alleviate the situation created by the termination from the defendant, an electronic appliances manufacturer, of the exclusive distribution agreement between plaintiff and defendant.

Norway: Normative Marketing Activity As Indicator Of ""Genuine Use" - Bryn Aarflot AS

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:55:28 GMT

While the ONEL/OMEL decision has led to discussions on the geographical scope of use of a registered CTM, the Norwegian Industrial Property Office Board of Appeal has issued a decision referring to the quantitative requirements underlying the "genuine use" criterion.

United States: Top US General In Japan Suspended Over Sexual Harassment Investigation Failure - Fox Rothschild LLP

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:52:53 GMT

Major General Michael T. Harrison, the top US Army general in Japan, was suspended last week for failing to adequately investigate an allegation of sexual assault.

United States: Supreme Court Allows Class-Wide Arbitration In Oxford Health Plans LLC v. Sutter - Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:51:33 GMT

The Supreme Court of the United States unanimously upheld an arbitrator’s decision to allow class-wide arbitration.

United States: On The Horizon - June 11, 2013 - Grant Thornton LLP

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:48:22 GMT

The FASB has issued Accounting Standards Update 2013-08, "Financial Services – Investment Companies: Amendments to the Scope, Measurement, and Disclosure Requirements".

Ireland: Putting The Brakes On The Start Mortgages Decision - William Fry

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:45:35 GMT

Given the current uncertainties facing banks in the exercise of various repealed statutory powers, the sooner the Bill is enacted and the Start Mortgages decision is consigned to history, the better.

Sweden: Court Confirms That A Press Release To Journalists Amounts To Prohibited Advertising Of Pharmaceuticals - Bird & Bird

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:44:17 GMT

This article is a follow-up to an article in our March 2012 update concerning the decision of the Swedish Medical Products Agency, prohibiting Boehringer Ingelheim AB in September 2011 from advertising the prescription-based product Pradaxa to the public, in the form of a press release.

Cayman Islands: Cayman Finance Celebrates 10th Anniversary - Cayman Finance

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:43:52 GMT

Over its ten years Cayman Finance has grown to be a formidable voice of the Islands both locally and internationally.

France: French Supreme Court Confirms Use Of A Competitor's Trademark As Keyword – French Supreme Court, Decision of 29 January 2013, Nos. 11-21011 and 11-24713, Cobrason v. Solutions - Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:42:08 GMT

The French Supreme Court reaffirmed that a company is allowed to use its competitor's trademark as a keyword in Google's paid referencing service AdWords.

United States: To Keep Young, Fix Schools - Fox Rothschild LLP

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:41:58 GMT

James Saksa wrote an OpEd in the Philadelphia Inquirer titled "To Keep Young, Fix Schools."

Saudi Arabia: New Saudi Shipping Regulations: Regulating Shipping And Marine Insurance Policy Wording - Clyde & Co

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:38:49 GMT

On 4 January 2013, the Decision No. 01/12 dated 1 January 2013 ratifying the Executive Regulations on the Activity of Contractors of Sea Goods Transport was published in the Saudi official gazette, Umm Al-Qura.

Canada: Toronto's New Zoning By-law - Impacts on Landowners: An Update - April 2013 - Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:37:18 GMT

All the signs are pointing to a new City-wide Zoning By-law for the City of Toronto being enacted at the City of Toronto’s Council meeting on May 7-8.

United States: Exide Technologies Files For Bankruptcy In Delaware - Fox Rothschild LLP

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:35:08 GMT

On June 10, 2013, Exide Technologies filed a petition for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code

Myanmar: Increased Certainty For Foreign Investment In Myanmar Following Accession To The New York Convention - Clyde & Co

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:32:25 GMT

Myanmar's decision to accede to the New York Convention is a positive sign for foreign investors and resources companies contemplating doing business in the State.

United Kingdom: Corporate Governance And Piercing The Corporate Veil – Supreme Court Rules To Extend Exceptions - Mayer Brown

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:28:55 GMT

The Supreme Court’s decision in the case of "Petrodel v Prest", handed down today, marks a crucial shift in the extent to which the courts will allow the "piercing of the corporate veil".

United Arab Emirates: Location, Location, Location The Insurance Regulatory Landscape In The UAE - Clyde & Co

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:19:15 GMT

The fragmented regulatory landscape in the Gulf Co-operation Council countries is often cited as a challenge for the insurance sector in the region.

United States: District Of Nevada Rejects The Narrow Vioxx Rule - McGuireWoods LLP

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:17:11 GMT

Some courts hold that almost by definition the privilege cannot protect intra-corporate communications directed to both a lawyer and a nonlawyer, because they are not primarily legal in nature.

United Kingdom: Criminal Liability For businesses That Fail To Prevent Fraud? - Field Fisher Waterhouse

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:13:07 GMT

The shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry recently unveiled Labour's plans to combat corporate fraud.

United Kingdom: Focus Antitrust - Competition Weekly Email Alert - 12 June 2013 - Charles Russell LLP

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:11:24 GMT

The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a Directive on how individuals and companies can claim damages when they are victims of infringements of the EU competition rules.

United States: Next-Generation Manufacturing Invaded By Legal World - Foley & Lardner

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:09:23 GMT

Next-generation manufacturing involves a new wave of knowledge and innovation right here in the U.S., fully supported by the federal government which has committed over $1 billion to advanced U.S. manufacturing in the next three years.

United Kingdom: Negotiating An Exit Using The New Confidentiality Rules: Proceed With Caution - Nabarro LLP

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:04:55 GMT

The government is on a mission to keep parties out of the employment tribunal system.

South Africa: Do You Have A Bully In The Workplace? - Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:00:30 GMT

Given the devastating impacts workplace harassment and bullying can have on an organisation and its employees, it is critical that the symptoms be addressed as and when they begin to manifest.