This brochure, prepared by members of our Global Tax practice, provides an overview of the growing scrutiny of multinational tax practices and looks at the potential impact on business across several countries.
The business landscape is experiencing an unprecedented period of globalization. Domestic enterprises now outsource internationally on a large scale and establish partnerships in far-flung locations where business terms may be advantageous. These companies must deal with unfamiliar laws and operational standards. In tandem with this push to globalization, employers find their business operations and ethics scrutinized more closely both domestically and abroad.
This Top Ten provides some hints an investor and in-house counsel should keep in mind when doing business and dealing wtih Value Added Tax (VAT) in Slovakia.
With the AIFMD now in force, we thought it would be helpful to cover some of the questions we are frequently being asked across all of Ashurst's offices.
The EU national authorities have been consistently imposing increased compliance verification and audits and overall tightening sanctions. As a recent example, restrictions have been placed on financial support for trade and opening of new branches. Supply chain security remains a major concern: are we doing the upfront due diligence and do we have all the appropriate contractual clauses? How can we secure a supply chain in an international export environment where regulatory bodies impose customs and import restrictions on certain products? This session will focus on providing an update from an EU trade and export/import controls perspective.
The common law and civil law systems are two fundamentally different approaches to the legal process. In civil law, the main principles and rules are contained in codes, with case law being only a secondary source. In the common law system, the law has been predominantly created by judicial decisions, with precedents being a binding force. Under the pressure of globalisation, common law and civil law have displayed an interesting convergence in a number of legal issues. In this session we will review the key differences and similarities of both legal systems.
Using case studies, this session will contain analysis of, and best practices for, legal and business issues that arise in a product liability crisis, and will include consideration of the latest EU product liability laws generally. How and when product recalls (consumer and trade) and manufacturers’ responses are triggered – and how best to manage these issues to minimise reputational damage and financial loss.
As legal situations are in a constant state of flux because of the topical nature of the issue mandatory national law and current case law should always be complied with when using the clauses.
This Opinion analyses the criteria set down in Article 7 of Directive 95/46/EC for making data processing legitimate. Focusing on the legitimate interests of the controller, it provides guidance on how to apply Article 7(f) under the current legal framework and makes recommendations for future improvements.
Squire Sanders associate Oliver Howley authored an article recently published in Sports Law Administration & Practice. This article explains two landmark judgments on the scope and interpretation of copyright and competition law in the sports industry. This article is reused with the permission of Sports Law Administration & Practice.