This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a practical guide to a Q&A that gives an overview of the legal system; foreign investment, including restrictions, currency regulations and incentives; and business vehicles and their relevant restrictions and liabilities in Australia. It also summarizes the laws regulating employment relationships, including redundancies and mass layoffs, and provides short overviews on competition law; data protection; and product liability and safety. In addition, there are comprehensive summaries on taxation and tax residency; and intellectual property rights over patents, trade marks, registered and unregistered designs.
This article addresses how the CFO-GC alliance has always been important because the finance function and the legal function are truly the nervous system of the corporation—sending critical signals to all parts of the company about the accuracy of the financials and compliance with law.
This primer describes the procedures for the elimination of double taxation in 25 countries.
This article addresses the practice among companies worldwide, including Brazil, of performing searches on employees and their belongings to curb the rise of violence.
This QuickCounsel will provide an overview of the key aspects of pretrial evidence in Colombia, usually utilized whenever a person needs to browse and secure evidence in advance, either to file a civil complaint against another or to defend itself against possible lawsuits derived from known facts.
This Quick Overview provides a discussion and definition of a term sheet: the initial key document that sets out the structure of a venture capital transaction within the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
This article stresses the importance of following community oriented principles in GNU General Public License (GPL) enforcement work.
This article will summarizes the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence, explains the CFPB’s proposal and its legal basis, and outline steps companies can take to address the regulation before and after it goes into effect.
(Editor Note: CFPB enacted the final rule on July 10, 2017. On Oct. 17, 2022, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled the CFPB's funding mechanism was unconstitutional. On Nov. 14, 2022, the CFPB filed a writ of certiorari with the US Supreme Court requesting review of the decision in the 2022 term.)
This short article presents key issues companies in the US should consider regarding data breaches, wearables/employees Tracking, privacy, information security, human capital analytics, vendor management, mobile workforce (Bring Your Own Device), and the US Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA),