Recent decisions of the EU Courts once more show that the way undertakings respond to dawn raids can have a significant impact in terms of fines. At the same time they also clarified the rights of companies being investigated. The European Commission in its turn recently revised its explanatory note on inspections.1 It is therefore …
The start of a dawn raid is often the first time a company or individual learns that they are the subject of an investigation. Knowing what to do during the first minutes of a dawn raid is vital. Ensuring that a company’s receptionist, employees and senior management all know what role they have to play …
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Immigration reform has been on president Obama’s agenda since he was first elected president, and he is optimistic that comprehensive legislation will be passed by the end of 2013, if not before.
In the case of JP Vishnu Kumar v Canara Bank PN Road, Tiruppur & ors [2013], the Honourable Supreme Court of India had recently held that powers of the High Court under Article 2261 of the Constitution of India cannot be invoked in the matter of recovery of dues under the Recovery of Debts Due …
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An important area of insolvency law – the liability of a company in administration to pay the rent under the lease of its premises – which until recently had been relatively clear and straight forward, is currently in an unsatisfactory state. This was not always the case, as, until quite recently, landlords and administrators could …
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Most established brand owners have long been savvy at intellectual property (IP) protection and enforcement when they find their intellectual property rights (IPR) infringed, whether it’s through unauthorised use of their trade marks or infringement of their copyright or design rights.
The decision in Bartoline v Royal Sun Alliance [2006] has some commentators arguing that the door has effectively been shut on recovering environmental liabilities under public liability (PL) policies. This article examines whether this is true; it looks at the legal principles in Bartoline, its impact on the environmental insurance market and the likely future …
Last week, the government excitedly announced that ‘net migration had fallen by 36% in the year up to June 2012’. The claim was repeated on the BBC’s Question Time by Claire Perry MP, on the day of the Eastleigh by-election, in what was clearly a stage-managed announcement to try to snatch some last-minute votes from …
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Arbitration, because of its nearly unfettered right of party autonomy, has become the agreed mode of dispute resolution between parties involved in commercial transactions. In India, arbitration laws underwent a marked change with the enactment of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 (the 1996 Act) that strove to bring speed, efficacy, informality and party autonomy …
It’s six in the morning and the Mysore ‘self practice’ yoga class at Triyoga in London’s fashionable King’s Road is filling up. I am already in place, concentrating on my sun salutations. Well, that’s what I should be concentrating on. In fact, I’m concentrating on the fact that nearly everyone entering the room is wearing …
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