Luis Antonio Semeghini de Souza, Bruno Sartori, Fabricio Cardim and Juliana Dal Moro Amarante of Souza, Mello e Torres discuss the changing business and investment landscape of Brazil.
In Japan, the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI) is the primary law that regulates data protection issues. In this article, we will cover a few significant recent amendments to the APPI, including one currently under consideration, while also touching on the new guidelines issued by the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) last …
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Baker McKenzie reorganisations partner Clare Montgomery discusses the challenges and issues businesses face operating in the third-largest economy in Latin America
On 1 January 2020, new regulations came into force as a consequence of several amendments published in the Mexican Official Gazette on 9 December 2019. Among these regulations, the legislative branch introduced new powers to the Federal Tax Code under which the tax authorities will be entitled to restrict, and eventually cancel, the tax certificates …
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Dr Eduardo Mayora A and Juan Pablo Gramajo of Mayora & Mayora discuss Guatemala’s legal system and the opportunities available there for foreign investors.
Intellectual property rights are of increasing importance, and for some companies, their most valuable assets. In fact, among S&P 500 companies, the proportion of the company value attributable to intellectual capital (of which intellectual property rights (IPR) are often the most important) is as high as 87%. Although the importance of intangible assets relative to …
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Alexander Oddy, Greig Anderson, Paul Lewis and Tom Hutchinson of Herbert Smith Freehills review the major insurance issues facing in-house lawyers in the current market.
That companies with reputable brands have consumer trust implies on its own that these companies run a successful business. These companies can easily enter new markets and expand market share in existing markets, whereas competitors suffer from this encroachment and face entry barriers to new markets. Embedded within these reputable brands is the consumer trust …
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Mark Smith, founder and CEO of Purdy Smith, discusses some of the brand management issues in-house lawyers should keep an eye on in the upcoming decade, with a focus on the headline-grabbing areas of advertising and consumer law.
With COVID-19 leading to many people working remotely, organisations need to think about how documents and contracts can be signed and concluded. While some projects will slow or stall, many routine contracts will be up for renewal in the next few months, and other transactions will be due to complete. The logistics of signing in …
In the build-up to the GDPR coming into effect in 2018, the legal consequences of privacy and cyber security risk were dominated by the headline issue of regulatory fines, and the need to avoid them. The reality is somewhat different. Of course, there have been some groundbreaking fines but they remain rare; the Information Commissioner’s …
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I am writing this from my home office, the world having been turned somewhat upside down in the last few weeks. I was expecting to be writing about warranty and indemnity (W&I) insurance trends and claims in 2020, but the form book has been very much disrupted, at least in the short term. I have …
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