Economic conditions are challenging. As often happens during downward business cycles, strong business relationships are fraying and minority partners, often investors, are finding themselves shut out.

Marrying later in life. De facto relationships. Second and subsequent marriages and other significant relationships. When your life melds with another, it necessarily gives rise to the question: what happens if it doesn’t work out?

Merger and acquisition purchase agreements generally include indemnification provisions, pursuant to which a given party (“indemnitor”) agrees to defend, hold harmless, and indemnify the other party or parties (“indemnitees”) from specified claims or damages.

While, like most countries, dividends received by a parent company from its subsidiaries may enjoy certain tax exemptions, various tax laws in Taiwan prevent taxpayers from obtaining undue tax benefits through related-party transactions.

Any company may enact its own regulations for competition compliance and then submit these in writing to the Fair Trade Commission for filing, as well as take action towards these regulations, or may publish similar content on the company's website.

UK law enforcement will get new powers regarding third party bulk personal data sets to make better use of machine learning and AI-powered investigatory techniques.

The importance of this type of agreement is that it allows the strengthening of existing bilateral relations between the countries and, for nationals between 18 and 30 years of age, to have a closer relationship with the culture, society and language of each country.

The 2025 budget includes the “Central Washington Activation Conversion Program Amendment Act of 2024,” a new property tax freeze to help further commercial real estate initiatives in the City core.

This year has seen an escalation in the number of women killed as a result of family violence. Whilst previously we lost on average one woman each week to family violence, recent statistics indicate this is now one woman lost every four days. 

On July 3, the regulations that establish guidelines for internal investigations of sexual harassment, workplace harassment or violence at work were published in the Official Gazette.

Ever wondered how US plaintiffs’ lawyers make the mega bucks by comparison to their Australian counterparts? The short answer is contingency fees, namely the ability to pocket a significant percentage of any award or settlement in favour of their clients. 

Uruguay took a crucial step in intellectual property matters by acceding to the Patent Cooperation Treaty. This milestone not only has important regulatory implications, but also positions our country as a key player in innovation at an international level.

If you are a parent with children ages 18 or older, you should consider taking a few simple steps so that in the event of an emergency, you can make important decisions.