Asia Business Law Journal announced a list of Taiwan's top 100 lawyers 2024. BT International Law Firm's Managing Partner, Hung Ou Yang, not only has been consecutively put on the short list since 2019, but also received strong endorsement from clients and foreign law firms.

Pragma Member Ira Cohen, Esq., of Ira Cohen, P.A. is pleased to announce that he will be attending the International Trademark Association (“INTA”) Annual Meeting for 2024, this month, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A., from May 18-24, 2024. 

IRAS takes a comprehensive approach towards tax compliance by companies by conducting both risk-based and random audits across all industries to ensure good coverage across the corporate base. To do so, IRAS uses data analytics and other tools to profile companies according to their compliance risk.

Denied claims for nullity filed against the act that denied registration as a trademark of the nominative sign “EXOME”, to distinguish products in Class 5 of the NICE classification, by determining that there is a competitive connection.

Uruguay has a regulatory framework for the use of electronic signatures in different areas. With the development and availability of new technologies, as well as the speed that today's world demands, its use is clearly on the rise. Let us then review some essential aspects of the regulations.

Amid geopolitical tensions, notably stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the consequent surge in demand for military equipment, defense industry companies in Türkiye could focus on enhancing their production capabilities and tapping into international markets via IPO funding.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently examined whether the liquidated damages provision in a commercial lease (i) constituted an unenforceable penalty clause as opposed to a reasonable prediction of damages, and (ii) could be invalidated due to a party’s level of sophistication or lack thereof.

The objective of the preliminary interpretation mechanism is to guarantee the uniform and coherent application of the rules of the Andean Community legal system by national judges. This mechanism is activated when national judges must resolve a controversy that involves one or more rules of community law. Furthermore, according to the interpretive legal criterion, it is not necessary to issue a new ruling if the Court of Justice of the Andean Community has already previously interpreted the norm in question.

We are proud to announce that the Managing Partner of BTLaw, Hung OU YANG, will deliver a speech in IBA's 17th Annual Bar Leaders' Conference. The 17th Annual Bar Leaders' Conference will take place in Bucharest (Romania) next 22 May - 23 May 2024.

While at first glance the Michigan Supreme Court case of Long Lake Township v. Maxon, appears to be a simple zoning dispute with a Fourth Amendment twist, the real impact of the case may ultimately fall on drones and air rights law.

Chile has been a pioneer in signing an extensive and diverse network of trade agreements, both bilateral and multilateral, that have significantly transformed its position on the global economic stage.

We're excited to announce that two of our esteemed IP lawyers, Carolina Vera and Natália Vera, both from Vera Abogados, will be attending the prestigious International Trademark Association (INTA) annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.

Within the list of payment instruments provided, securities are - without a doubt - one of the most used in our country, and especially within these, checks. With the promulgation of Law No. 20,038 of the Central Bank of Uruguay, two new categories are introduced: (i) the electronic check and (ii) the digital check.