Vol. 2, No. 7, Spring 2009

Managing the intellectual properties of a well established company with budget approvals always relatively easily secured, created visions of a smooth ride into distant retirement. Not that our employer was...Read more

Fashion houses and other consumer brands in the front line of trade mark infringement continually open war chests in the name of enforcement to protect their brands and their bottom...Read more

International litigation is now a fact of life for most corporations. They may find themselves hauled into court in unexpected places and, perhaps more often than anywhere but their home...Read more

The development and popularity of mobile communications along with an expansion of internet and wireless technologies has transformed the way people communicate. Mobile telephony has become an integral part of...Read more

Corporate governance is a vital component of a company’s ethical compass. The board of directors of the company establishes the organization's governance process through written policy statements which define the...Read more

Malaysia, pledging to become a fully developed country by 2020, has positioned itself well towards utilizing the currencies of the k-economy, which includes innovation and the application of knowledge. Under...Read more

Two hundred years or so ago the industrial revolution and explosion of commerce lead to the legal profession of the attorney or solicitor joining that of the bar. The...Read more

The dispute between Vivendi, its subsidiary Compañía de Aguas del Aconquija SA (CAA), and the Republic of Argentina has been the longest running dispute in the history of ICSID. Originally...Read more

Rabobank is a Dutch financial institution which consists of the member banks (also cooperatives and each licensed as a credit institution), their central organization Rabobank Nederland (also a cooperative entity...Read more

Over the past 30 years, litigants in the United States have resurrected the long-dormant Alien Tort Statute (ATS) in order to bring civil lawsuits in US federal courts against multinational...Read more

In the wake of the global financial crisis, the calls on individual governments worldwide to take action aimed at stabilising and increasing confidence in the financial markets have been heard...Read more

After 30 year's fast growth of economy, China is facing unprecedented challenges brought by environmental pollution and ecology deterioration. In recent years, China's environmental legislation and enforcement are becoming core...Read more

Environmental law is receiving enhanced focus within corporations as the demand for action on climate change and sustainable development by governments, advocacy groups, and others moves beyond academic theory and...Read more

The momentous fiscal and economic initiatives undertaken in 1994 are seen as a vital source of legal, commercial, entrepreneurial and civic consequence. Whilst conceptually placing justice in its deserved pivotal...Read more

This white paper provides a general overview of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”), and discusses both the privacy requirements imposed by that Act as well as...Read more

Public procurement (PP) in the countries with a developed market economy plays an important role in the economic system. With PP, the State is directly involved in the creation and...Read more

The term “piercing the corporate veil” in English Law describes how directors or shareholders in a corporation can be held accountable for the liabilities and debts of the corporation, which...Read more