The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) and the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) have joined forces and recently issued a consultation document providing guidance for credit institutions, payment institutions and electronic money institutions opening accounts for FinTechs. The guidance encourages … […]
Hong Kong, like much of Southeast Asia, has made slow progress in supporting LGBTQ+ rights when compared with jurisdictions in the Western world. Homosexuality — in terms of private, adult, non-commercial and consensual relations — was decriminalised in 1991 yet … […]
Hong Kong and China have taken a major step forward in legal collaboration, with a reciprocal deal to recognise and enforce judgments in certain types of cases. The historic move will bring clarity and reduce litigation costs. On 18 January … […]
Ally Law is pleased to announce the 2019-2020 Executive Board. The member election was at the 7 March 2019 Ally Law Annual General Meeting in New Delhi, India. Said Björn Welinder, President of Ally Law and a partner in Lund, … […]
On February 18, 2019, the New York City Commission on Human Rights (the Commission) published guidance on race-based hairstyle discrimination under the local New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL), with a focus on hairstyles associated with African-Americans. The Commission, … […]
Under Italian law a document saved through blockchain technologies can have legal effects. According to Law Decree 135/2018 (Decreto Semplificazioni), which was recently confirmed into law by Law 12/2019, technologies based on distributed records can have the same legal effects … […]
After several years of work, the Portuguese Council of Ministers has recently approved a new decree for the legal and tax framework specifically applicable to real estate investment trusts (REITs; in Portugal, sociedades de investimento e gesto imobiliria, or SIGI;). … […]
The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a notice that, due to the recent partial lapse in appropriations, the deadline to submit EEO-1 data will be extended until May 31, 2019. The EEO-1 is an annual survey that … […]
In the context of the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing, the European Union (EU) adopted on May 20th, 2015, Directive (EU) 2015/849 (known as “4th AML Directive”) and on May 30th, 2018, Directive (EU) 2018/843 (known as “5th … […]
Imagine a future world where mutant beings, called ‘precogs,’ foresee crime before it occurs. Tapping into their collective brainpower, the government’s Precrime Division can apprehend suspects who have not yet committed any offense — though, we are assured, they will. … […]
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