Legal Updates

Tuesday, 3 November, 2020
The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) is a federal law that applies to the removal of Native American (Indian) children from their families in adoption, foster care and custody cases.
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Tuesday, 3 November, 2020
In recent weeks, Shanghai’s market supervision bureau (AMR) announced that it has penalized one of China’s leading domestic dairy companies, Bright Dairy & Food Co., Ltd., for an advertisement video on its website that did not show China’s “complete and correct territory” of China.
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Friday, 30 October, 2020
On 10/29/20, the BCRA issued Communication “A” 7151 that extended until 12/31/20 the restrictions established in Communication “A” 7030 and amendments for access to the local exchange market (“ MLC ”) for payment of imports of goods and capital services of financial indebtedness abroad with related counterparts.
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Friday, 30 October, 2020
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has signed House Bill 2370 (the “Act”) into law, which, among other things, expands upon the remote notarization capabilities that were temporarily enacted by Senate Bill 841 to promote social distancing measures at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Thursday, 29 October, 2020
Today, October 29, 2020, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) released an interim final rule (IFR) delaying the compliance date for new “information blocking” requirements previously set to take effect on November 2.
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Wednesday, 28 October, 2020
Advaya Legal has contributed two chapters in the India country report for the Doing Business in Asia Pacific guidebook.
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Tuesday, 27 October, 2020
Given the interconnectivity between UK and EU Intellectual Property law, Brexit will have significant implications on IP rights.
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Tuesday, 27 October, 2020
Smith Anderson assisted client First Citizens BancShares, Inc. with a merger of CIT Group Inc  to create the 19th largest bank in the United States based on assets.
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Tuesday, 27 October, 2020
Through Decree 820/2020 published in the Official Gazette on 10/26/2020, the modification of articles 9, 28, 29 of Decree 1030/2016, regulatory of Decree 1023/2001, and section I art. 
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Tuesday, 27 October, 2020
The Internal Revenue Service has announced the 2021 cost of living adjustments (COLA) to various limits.
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