Authored by our members, this blog features updates about legal and business trends, the impact of changes in law and other topics of interest affecting multi-jurisdictional businesses.

Wednesday, 21 September, 2022
On 13 October 2022, amendments to the Code of Commercial Companies (hereinafter referred to as the Code) applicable to capital companies will come into force.
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Thursday, 8 September, 2022
Given the easing of the pandemic, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has once again updated its guidelines relating to employers’ handling of COVID-19.
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Thursday, 18 August, 2022
As of 29 July 2022 and under newly imposed regulations, fees payable to Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) for applications for foreign investment transactions will double.
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Thursday, 14 July, 2022
Ally Law’s Istanbul member firm prepares a quarterly report to provide updates on recent developments in legislation and case law in Turkey.
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Wednesday, 6 July, 2022
A recent decision of the United States Supreme Court has resolved a disagreement among lower federal courts about the significance of arbitration provisions in contracts.
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Thursday, 2 June, 2022
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) was asked by the European Commission to investigate the state of investment protection and, based on its findings, to provide recommendations.
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Friday, 29 April, 2022
Since early 2022, Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defense (Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica, or CADE) has increasingly raised concerns over the potential anticompetitive effects of exclusive dealing arrangements and exclusivity clauses in unilateral conduct investigations and merger cases.
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Monday, 18 April, 2022
On March 3, 2022, US President Joe Biden signed into law the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021, which amends the Federal Arbitration Act to give employees who have arbitration agreements with their employers the option of bringing claims of sexual assault or sexual harassment either in arbitration or in court.
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Monday, 11 April, 2022
In Vietnam, the increase in e-commerce over the past two years — as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic — has gone hand in hand with increased use of cashless payments and online banking transactions.
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Thursday, 17 March, 2022
A new threat known as a “zero-click” hack, which does not require a malicious link or attachment, is emerging from well-documented, state-sponsored spyware schemes.
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Wednesday, 2 March, 2022
On February 4, 2022, President Biden issued Executive Order (EO) 14063 requiring the use of project labor agreements (PLAs) for large federal construction projects.
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Wednesday, 23 February, 2022
On 7 December 2021, the Council of the European Union reached a political agreement supporting the adoption of a directive designed to modernize and harmonize rules for the application of reduced value-added tax (VAT) rates.
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