While owning or managing a business, it is vital that you build and nurture relationships in the same way you nurture the sales of your product or service.
British producers of machinery, electrical equipment, automobiles, and pharmaceuticals will see import tariffs of up to 9.5% on their trade with Canada slashed after the European Parliament supported the EU-Canada free trade deal (known as CETA). In addition to eliminating 99% of duties on imported British goods the agreement will ease the export of services […]
The Commission recently proposed to amend the Comitology Regulation, increasing transparency and accountability in the procedures for implementation of EU legislation. The Commission is delivering on President Juncker's pledge in his State of the Union Speech in September 2016 when he stated: "It is not right that when EU countries cannot decide among themselves whether […]
The February issue of Wolters Kluwer's Blue Chip Economic Indicators suggests that Congress is likely to pass – and President Trump is likely to sign - comprehensive legislation aimed at reforming the tax code this year. This month's report suggests that, while the Trump Administration's pledges of tax cuts, infrastructure spending and regulatory relief have […]
Legislation was introduced in the House and Senate to secure the future of the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC). Congressman Pat Tiberi (R-OH) and two colleagues on the House Ways and Means Committee, Congressmen Tom Reed (R-NY) and Richard Neal (D-MA), the Ranking Member on the committee, introduced the House bill. They were joined by […]
Nearly a third (30%) of senior business decision makers are aware of employees at their current organisation suffering from a mental health issue, with 18% aware of employees who have had to leave their job because of their mental health. A YouGov study, commissioned by leading job board, totaljobs, surveyed 606 senior business decision makers […]
AARP recently launched a campaign against the ‘age tax’, a proposed unfair penalty on older adults that would line the pockets of big insurance companies, allowing them to charge older Americans over $3,000 more than they currently pay per year. AARP launched a new series of advertising that will also appear in numerous Congressional districts […]
A landmark legal ruling has been secured by UK200Group member firm Virtuoso Legal in a case between retail giant Argos and Virtuoso’s client, a relatively small US-based software company, Argos Systems Inc. The case concerns the domain name www.argos.com, which was registered by Argos Systems in 1992, and the decision has wider implications for the […]
Competition compliance programmes must take account of the FCA’s rules for mandatory self-reporting of existing or potential competition law infringements.
Below Lawyer Monthly gains expert insight from Mark O’Halloran, Partner at Coffin Mew, on the IP developments to look out for this year, which will undoubtedly take IP progress to the next level.
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