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Tackling climate change and how it is impacting Kuwait’s economy Kuwait is the 7th largest exporter of oil, providing 50% of its GDP, but climate change is causing people to rethink their dependency on oil. Climate change will potentially affect everyone’s future. Of course, the oil and fossil fuel industry has an impact and so, […]
What are the different types of unlawful discrimination? Like the term “harassment”, “discrimination” has several meanings and connotations. For purposes of employment law, discrimination (differing treatment of an individual or group) is unlawful if it is based in whole or in part of a person’s protected status. Conversely, discrimination, which may be unethical or even […]
Prohibiting US firms and individuals from paying bribes to foreign officials in furtherance of a business deal, the FCPA’s impact in the CEE/SEE (Central and (south)Eastern European Countries) region continues to grow. We speak to Jitka Logesová who heads the firm-wide Corporate Investigation practice at Wolf Theiss, on what impact the FCPA has and the […]
What constitutes legal proof of invention? In terms of protectability, one that maintains a higher intellectual “performance”, than another person skilled in the art, is capable of filing the patent application; this has been the case since the end of the 19th century. With entry via Art. IV No. 4 introduced § 2a Patent Act […]
Compliance risks companies face in this era and how to avoid them Based on my experience within the global business environment, the major risks impacting enterprises are antitrust, bribery & corruption, environmental issues, money laundering, cyber crime and trade restrictions. A good method behind tracking and monitoring risks are built from five steps; I see […]
Traditional tools for protecting Intellectual Property (IP) such as patents and trademarks aren’t always fast enough to secure sensitive assets. Below DEIP’s CEO Alex Shkor discloses real use cases how blockchain revolutionizes the way innovators secure their intellectual property and helps lawyers and legal advisers minimize issues associated with IP management. Raising the question of […]
When you first sit down to devise a plan for your business, you may consider the idea of becoming a mogul overtaking the international scene, without actually thinking about the process and potential obstacles at hand. In fact, expanding your business to another jurisdiction can take up to ten months, depending on the duration of […]
The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) is an institution mandated by the EU with the notion of protecting the Union's financial interest. It is an administrative body which investigates fraud against the EU budget, corruption and serious misconduct within the European institutions, and develops anti-fraud policies. But are their investigations thorough and meet legal requirements, or do […]
Italy remains to be a tourist’s haven. With Lake Como being an ideal location for a luxury destination wedding and Rome being the Eternal City travellers yearn to visit, it is not shocking to hear that their hospitality industry has been progressing well. How the hospitality investment market in Italy is progressing in 2020 2019 […]
Some may remember the days when there were banks and their managers around every other corner: they had considerable discretion in lending to small and medium-size businesses (SMEs). This is in great contrast to the present day when SMEs complain of the inordinate time taken for banks to make a decision about loan applications. This […]
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