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Canada Pension Plan Changes Are on the Way, is Your Organization Prepared?

1st March 2017
Retirement will look very different for millennials, baby boomers and others as the economy continues to change. The move towards Group Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs), coupled with the decline of employer-sponsored defined benefit pension plans, brings a new retirement reality for many employees. This changing environment was the impetus for the expansion of the Canada […]
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The First Internationally Marketed IPO in Vietnam's History

28th February 2017
In a landmark international capital markets transaction, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP advised BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan and Viet Capital as placement agents in the initial public offering by Vietnam's leading budget airline, VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Company. The approximately $170 million offering of 44.78 million shares represents the largest IPO in […]
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Scottish Government’s Plans to Introduce ‘Mclaspo’ Will Impact Both Casualty and Motor Insurers

27th February 2017
International legal business DWF has warned that insurers writing business in Scotland are likely to face significant challenges when the Scottish Government introduces qualified one-way cost shifting (QOCS) and Damages-Based Agreements later this year. The proposals form part of the Expenses and Funding of Civil Litigation (Scotland) Bill, now expected to be published in May […]
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Dubai Crown Prince Directs all Government Entities to Disrupt Themselves and Position it 10 Years Ahead of all Other Cities

24th February 2017
His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Dubai Future Foundation, recently initiated planning for Dubai 10X with all of the Dubai government heads to position the Emirate 10 years ahead of all other cities. His Highness stated, "Sheikh Mohammed no […]
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MEPs Approve EU-Canada Trade Agreement Slashing Tariffs on UK Exports

24th February 2017
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 […]
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Commission Proposes More Transparency and Accountability in Procedures for EU Law

23rd February 2017
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 […]
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Huge ‘David and Goliath’ IP Win Against Argos

22nd February 2017
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 […]
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Indian PoEM Rules: "Place Your Management Effectively Now"

21st February 2017
The Finance Act 2015 had proposed to amend the test of residence for foreign companies to provide that a company would be treated as resident in India if its place of effective management in the previous year is in India. Earlier, section 6 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) referred that, a company is […]
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Landmark Court Decision in Favour of Patient Choice Versus Medical Paternalism

21st February 2017
In a landmark case the Court of Appeal has ruled on the side of patient choice versus medical paternalism. Hearing Sebastian Webster v. Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2017], a case brought by Heather Butler after her son Sebastian suffered serious disabilities following his birth at Burton Hospital, the Court decided his mother’s wish to […]
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