“Commercial Awareness Is Global.”
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The May 1 effective date comes some four months after Singapore ratified the Convention January 2016 and is part of effort to increase tax transparency and combating cross-border tax evasion in Asia's top financial and business hub
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The proposed legislation is clearly linked to the massive data security breach at Sony. Or better put Sony’s very slow response in announcing that its over 70 million PlayStation users personal data was placed in danger as a result of hacking.
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By: Carsten Lexa On August 13th, 2009, I wrote an article here on Commercial Law International about the “secrets” of the US credit card business and about how the existing rules make it hard for customers to pay off their credit card debt. On November 3rd, 2009, I wrote in a the second article about a Goverment proposal regarding new legislation for… Continue reading "The US credit card business – Credit CARD Act 2009"
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By: Ainsley Brown While terrorism, terror financing and constitutional principles such as the rule of law and Parliamentary supremacy are not the usual subjects covered here at Commercial Law International, this seeming break from tradition is in fact not such a stretch. As our moniker indicates Commercial Awareness is Global – it is important to note and as will soon… Continue reading "The UK Supreme Court Rules Government’s Terrorist Asset Freezing Powers Illegal"
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By: Rechtsanwalt (Attorney) Carsten Lexa, LL.M. On August 13th, 2009, I wrote an article here on Commercial Law International about the “secrets” of the US credit card business and about how the existing rules make it hard for customers to pay off their credit card dept. Now, a new Goverment proposal tries to help customers to reduce their credit card… Continue reading "The US credit card business – reloaded"
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By: Ainsley Brown The African Development Bank (AfDB) has engineered a legal support wing charged with the responsibility of evening out the imbalance in legal expertise that many African nations face when negotiating complex commercial transactions. It will also serve as a necessary firewall for these nations by providing top notch legal advocacy when facing litigation, especially from vulture funds.… Continue reading "Vulture, Tigers And Lions: New African Development Bank Legal Support Facility Set Ambitious Goals."
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By: Ainsley Brown The US Senate has passed its version of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill – very good news – as the President comtinuses to use the bully pulpit to sell the stimulus package to the American people. Now begins the tough negotiations to reconcile the Senate and the House of Representatives versions of the Bill. Related Posts:‘Buy… Continue reading "US: Stimulus Watch, Senate Moves"