To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. In recent years, investors have flocked to closed-end investment funds such as private equity funds, credit funds, real estate funds, and the like. While funds of this type have the potential to produce attractive returns, investors should be mindful that…
Our daily lives are more linked into a globalized grid than ever before. Products are sourced and shipped from afar; traveling to a place 3,000 miles away can be easier than getting across a big city in traffic; and information disseminates to anyone and everyone at the tap of a finger. A startup called Sanas…
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22 June 2022 Lewis Silkin To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Do you need to stay up to date with current and proposed employment law developments across Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland? If so, our updated Comparative Table, prepared in…
Pandemic-led rise in demand for smoking products and growing health concerns have incentivized tobacco companies to invent low-risk tobacco products, which should drive the industry’s growth. Moreover, being a part of the consumer defensive industry, tobacco manufacturers Altria Group (MO) and Philip Morris (PM) should witness significant investors’ attention amid the economic uncertainties. But which…
In its fourth hearing of the month, the congressional committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol featured emotional testimonies from witnesses who highlighted former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 elections. Trump – once again – was the main focus of the session on Tuesday, which examined his push…
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22 June 2022 Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Since President Biden’s July 2021 direction to the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) to “curtail the unfair use of non-compete clauses and other clauses or agreements that may unfairly limit worker…
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On 20 April 2022, the UK government published its response following the consultation on “Reforming competition and consumer policy”, which was published in July 2021. The government response sets out a summary of the views received from discussion and identifies…
22 June 2022 Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA) To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Continuing from Part 1 where we introduced the Guidelines and discussed bait advertising, surrogate advertising, and free claim advertising, in Part 2, we discuss the provisions related to advertisements targeting…
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) vide its order dated June 13, 2022, has upheld the order of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) against Amazon, where the CCI penalized the latter for giving false and misleading information in…
Is it acceptable to dismiss an injured worker once all reasonable accommodations and options have been considered? If yes, what exactly is considered reasonable? The NSW Industrial Relations Commission recently shed light on these troublesome questions. It confirmed that an employer is not obliged to provide suitable alternative duties to an injured worker indefinitely nor…
