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The Companies (Amendment) Act recently entered into force and aims to decriminalise minor, technical and procedural non-compliance based on the nature and gravity of such offences, thereby facilitating and promoting the ease of doing business and further facilitating the ease of living for law-abiding corporates in India.

On 28 December 2020 the National Notes entered into force. The National Notes are the official interpretation instrument of the General Import and Export Tariff Code (TIGIE) of the new General Import and Export Duties Law (LIGIE) (for further details please see "Are you ready for the new General Import and Export Duties Law?"). Their application is mandatory to determine the tariff classification of goods entering and leaving Mexico. The National Notes contain specifications and criteria for th...

Fact Check: Is PETA Responsible for the Deaths of Thousands of Animals? On 1/29/21 at 6:56 PM EST People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is known for raising awareness with edgy public campaigns that often draw wide attention. On Tuesday, the organization took to Twitter to declare that insulting someone using an animal name "reinforces the myth that humans are superior to other animals & justified in violating them" in a tweet that received thousands of responses. Whenever PETA ent...

Re Chinacast Education Corp, (1) the High Court allowed a defendants application for the release to him of a sum of money paid into court by the plaintiffs in order to fortify an asset freezing injunction that the plaintiffs had obtained against (among others) the defendant. The plaintiffs claims ultimately failed and the injunction was discharged. The defendant, in turn, obtained a monetary judgment against the plaintiffs. In allowing the defendants application, the High Court had to decide wh...

Pursuant to three presidential decrees recently published in the <i>Official Gazette</i>, the termination ban and unilateral unpaid leave, which were due to expire by 17 January 2021, have been extended until 17 March 2021. Further, the short-time working allowance granted to workplaces which had applied until 31 December 2020 has been extended until 28 February 2021. Similarly, the application deadline for the short-time working allowance has been extended until 31 January 2021.

Rome Fiumicino Airport is the first Italian airport, and one of the first worldwide, to have implemented a protocol to operate COVID-19-tested flights. Pursuant to the applicable ministerial decree, in order to be exempt from mandatory quarantine on arrival in Italy, passengers must show a certificate proving a negative molecular COVID-19 test or an antigen rapid test, carried out within 48 hours before the flight. Otherwise, they must undergo an antigen rapid test at the departure airport direc...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigates aviation, railroad, highway, marine and pipeline accidents to determine their probable cause and issues safety recommendations to reduce the risk of future accidents. This article provides companies with an overview of how they can best prepare for NTSB investigations into transport accidents.

Section 346 of the Companies Act 2016 provides the courts with broad powers to grant remedies as they deem necessary to bring an end to the complaints raised in an oppression action. In Lee Kai Wuen v Lee Yee Wuen,(1) the Federal Court refused leave to appeal the Court of Appeals decision which had found that the courts powers in an oppression action are broad and unfettered. This includes the power to order restitution to a company, a remedy traditionally seen as belonging to companies. Facts...

Under the latest Level 5 restrictions, employees in Ireland must work from home unless they are classified as essential workers and their work cannot be done at home. The government has updated the list of essential workers to provide that it does not include workers who perform administrative or other support activities for businesses, unless these constitute essential administrative and support activities and the physical presence of the administrative or support worker in the workplace is req...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. There were several notable trademark cases in Canada in 2020, including those addressing comparative advertising, depreciation of goodwill, brand parody, trademark use in the absence of a brick-and-mortar location, and potential claims by exclusive distributors against importers of grey market goods. Additionally, major developments involve the Trademark Offices issue of new limits on extensi...