Mondaq Business Briefing articles from June 2008

Mondaq Business Briefing archives from June 2008

An Immigration Dashboard For Human Resource Professionals - Part 2.
June 2, 2008... Article by Angelo Paparelli and Lily S. Hensel Examining Maintenance Of Status Prior To Offering Employment Often, when an employer wishes to hire an employee, the employer wants the hiring done immediately. With an expedited...

Rambus Decision: Lawful Monopolist's Allegedly Deceptive Conduct Not Actionable Under The Antitrust Laws.
June 2, 2008... Despite the D.C. Circuit decision, firms should remain cautious in dealing with standard-setting bodies. On April 22, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit overturned the Federal Trade Commission's (the Commission's)...

A Compilation Of Enforcement And Non-Enforcement Actions - May 2008.(Conference notes)
June 2, 2008... Non-Enforcement Matters SEC Director Describes Examination Focus During a recent conference in Washington, D.C., Lori Richards, Director of the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange...

Down To The Wire.(the usage of intercept evidence )
June 2, 2008... First published in The Law Society Gazette 22 February 2008. We can use intercept evidence in a way that will lead to fairer trials and avoid extending pre-charge detention, argues Jeremy Summers In 1586 encoded letters were...

Unit Trusts.
June 2, 2008... INTRODUCTION A unit trust is a special kind of trust which, in addition to being subject to the laws governing trusts, is also subject to the laws governing mutual funds. A unit trust may be registered as a mutual fund if the trust...

City Of Toronto Lobbyist Registry.
June 2, 2008... On January 30, 2008, the Council for the City of Toronto enacted by-law 150-2007 (the "By-law") to create a lobbyist registry (the "Lobbyist Registry") to regulate communication outside of a public process between lobbyists and public...

Freezing Orders.
June 2, 2008... INTRODUCTION The object of this Memorandum is to provide clients of Walkers with law and procedure in relation to freezing orders in the British Virgin Islands. Freezing orders were formerly called Mareva Injunctions. BRITISH...

Demand Loans And The Limitations Act, 2002.
June 2, 2008... Background And Overview The former Limitations Act (the act in force in Ontario before January, 2004) was applied awkwardly to demand loans. It was based in part on English legislation going back to the sixteenth and seventeenth...

Understanding Hedge Funds.
June 2, 2008... Until August 2007, hedge funds were unregulated investment vehicles providing investors with exposure to a wide range of products including derivatives and leveraged positions. A hedge fund is defined in the new Regulations discussed below as...

Data Security: The Increasing Costs Of Non-Compliance.
June 2, 2008... It is fair to say that until very recently, data security issues have not generally been regarded as a mainstream issue for business. But the major breaches of data security at the end of last year, most notably the loss of 25 million child...

Auditors' Negligence: Liability To Company And Shareholders.
June 2, 2008... A recent case has considered the standard of care owed by auditors. The auditors were retained to prepare a report for the purposes of the "whitewash" procedure under the Companies Act 1985, allowing a sale of shares by directors of the...

Genetic Non-Discrimination Bill Signed Into Law.
June 2, 2008... After thirteen years of consideration, legislation prohibiting health insurance companies and employers from discriminating against individuals based on genetic information was signed into law on May 21, 2008. The Genetic Information...

Senate Bill 436: Majority Voting For Directors Of Publicly Traded Georgia Corporations.
June 2, 2008... On May 7, 2008, Governor Sonny Perdue signed Senate Bill 436 into law. Senate Bill 436 allows, among other things, for the bylaws of a publicly traded corporation incorporated under the laws of Georgia to set a director voting standard...

Supreme Court Of Canada Denies Recovery In "Fly-in-the-Bottle" Case As Injury to Plaintiff Not Foreseeable.(Case overview)
June 2, 2008... In a unanimous ruling the Supreme Court of Canada has refused to restore a large trial award made to a bottled water customer who suffered severe depression and phobia after observing a dead fly in water purchased from the defendant. The...

Ten Key Differences In Canadian, US Employment Law.
June 2, 2008... Originally published in TLOMA Today, April 2008 Employers with operations in several jurisdictions are required to meet the standards imposed by local employment laws. There are a number of significant differences with respect to the...

Adjusting Asset Values For Inflation.
June 2, 2008... Companies calculating depreciation for corporate profits tax may increase the book values of their fixed and intangible assets to mitigate the effect of annual inflation for the previous year. This adjustment is at the taxpayer's...

Claims For Domestic Assistance - 15(3) Civil Liability Act - Loss Of Earning.(Civil Liability Act 2002)
June 2, 2008... Harrison v Melhem [2008] NSWCA 67 Spigelman CJ, Mason P, Beazley, Giles and Basten JJA In Brief A Claimant is entitled to compensation for his or her need for gratuitous domestic assistance if services are either provided in excess of...

Quebec Court Of Appeal BCE Decision: The Largest Leveraged Buyout In Canadian History Imperilled.(Case overview)
June 2, 2008... On May 21, 2008, the Quebec Court of Appeal released its highly anticipated decision regarding BCE's proposed plan of arrangement. In a unanimous decision by five judges, the Court of Appeal held that the board of directors of BCE (the BCE...

Obvious Risk And Dangerous Recreational Activity - Sections 5F, 5H, 5K And 5L Of The Civil Liability Act.
June 2, 2008... Jaber v Rockdale City Council [2008] NSWCA 98 Tobias JA; Campbell JA; Handley AJA In Brief The risk of injury to the plaintiff who dived into water from a pylon located on a wharf was an "obvious risk" within the meaning of s 5F(1) of...

The Bitter Fruit Of Bad Immigration Policies: Life Is Not A Bowl Of Cherries.(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... Originally published May 30, 2008 When American farmers cut down blossoming cherry trees that take years to bear fruit, something is wrong. When peach trees are also chopped down, and tomatoes, asparagus and cabbage, although profitable...

To Notify Or Not To Notify.(Ontario Bar Association's Privacy Law )
June 2, 2008... Originally published in Eye on Privacy: The OBA Privacy Law Review, Volume 8, No. 3 - May 2008 There are a growing number of cases of organizations reporting the loss, mistaken disclosure or theft of personal information collected in...

Supreme Court Confirms That Employees May Sue For Race-Based Retaliation Under A Reconstruction-Era Law.
June 2, 2008... Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which provides for equal contract rights for all persons, regardless of "skin color," has long been interpreted as prohibiting race-based employment discrimination. In CBOCS West, Inc. v....

Ontario 2008 Budget: Limited Tax Breaks For The Tech Space.
June 2, 2008... On March 25, 2008, Ontario released its budget. Budget measures relevant to technology companies and their investors include a limited 10-year corporate tax holiday, the Ontario Innovation Tax Credit and the Ontario Interactive Digital Media...

New Filing Requirement For "Material Contacts" Entered Into In The Ordinary Course Of Business.(Material Contacts)
June 2, 2008... Privately held companies that enter into contracts with Canadian reporting issuers (public companies) may be surprised to learn that those contracts may become publicly available through the Internet. Recent changes to National Instrument...

Record Revenues Fuel Premier League Clubs' On Pitch Success.(Financial report)
June 2, 2008... Deloitte's latest Annual Review of Football Finance reveals that Premier League clubs' revenues have increased substantially across all areas of their business. The Premier League now generates more revenue than any other league across each of...

Two Guernsey Firms Behind Landmark London Listing.
June 2, 2008... Two Guernsey firms have played an instrumental role in a landmark fund listing. Fortis Guernsey and Ogier law firm, worked with Da Vinci Capital Management on the listing of the first fund on the London Stock Exchange's Specialist Fund...

An Unappealing Prospect: The CAT's Cityhook Judgment Threatens UK Competition Law Enforcement.(Competition Appeal Tribunal )
June 2, 2008... Originally published in Competition Law Insight, June 2007. The Competition Appeal Tribunal's recent judgment on the appealability of the OFT's case closure decision in the Cityhook case is the third CAT decision in the last six months...

The Dutch Beer Cartel Decision: A Shot In The Arm Of Private Enforcement In The Netherlands?
June 2, 2008... Originally published in Competition Law Insight , July 2007. For many years, one of the most important trends in competition law enforcement worldwide has been the increasing focus of competition authorities on the detection and...

Section 237(6) Of The Enterprise Act And FOI law - An English And Scottish Dichotomy.(Freedom of Information Act)
June 2, 2008... Originally published in the Freedom of Information Journal, September / October 2007 Third party access to documents held by competition authorities is becoming increasingly important now that the burden of enforcing competition law is...

Letter To North America: Keeping Your Communications Out Of European Courtrooms.(Reprint)
June 2, 2008... This article was originally published in February 2008. For multi-national companies, awareness of the rules of "privilege" - which determine when communications can be kept away from investigators and out of court in subsequent...

Private Equity Comment: Avoiding Anti-Trust Issues.
June 2, 2008... Recently, a court in the US analysed for the first time whether "club deals", where private equity firms join forces to bid for a target company, can be anti-competitive. The concerns arose because of competition law rules on collusive...

ABA 2007 Antitrust Year In Review: UK Section.(American Bar Association )
June 2, 2008... A. Legislative And Administrative Developments In parallel with similar work being done by the European Commission on private enforcement (with the Green Paper in 2005 and a White Paper expected in early 2008), the UK Office of Fair...

The Incorporation Of Shari'a In Offshore Trusts.
June 2, 2008... Recently, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, sparked a stormy debate when he appeared to suggest that some aspects of Shari'a law should be adopted in the United Kingdom, and that such adoption appeared to be unavoidable. ...

Cayman Courts Take Control, Replace Liquidators.
June 2, 2008... The Grand Courts of the Cayman Islands has decided to supervise the liquidation of two companies that formed a material part of the structure of the infamous Bear Stearns hedge funds, which collapsed in 2007 leaving investors facing an...

Deal Feature - The Acquisition By Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co. Ltd Of Kiln Ltd.
June 2, 2008... Four lawyers in Appleby's Bermuda office recently acted for the purchaser in a landmark deal that constituted the largest acquisition, to date, by a Japanese insurance group. A team led by Michael Burns and Jeffrey Kirk, and including...

The Offshore Perspective and a Comparison of Directors' Duties Amid a Global Credit Crisis.
June 2, 2008... Recent global economic developments have prompted a tightening of credit in various parts of the world and, amongst corporations in some of those countries, a heightened risk of insolvency. Increasingly, advice is being sought about the...

Damages Awarded To Worker Dismissed For High Blood Pressure.
June 2, 2008... Rebekah Fryer - Solicitor The Australian Tax Office was recently found, in proceedings alleging unlawful 'disability discrimination', to have unlawfully dismissed a worker whom the ATO believed (wrongly) suffered from high blood pressure....

Proposed Changes - Temporary Residents And Superannuation.
June 2, 2008... Senator the Hon Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, today released a consultation paper on payment of temporary residents' superannuation to the Australian Government. Under the measure, future superannuation...

Supervision Under The QBSA: Prevention Rather Than Cure.(Queensland Building Services Authority)
June 2, 2008... Peter Lamont - Solicitor The Building Services Authority estimates that at least 60% of seriously defective building work is attributable to ineffective supervision of building sites. Recent amendments to the Queensland Building...

Attractive Estate Planning Techniques For A Low-Interest Rate And Depressed-Value Environment.
June 3, 2008... Today's historically low interest rates and depressed asset values make this an excellent time to engage in various estate planning techniques. Minimizing gift and estate tax when transferring assets is of primary importance in this...

Grants Of Probate.
June 3, 2008... GRANTS OF PROBATE/LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION/RESEALING FOREIGN GRANTS IN THE CAYMAN ISLANDS Testate Estates Where the deceased dies testate (leaving a Will admissible for probate in Cayman), the documents which must be lodged with the...

STAR Trusts.(Special Trusts Alternative Regime Law, 1997 )
June 3, 2008... Introduction The Cayman Islands introduced its own unique form of non-charitable purpose trust legislation in late 1997. The statute, called the Special Trusts (Alternative Regime) Law, 1997 (or STAR Law) is a significant departure from...

June 12 2008: EU Member States Will Start Creating The New European Payment Order Procedure - A Step Towards Simpler And Quicker Credit Collection Within The European Union.(This Regulation establishes a procedure for European orders for payment)
June 3, 2008... Introduction From June 12 2008 member states will begin their collaboration on the preparation of domestic procedure, forms and rules on competence and language in order to implement the new European payment order procedure, which will...

A Litigator's View Of Pitfalls In Technology Contracting: Avoiding Common Mistakes.(Cases of Bawitko Investments Ltd. v. Kernels Popcorn Ltd)(Cases of Sussexinsuranceagency.com (Sussex.com) and Insurance Corporation of British Columbia)
June 3, 2008... Technology contracting can be very different from other commercial agreements because the execution of a contract marks the beginning of a relationship meant to last years.1 In these long-term, often complex commercial relationships, it is...

Quebec Court Of Appeal's BCE Decision May Affect Corporate Governance And Investor Communications.(Industry Canada Issues Approval Of Acquisition Of BCE, Inc. by Investor Group)
June 3, 2008... The Quebec Court of Appeal has decided that the proposed privatization of BCE Inc. is not fair and reasonable to Bell Canada bondholders. The Court's decision has potential implications for the process company directors must follow in making...

Corporate And Financial Weekly Digest - May 30, 2008.
June 3, 2008... SEC/Corporate Robert L. Kohl, Mark A. Conley, Palash I. Pandya & David S. Kravitz SEC Signs Protocols for Sharing Information on IFRS On May 23, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it had signed protocols to share...

Follow-On Biologics In Canada.(laws of Health Canada)(Subsequent Entry Biologics )
June 3, 2008... Originally published in Update 2008, Issue 3. With permission from FDLI, www.fdli.org. Health Canada has released a draft guidance document entitled "Information and Submission Requirements for Subsequent Entry Biologics (SEBs)." This...

Proposed Amendments To The Patented Medicines (Notice Of Compliance) Regulations.
June 3, 2008... On April 26, 2008, the government of Canada published for comment proposed amendments to the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations, commonly referred to as the "PM(NOC) Regulations." These regulations create the regulatory...

An Exemplary Sentence For Invasion Of Privacy!
June 3, 2008... On February 8, 2008, the Court of Appeal of Quebec rendered a decision that may open the door to more substantial sentences for violations of the right to privacy. In fact, the court intervened to boost one award of punitive damages to...

Employment Law Commentary, May 2008.
June 3, 2008... OFCCP Regulations Implementing Jobs for Veterans Act of 2003 Finalized The EEO-related obligations associated with federal government contracting, including the requirement to prepare and implement an Affirmative Action Plan (AAP), can...

"Patent Prosuction Highway" Pilot Program.(Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office)
June 3, 2008... Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) - United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) "Patent Prosecution Highway" Program A one-year "Patent Prosecution Highway" (PPH) pilot program will be launched on January 28, 2008...

U.S. Supreme Court Reverses And Remands "Davis" Case.(cases of Department of Revenue of Kentucky with Davis et ux)(Case overview)
June 3, 2008... Originally published May 21, 2008 The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Monday, May 19, that it had reversed and remanded Department of Revenue of Kentucky et al. v. Davis et ux, 197 S.W.3d 557 (Ky. Ct. App. 2006) ("Davis"), holding that...

Federal Court Of Appeal Overturns Case Law On Special Circumstances Excusing Non-Use In Summary Cancellation Proceedings.(cases of Scott Paper Ltd with Canadian attorney general)(Case overview)
June 3, 2008... On April 4, 2008, the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) released its decision in Scott Paper Ltd. v. Canada (Attorney General). The decision clarifies the law in summary cancellation proceedings initiated under section 45 of the Trade-marks...

"Remote Interface" Limitation In Patented Financial Account Application System Not Satisfied By A User's Home PC.
June 3, 2008... By William F. Long and Joshua D. Curry Originally published May 27, 2008 A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently held that, in an automated account application processing patent, the claim...

Insurance Company Ordered To Pay Damages For Illicit Surveillance And Flaunting The Court's Rulings.(Penncorp Life Insurance Company)
June 3, 2008... Employers or insurers looking to conduct video surveillance had better watch out - improperly conducting surveillance can attract stiff penalties in Quebec. In February 2008, the Quebec Court of Appeal ordered Penncorp Life Insurance...

A Moment Of Privacy.(Mobile Marketing Association Guidelines)
June 3, 2008... "A Moment of Privacy" addresses one legal development each month in the area of privacy and data security law. We answer the questions our clients are asking, in a way that we hope gives practical information to our readers. If you send us...

H-1B Cap Reached for 2009 With Record Number Of Petitions Received; Certain F-1 Students Given Additional Immigration Benefits.(Citizenship and Immigration Services)
June 3, 2008... As we have previously reported, on April 14, 2008, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) conducted an electronic lottery to select the lucky H-1B winners from among the approximately 163,000 petitions received between...

Pay-or-Play State Health Insurance Laws And ERISA Preemption.(Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
June 3, 2008... Reprinted from HR Advisor, Vol. 14, No. 3, May/June 2008, with permission of Thomson Reuters/West. OVERVIEW According to some estimates, as many as 46 million Americans (nearly 16% of the total population) are uninsured.1 The...

European Commission Opens Public Consultation On The Renewal Of The Block Exemption Regulation For The Insurance Sector.(European Union. European Commission)
June 3, 2008... Background Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission ("DGCOMP") recently launched a public consultation on the sector's current exemption from competition rules (known as the "block exemption Regulation" or "BER")....

Establishment Of Local "Work Rules" A Challenge For Multinationals.
June 3, 2008... By Proskauer Rose LLP's International Labor and Employment Practice Group While many multinationals undertake the often expensive and arduous task of implementing a global Code of Conduct, any multinational doing business in more than a...

Franchisors Should Consider Using FPRs (Formerly Earnings Claims).
June 3, 2008... About 25% of U.S. franchisors currently include financial performance representations (FPR's) in their franchise disclosure documents ("FDD"). This percentage has been relatively stable since the FTC first began permitting such...

What Are Eligible Financial Contracts?
June 3, 2008... Copyright 2008, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Originally published in Blakes Bulletin on Restructuring & Insolvency, May, 2008 The Canadian government has recently changed how it defines eligible financial contracts. For the...

"ELLI" / "FRIXOS" - Court Of Appeal Ruling.(cases of Golden Fleece Maritime with ST Shipping)(Case overview)
June 3, 2008... On 23 May the Court of Appeal has handed down its much anticipated judgment in Golden Fleece Maritime & another v ST Shipping, "ELLI" & "FRIXOS" [2008] EWCA Civ 584, the outcome of which will be carefully noted in both the shipowning and...

Conducting Investigations Of Wrongful Workplace Conduct.
June 3, 2008... "Conducting Investigations of Wrongful Workplace Conduct" was originally published by Business Law Today, May 2008. With perhaps discouraging frequency, companies need to conduct investigations into allegations of employee misconduct....

Patent Trolls Prey On Business Innovation.
June 3, 2008... "Patent Trolls Prey on Business Innovation" was originally published by Intellectual Property Today, May 2008. Any business discussion of patents and innovation inevitably turns to the subject of "patent trolls." Patent trolls plague...

The High Price Of Leniency For Stolt-Nielsen.(Stolt-Nielsen Inc.)(Law overview)
June 3, 2008... "The High Price Of Leniency For Stolt-Nielsen" was published in Competition Law 360, May 9, 2008 The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division's Corporate Leniency Program ("Leniency Program") has long been instrumental in the...

Tax Guidance Issued on Modifications of Securitized Mortgage Loans.(Internal Revenue Service)
June 3, 2008... Originally published June 2, 2008 Keywords: Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Revenue Procedure, securitized mortgage loans, REMICs, fixed investment trust, Tax Guidance Modifications, Securitized Mortgage Loans Originally published...

Protection Of Trade Secrets And Confidential Information.
June 4, 2008... Introduction With the rise of the information age and growth of the knowledge economy, managing and protecting information, as well as enforcing against its misuse, have become increasingly critical to business enterprises. Aside from...

Continuous Disclosure Obligations - Amendments To National Instrument 51-102 (NI 51-102).
June 4, 2008... Originally published January 2008 The New Year brings us further amendments to the Securities legislation and regulations. This article will review certain amendments to NI 51-102 as it pertains to forward-looking information and the...

Body For Hire - Assessing An Employer's Contribution Under S 151Z In Labour Hire.
June 4, 2008... Pollard v Baulderstone Hornibrook Engineering Pty Ltd [2008] NSWCA 99 NSW Court of Appeal Mason P, Beazley JA and McColl JA In Brief The Court considered the non-delegable duty of care owed by an employer to its...

Kosmar Villa.(Kosmar Villa Holidays v Trustees of Syndicate)
June 4, 2008... On 29 February 2008, the Court of Appeal handed down its decision in Kosmar Villa Holidays v Trustees of Syndicate 1243 (2008). The Kosmar case concerned waiver by election and whether insurers can, by taking some step, lose the right to...

Environmental Measures In The Federal Budget 2008.
June 4, 2008... On February 26, 2008, the federal Minister of Finance tabled Budget Plan 2008: Responsible Leadership ("Budget 2008") in the House of Commons. Budget 2008 highlights regarding the environment are: a) a determination by the federal...

Deloitte Annual Review of Football Finance.
June 4, 2008... Foreword Welcome to the 17th edition of the Deloitte Annual Review of Football Finance, in which we analyse and comment on recent financial developments in the world's most popular sport. In this edition we profile recent changes and...

Merchant Shipping Act 1993 Defeats State Immunity.(Case overview)
June 4, 2008... The well-established principle of state immunity was re-examined in the context of the Marine Shipping Act 1993 when the question arose of whether a governmental organisation should pay its proportion of a salvage operation from which it...

Exceptions To Confidentiality In Arbitration.(Wilson v Emmott)(Case overview)
June 4, 2008... Wilson v Emmott (March 2008) concerned an appeal against an order for disclosure in court proceedings in NSW and BVI of documents generated in an English arbitration involving the same parties. The Court of Appeal refused the appeal...

Deloitte Annual Review Of Football Finance Highlights.(Statistical data)
June 4, 2008... Europe's premier leagues The total European market grew to [euro]13.6 billion in 2006/07, a [euro]1 billion increase in revenue on the previous year. Revenue for the 'big five' European leagues exceeded [euro]7 billion for the first...

U.S. Supreme Court Set To Decide If Transfer Tax Exemption Applies To Section 363 Sales.(Case overview)
June 4, 2008... Prior to Plan Confirmation, Does the Transfer Tax Exemption Under 11 U.S.C. s. 1146(a) Apply to s. 363 Sales? Supreme Court Will Resolve Circuit Split Section 1146(a) of title 11 of the U.S. Code (the "Code") provides as follows: ...

With Efforts Underway To Overhaul the CPSC, Now Is The Time To Re-Examine Consumer Product Safety Compliance Programs.(Consumer Product Safety Commission)(Refrigerator Safety Act)(Law overview)
June 4, 2008... Bipartisan efforts are well underway in the U.S. Congress to make sweeping changes to the laws enforced by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (the "CPSC"), the federal agency that regulates the safety of consumer products. These...

Courts Give Corporate Boards Added Flexibility in Restructurings.
June 4, 2008... "In the Zone: New Insolvency Rules" was originally published by The Corporate Board magazine, May/June 2008. A few years back, directors faced real legal uncertainty when their companies were "in the zone" of insolvency. To whom did the...

Guernsey's New Trust Law Makes Its Mark.
June 4, 2008... Guernsey's new Trust Law is "well-crafted" and stands up well against international competition according to a leading academic. Speaking at a masterclass in central London last night Professor Paul Matthews, visiting professor at King's...

Guernsey's Private Equity Credentials.
June 4, 2008... Guernsey continues to grow its reputation as the jurisdiction choice for private equity. The Island has recently been described as: "the jurisdiction of choice for private equity" Bridget Barker, Macfarlanes, London "a terrific...

Where Did My Insurance Go?
June 4, 2008... Directors may find that their insurance policy is not there when they actually need it as the renewal season approaches, companies and their officers should be reviewing their D&O insurance to ensure the best possible coverage. You...

Retail Funds In Guernsey.
June 4, 2008... Guernsey is a jurisdiction with a proven track record in retail funds. The Island has a first class infrastructure and wealth of expertise that make it particularly attractive for these funds. The high quality, flexible package that...

Who Owns What: Do Employees Have A Reasonable Expectation Of Privacy With Respect To Data Stored On Computers?
June 4, 2008... Is an employee entitled to privacy over e-mail and other data created and stored on a computer used for work purposes? What rights does an employer have to access that information? The answer to these questions depends on whether the...