Martínez Algaba de Haro y Curiel | Mexico | 15 Mar 2022
A new interpretation has been made on the scope of the diffuse control of constitutionality in amparo trials. An "amparo trial" is where a federal judge or court is requested to analyse the constitutionality of a specific act of an authority. The interpretation is more in line with the spirit of the amendment of the Mexican Constitution in 2011 since it seeks to provide amparo judges and......
Martínez Algaba de Haro y Curiel | Mexico | 1 Feb 2022
The Supreme Court recently issued a jurisprudential criterion regarding the principle of substance over form, which must be applied by all authorities in the resolution of materially jurisdictional proceedings. The principle of substance over form obliges all authorities with materially jurisdictional powers in Mexico to privilege the substantive resolution of conflicts submitted to their......
RK Dewan & Co | India | 29 Nov 2021
In India, the use of a registered trademark by a third party as a company name amounts to infringement of the registered trademark. Despite legal…
Lexology PRO | Asia-Pacific, Malaysia, Singapore | 7 Jul 2021
Singapore’s financial regulator has asked politicians for new powers to conduct raids without obtaining a warrant or giving its targets prior notice.
Lexology PRO | Australia, European Union, France, etc. | 24 Jun 2021
Australian enforcement agencies have been granted the power to force communication service providers with a presence in the country to hand over data even if the information is stored abroad, in a move that local politicians hope will significantly speed up criminal investigations.
Greenberg Traurig LLP | Mexico | 23 Sep 2020
Con fecha 14 de septiembre de 2020, se publicó en la Gaceta Parlamentaria año XXII, número 5608-V de la Cámara de…
Seyfarth Shaw LLP | USA | 22 Apr 2019
Seyfarth Synopsis: A federal district court in Arkansas recently denied an employer’s motion for summary judgment on two EEOC-initiated ADA claims -…
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP | USA | 22 Apr 2019
In an April 4, 2019 Press Release, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its issuance of a Warning Letter to Inova Genomics…
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP | USA | 22 Apr 2019
On March 20, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to propose a series of rule and form amendments, as directed by Congress under…
Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr | South Africa | 19 Apr 2019
One of the amendments proposed by Budget 2019 aims to reconcile the incongruency that exists between South African company law and income tax law with regard to the deregistration or liquidation of companies that are involved in amalgamation transactions. The amendment is a welcome change, as it will ensure that the Companies Act and the Income Tax Act operate in conjunction with, and in......