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Product liability trends: what to watch in 2012 | Shook, Hardy & Bacon

2012 began with news coverage of the PIP breast implants matter, throwing up an interesting mix of issues, including regulation of medical devices, the assessment of risk, criminal proceedings abroad, what constitutes a defective product and contract issues. There is already litigation underway in some jurisdictions, with perhaps more to follow. How these questions are …

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A few highlights: distribution agreements under Dutch law | Boekel

A distribution agreement is an important legal instrument in the 
cross-border sale and distribution of all sorts of products (and related services). This article gives an overview of some of the legal issues relating to distribution agreements under Dutch law. The subjects discussed are especially useful to take into account when doing business with suppliers/manufacturers …

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Harassment | Schillings

Imagine your company’s employees are the target of a campaign of activist intimidation, or members of your board are being subjected to aggressive door-stepping by the press. What could you do to protect them? What legal recourse would the victim or your company have?

Kohn artists? | Macfarlanes

The fallout from the collapse of 
Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme has generated both headlines and interesting legal issues. InMadoff Securities International Ltd v Raven & ors [2011], Flaux J considered a number of points of general interest. In particular, he provided important guidance on the extent to which claimants can use ‘anchor defendants’ to give …

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The changing world of counterfeiting, part 2: strategies for the IP owner | Rouse

In the first part of this article, the authors looked at the trade in counterfeit goods in the context of the massive changes taking place in the world economy and suggested that China’s current pre-eminence as the major source of the world’s counterfeits might come under threat from other emerging ‘competitors’. In part two, they …

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Proposed new European Data Protection Regulation: a Data Privacy Day gift from the European Commission? | Kemp Little

Saturday 28 January saw the annual Data Privacy Day1 once again upon us – an annual effort to alert the world to the importance of data protection, which, to date, has had varying degrees of success. Except this year it feels a little different – between the PlayStation Network being hacked2 , the Leveson enquiry3, …

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Revisiting the tax contours of offshore private wealth management for the Indian wealthy | Amarchand Mangaldas

India’s success story is discernible as new millionaires are being added to 
the number every day, some within a few years of creating their initial fortunes. According to the World Wealth Report compiled by Capgemini and Merrill Lynch, India’s high-net-worth individuals (HNI)1population entered the top 12 in the world for the first time in 2010. …

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Product liability developments in 2011: what do they mean for your business? | Shook, Hardy & Bacon

We round up some of the most relevant 
and interesting developments from 2011 that may affect your business. 2011 CASE HIGHLIGHTS As ever, very few product liability cases made it to court, but of note this year are the following.


Bribery and anti-corruption: self-reporting in Scotland | Brodies

The impact of the Bribery Act 2010 has been a key focus for business across the UK over the past year. The Act came into force on 1 July 2011 in Scotland as it did in the rest of the UK, but there are real differences in how the new anti-corruption regime will operate north …

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Equal treatment in Dutch employment law | Boekel

Equal treatment has yet to become fully embedded in the Netherlands. Although it is an essential part in the practice of law, neither employers nor employees always grasp the full impact that equal treatment has on their arrangements or actions. In this article, the authors will describe how equal treatment in the Netherlands actually works …

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