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Information Privacy and Security: Current and Emerging Issues In The United States
Françoise Gilbert, IT Law Group
Not so long ago, the internet was a separate world. We distinguished e-commerce and other activities in ‘cyberspace’ from those conducted in the brick-and-mortar world. Today, most companies are exploiting at the same, and to the fullest extent possible, all of the vast resources available through the world wide web.
Will the Doha WTO Negotiations Ever Finish? Would it Affect Lawyers?
Gary Horlick
At the time of writing (December 2007), an enormous amount of work remains to be done to complete the WTO Doha trade negotiations. The "headline" items - agriculture, industrial tariffs, services - get a lot of attention, but the legal drafting phase will take a lot more time than many people think.
Litigation Outlook
Damien Byrne Hill
Herbert Smith LLP
Sonya Leydecker
For a number of years, there have been signs in many quarters of a downward trend in the number of commercial disputes resulting in litigation or arbitration.
"National carriers" - The Last Frontier
John Balfour
It is an astonishing paradox that the industry in the forefront of promoting international commerce and integration should be subject to antiquated rules that hinder cross-border investment and expansion.
US Tax Trends and Developments
Jim Fuller
FIN 48, so well known that nobody would cite it as Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation 48, and FAS 109, FASB Statement 109: Accounting For Income Taxes, have resulted in a substantial change in the amount of publicly available information with respect to a publicly held corporation’s taxes and tax reserves.
Recent Developments in EC Anti-Dumping Law
Marco Bronckers
Natalie McNelis
In this article we discuss two new developments affecting EC anti-dumping law: the establishment of a hearing officer for trade matters at the European Commission, and recent case law of the European Court of Justice suggesting that the European Courts are taking more account of WTO law and WTO legal rulings than is generally recognised.
Consular Processing of E-1 Visas at the US Embassy in Tel Aviv
Liam Schwartz
The United States is the primary playing field on which Israel vies with its international competitors for market position for products, services and technologies.
Going Green - US Consular Processing Enters the Electronic Paperless Era in 2008
Andrew J Stevenson
Wolfsdorf Immigration Law Group
Bernard Wolfsdorf
Tien-Li Loke Walsh
US consular processing has undergone rapid and systemic changes during the past seven years, and the rate and scope of change does not appear to be slowing.
Good Migrations
Laura Devine
Laura Devine, Laura Devine Solicitors, London and New York -asks what is happening with the new UK immigration system. It is certainly "giving excitations" but immigration lawyers in the UK are not "picking up good vibrations"
Recent Developments in the UK Market
Charles Martin
Activity levels at the time of writing in the UK M&A market are substantially down, both in volume and value terms, over the equivalent time last year.