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The importance of international investment law in driving sustainable development

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How can tax incentives and penalties drive international investment to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals? Finding the right balance using these fiscal tools could optimise their impact. In September, the 2024 UN Summit of the Future will stress the urgent need for international collaboration if we want to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals…

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European Law

Ithaca DWI Lawyer Blog: New York Speeding Diversion

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In some New York counties District Attorneys are allowing some drivers to get their speeding tickets completely dismissed through Diversion. Now before you jump up and applaud, there are a great many conditions, obligations, and costs involved with diversion. Is speeding ticket diversion always available? Is speeding ticket diversion worth the time, cost, and hassle?…

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Why the negative impact of non-competes is overstated | Seyfarth Shaw

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By Michael Tamvakologos & Ian Neil SC This post has been cross-posted from Seyfarth’s Workplace Law & Strategy blog, and discusses Australian law on non-competes. It seems like death by a thousand cuts. In August last year, Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced a Competition Review to examine competition laws, policies and institutions to focus on reforms that would increase…

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Learn How to Invest in Canadian Real Estate from Beginner to Advanced (Part 1) – Investor Lawyer

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Folks, this blog post is different than what I normally do on my website. For almost 10 years, I have focused on free real estate education through hundreds of blog posts and my ever-popular Tales from the Trenches podcast. But I also educate through Focus Workshops, which are paid events. Full disclosure, this blog is…

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Property Law

Brazil de Fato Interviews Suzanne Hollander: The American Dream to Own Property

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On November 29, 2023, Brasil de Fato, interviewed Professor Real Estate® Suzanne Hollander on the dream of homeownership in the United States. The article is shared below, watch the TV Interview here. Pedro Paiva Brasil de Fato | New York (USA) |November 29, 2023 at 13:44 Buying a property in the United States is expensive. Very expensive….

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Fees, won’t you stay | LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™

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Originally posted 2012-03-30 14:37:51. Republished by Blog Post Promoter The Second Circuit, just yesterday (March 29, 2012) has issued an opinion called Louis Vuitton v. Ly USA, Inc. (08-4483-cv(L)) sure to bring joy to the hearts of trademark counterfeiting enforcers everywhere.  This was one of those major counterfeiting-ring busts, and there have been lawyers and…

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The Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: The Current Stalemate

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The European Union has warned that it will “respond with all measures at its disposal” if the UK goes ahead with a plan to unilaterally rewrite the most contentious part of their Brexit agreement, sparking fear of a trade war. How did the two sides once again end up at loggerheads and what is the…

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Diagnosable Psychological Injury Not Required for Award of Aggravated Damages: ONCA

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Can a ‘little white lie’ about the reason for an employee’s termination of employment result in an award of aggravated damages? What if the employee is unable to demonstrate a diagnosable psychological injury? In Krmpotic v. Thunder Bay Electronics Limited, 2024 ONCA 332, the Court of Appeal for Ontario held that mental distress is a…

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SEC “Encourages” Public Companies to Disclose “Immaterial” Cybersecurity Incidents Under Item 8.01 of Form 8-K

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted a final rule on July 26, 2023 that requires public companies to disclose material cybersecurity incidents under new Item 1.05 of Form 8-K. Since its adoption, public companies have faced practical challenges in determining whether and when a cybersecurity incident warrants disclosure under Item 1.05. On May…

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Trademark Registration and Remedies for Infringement in New York

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Trademark, in general, is defined as “any word, name, symbol, or device or any combination thereof used by a person to identify and distinguish the goods of such person” from those used by others. Trademark may be registered trademarks or unregistered trademarks. For registered trademark, Section 360, Article 24 of New York General Business Law…

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