Concerns for Law Departments Post Global Financial Crisis
Conference 2010: Slides from Carlos Guerrero’s session on concerns for law departments post the global financial crisis.
Update on New Zealand’s Patents Bill
This news item provides an update on the Patents Bill in light of yesterday's announcement by Commerce Minister Simon Power.Opinion: Right to patent software critical to Kiwi entrepreneurs
Home-grown innovation relies upon the ability to patent software applications. We know this because one in five of the software patents that have been awarded in New Zealand to date are owned by Kiwi entrepreneurs.My company name says what?
It's worth making stringent checks about your company name to save money and adverse publicity later.Decoding the new ad codes
Put down the lard burger and clear away the cake. New Zealand's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has released three new codes of practice. The new codes relate to advertising to children, advertising food, and advertising food to children.Corporate governance in the credit crisis: an update for in-house counsel (Bell Gully: Latest News)
It has been eight years since Enron placed corporate governance under the spotlight for companies, investors and governments worldwide and the global financial crisis has renewed that focus.Insolvent companies targets of class actions (Bell Gully: Latest News)
Several high-profile Australian companies have fallen victim to the global financial crisis and their shareholders are now launching class actions against the insolvent companies and their boards of directors. It's a trend which began in the United States, where more than 100 class action claims are already in the courts. The claims mostly relate to boards of companies providing poor or misleading information to shareholders, breaching their corporate governance requirements.Employees to face three month trial period (Bell Gully: Latest News)
A change to New Zealand's employment law means that employers with fewer than 20 employees can, by written agreement, employ workers on a 90 day trial period. During that period, employers may terminate the employment relationship without the risk of the employee bringing a personal grievance claim.Free access to Australian citations (Bell Gully: Latest News)
Australia has its first internet-based system offering free access to citations, LawCite. The database was developed by the Australasian Legal Information Institute and is available at:Australia’s banking sector calls for reform around credit rating (Bell Gully: Latest News)
Australia's banking industry has called for improved regulation of credit rating agencies, largely held responsible for triggering the global financial crisis. Key industry representatives met recently to discuss potential reforms.
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