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Benefits of Bringing a Private Prosecution If You Are a Victim of Fraud or Financial Crime

Benefits of Bringing a Private Prosecution If You Are a Victim of Fraud or Financial Crime

Published: 30 Mar 2023

Individuals and businesses that have fallen victim to fraud often use the civil courts to claim damages against the fraudster. However, victims can also report the matter to the police. The difficulty is that public prosecutions can be slow-moving if they are brought at all and the fraudster may simply have moved the money out of reach by the time a case reaches court leaving nothing to enforce a ...

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Supervision of Financial Business Groups of Commercial Banks that Operate Business and Transact on Digital Asset

Supervision of Financial Business Groups of Commercial Banks that Operate Business and Transact on Digital Asset

Published: 29 Mar 2023

Digital Asset plays a significant role in contributing to the development of innovative financial services which is beneficial to consumers and the economy as a whole. However, Digital Asset exposed to risks in many forms, especially in cases where consumers have an insufficient understanding of Digital Asset, and is also at risk of being used as a tool for money laundering or terrorist financing....

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KANADA: Wie Sie gegen einen zu hohen Grundsteuerbescheid Widerspruch einlegen

KANADA: Wie Sie gegen einen zu hohen Grundsteuerbescheid Widerspruch einlegen

Published: 29 Mar 2023

Wussten Sie, dass Sie gegen Ihren Grundsteuerbescheid Widerspruch einlegen können? Wenn Sie eine Immobilie oder ein Grundstück in Kanada besitzen, haben Sie wahrscheinlich Anfang des Jahres den jährlichen Grundsteuerbescheid erhalten. Diese Grundsteuerbescheide werden von der jeweiligen Veranlagungsbehörde in jeder Provinz erstellt und bestimmen die Höhe der für das b...

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Thailand PDPA – DPO Qualifications

Thailand PDPA – DPO Qualifications

Published: 29 Mar 2023

The Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 (2019) (“PDPA“), which became effective on 1 June 2022, specifies the rules and restrictions that Data Controller and Data Processor must adhere to. One important rule and regulation regarding the Data Protection Officer (“DPO“) is specified in Section 41 of PDPA that “The Data Controller and the Data Processor shall designate a data protection officer…” ...

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Trade Secrets and Employee Secrecy Obligation in Finland

Trade Secrets and Employee Secrecy Obligation in Finland

Published: 28 Mar 2023

Trade secrets regulation was unified by the Trade Secrets Act, which came into force in 2018. In addition, the protection and secrecy of trade secrets has been regulated by a number of different laws such as special legislation for healthcare professionals and auditors. Trade secrets are also protected criminally as corporate espionage, breach of corporate secrecy and improper use of corporate sec...

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North Macedonia Economic Investment Citizenship Program

North Macedonia Economic Investment Citizenship Program

Published: 27 Mar 2023

NORTH MACEDONIA ECONOMIC INVESTMENT CITIZENSHIP PROGRAM North Macedoniahas launched a new citizenship by investment program, theNorth MacedoniaEconomic Investment Citizenship Program. This is a generous, quick and affordable programme with a quota of 1,000 ! Applicants would be well advised to seize this opportunity as soon as possible ! North Macedoniais clearly seeking to attract international t...

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The South African Competition Tribunal Conditionally Approves Heineken’s Acquisition of Distell

The South African Competition Tribunal Conditionally Approves Heineken’s Acquisition of Distell

Published: 27 Mar 2023

On 09 March, 2023, the South African Competition Tribunal (“Tribunal”) announced the decision to conditionally approve Heineken’s acquisition of Distell (the “Proposed Transaction”). Broadly, the Proposed Transaction would see the Heineken Group, through Sunside Acquisitions (Pty) Ltd (“Newco”), acquire a controlling interest of Distell Group Holdings Limited in South Africa and other select marke...

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JPO’s “New Normal” Post-COVID-19: Masks, Online Meetings, and Late Filings

JPO’s “New Normal” Post-COVID-19: Masks, Online Meetings, and Late Filings

Published: 26 Mar 2023

* Please refer to: our updated summary of the Japan Patent Office’s COVID-19 policies The Japan Patent Office announced, in accordance with the Japanese government’s new stance toward wearing of masks outside and in public places, that it will make masks optional from March 13, 2023. Though the reality is that very many people are still walking around wearing masks inside and out in Japan, the pol...

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