17 March 2020
March 2020 – Brazil – Rossetti Advogados Due to the arrival of the “coronavirus” or Covid-2019 in Brazil, and depending on the so far unknown extension and consequences of the disease, the effects thereof on the legal world commence to be discussed, specially on civil and corporate agreements. Among thousands of situations that could result…
4 March 2020
美国证券交易委员会对受新冠病毒影响的公司提供条件性延期救济 U.S. Securities laws require U.S. publicly traded companies, including all companies listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market and the New York Stock Exchange, to file various reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The SEC has recognized that the outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has complicated the preparation and filing…
27 February 2020
February 2020 – Meadows Ryan We are very proud to celebrate our 80th anniversary this year. It was back in 1940, during the height of the Second World War, that Charlie Mason set up Mason & Co. solicitors in Surbiton and McNamara Ryan established his firm in Weybridge. In 1976, Peter Meadows, Senior Partner, founded…
27 February 2020
February, 2020 – Israel – Granot-Speiser The year of 2019 was another good year for the Israeli high-tech industry in terms of capital raising. An in-depth review of the transactions taking place in 2019 shows prevalent trends – in terms of valuations, legal rights granted to investors and manner of financing – that demonstrate a…
11 February 2020
February, 2020 – Brazil – Rossetti Advogados As representative of the Brazilian government in The World Economic Forum, which gathers leaders, heads of State and businessmen in Davos, Switzerland, the minister of Economy, Paulo Guedes, presented the measures Brazil has adopted to resume economic growth and the reform plans currently under analysis in the Brazilian…
28 January 2020
January, 2020 – Brazil – Rossetti Advogados In addition to opening up the economy and encouraging private credit and economic freedom and cutting through the red tape, the reforms implemented in the economy throughout 2019 by President Jair Bolsonaro’s administration, especially the Social-Security reform, are contributing to a favorable economic environment in Brazil, reflecting the…
28 December 2019
December 2019 – Putzier – Attorneys-at-law Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB In October 2019 Berlin has passed a draft law for a Berlin rent price cap. It is assumed, that this draft law will come into force in January or February 2020. When the law is in force, landlords in Berlin are facing some severe information obligations in…
28 December 2019
European Court – 4th of July 2019 December 2019 – Putzier – Attorneys-at-law Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB In Germany architects and engineers as well as their business partners are bound by the regula-tions of the fee agreement of architects and engineers (HOAI – “Honorarordnung für Archi-tekten und Ingenieure”). The European Court ruled with its decision of July…
20 December 2019
On July 10, 2019, Governor Cuomo signed into law bills A. 5308-B and S. 6549 (the “State Law”) that amends New York State’s Labor law to prohibit, statewide, employers from inquiring about or relying on the salary history of a job applicant or current employee in determining whether to offer employment to an individual or…
2 December 2019
I. Increased Hourly Minimum Wage Rates as of December 31, 2019 As we previously advised, as part of the 2016-17 New York State budget, Governor Cuomo signed into law a staggered set of minimum wages increases that will over a period of several years increase the hourly minimum wage in New York State to $15.00…
