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In 2012 there were more than 2,600 reported incidents of data breach, more than double the number in the previous year. That figure highlights just how fast the challenge of cyber security is growing, with concomitant exponential growth in the cost of cyber breaches to businesses.
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Mayer Brown Newsletter
Competition; State Aid; Trade & Customs; Internal Market & General; Financial & Taxation; Industry, Enterprises, Research; Agriculture & Fisheries; Environment; Health & Consumer Protection; Telecoms & Medias; Transport; Justice & Home Affairs; Euro & Economy; External Relations & Accession
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Mayer Brown JSM Newsletter
Wages, Overtime and Compensation
- How many days of sick leave is an employee entitled to in China, and how is sick leave pay calculated?
- Can I unilaterally terminate the employment of the employee during his/her sick leave period?
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Mayer Brown Newsletter
Competition; State Aid; Trade & Customs; Internal Market & General; Financial & Taxation; Industry, Enterprises, Research; Agriculture & Fisheries; Energy & Environment; Health & Consumer Protection; Telecoms & Medias; Transport; Justice & Home Affairs; Euro & Economy; External Relations & Accession
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Mayer Brown Newsletter
Competition; Trade & Customs; Internal Market & General; Financial & Taxation; Industry, Enterprises, Research; Environment & Energy; Health & Consumer Protection; Telecoms & Medias; Justice & Home Affairs; External Relations & Accession
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
Following on from our successful breakfast briefing earlier this month, we have produced a short, practical guide setting out our top tips for avoiding the legal pitfalls of the recruitment process.
Plus the latest Employment legislation.
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Mayer Brown Newsletter
Competition; State Aid; Trade & Customs; Internal Market & General; Financial & Taxation; Industry, Enterprises, Research; Agriculture & Fisheries; Energy; Health & Consumer Protection; Telecoms & Medias; Transports; Justice & Home Affairs; Euro & Economy; Future of Europe; External Relations & Accession
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Mayer Brown Newsletter
Competition; State Aid; Trade & Customs; Internal Market & General; Financial & Taxation; Environment; Energy; Health & Consumer Protection; Justice & Home Affairs; Euro & Economy; Future of Europe; External Relations & Accession
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
On May 16, 2013, the US Bureau of Land Management (“BLM” or the “Bureau”), part of the Department of the Interior, released a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking for hydraulic fracturing on public and Indian lands (the “Revised Proposal”).
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
A selection of headlines in the areas of chemicals, environment, consumer products and occupational safety regulations over the past month.
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Mayer Brown JSM Newsletter
Calculation and Payment of Economic Compensation (cont'd)
- Does the formula for calculating statutory economic compensation under the PRC Labour Contract Law apply in respect of an employee's pre-2008 period of employment?
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Mayer Brown Newsletter
Competition; State Aid; Trade & Customs; Internal Market & General; Financial & Taxation; Industry, Enterprises, Research; Energy; Health & Consumer Protection; Transport; Justice & Home Affairs; Euro & Economy; External Relations & Accession
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
In the summer of 2012, the Code Committee of the Takeover Panel (Panel) issued a consultation examining which companies should be subject to the Takeover Code. The Panel has now published its response together with the detailed rule changes, which will take effect from 30 September 2013.
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Mayer Brown JSM Legal Update
Pending legislation in India may create a novel and material development in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) that likely would affect all Indian corporations as well as international corporations with subsidiaries or affiliates incorporated in India.
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Mayer Brown Newsletter
Competition; State Aid; Trade & Customs; Internal Market & General; Financial & Taxation; Industry, Enterprises, Research; Agriculture & Fisheries; Energy; Environment; Health & Consumer Protection; Telecoms & Medias; Justice & Home Affairs; Euro & Economy; Future of Europe; External Relations & Accession
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Mayer Brown JSM Newsletter
This quarterly update (January to March 2013) highlights recent developments in Hong Kong capital markets practices.
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UK Employment Law - The View from Mayer Brown
In this special episode, we have teamed up with the Practical Law Company to bring you a podcast on the Implications of the Supreme Court’s decision in Geys v Société Générale. This podcast features Nick Robertson, Shireen Shaikh of Practical Law Employment, David Reade QC of Littleton Chambers and Darren Heath of JurisProductions.
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Mayer Brown Newsletter
Competition; State Aid; Trade & Customs; Internal Market & General; Financial & Taxation; Industry, Enterprises, Research; Agriculture & Fisheries; Environmental; Health & Consumer Protection; Justice & Home Affairs; Future of Europe; External Relations & Accession;
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
On May 9, 2013, the US District Court of Massachusetts issued a Memorandum and Order in Fresenius Medical Care Holding, Inc. v. United States, 1 involving federal income tax deductions related to the settlement of several government Federal False Claims Act (FCA) claims.
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Mayer Brown JSM Legal Update
The Court of Final Appeal (CFA) has confirmed the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) can obtain wide-ranging relief under section 213 of the Securities & Futures Ordinance (Cap 571) (SFO), including freezing injunctions, before and independent of any Market Misconduct Tribunal or criminal proceedings.
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Newsletter
March/April 2013
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Mayer Brown Newsletter
The Bulletin for Pensions Managers is a high-level summary of developments which may be of interest to pensions managers. This issue covers developments to the end of April 2013.
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a declaratory ruling regarding the standards for vicarious liability under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), 47 U.S.C. § 227.
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Mayer Brown JSM Legal Update
The Court of Final Appeal (“CFA”) handed down its long-awaited decision in Fully Profit (Asia) Limited vs. The Secretary for Justice for and on behalf of the Director of Lands (FACV 17/2012) on 13 May 2013. The appellant Fully Profit owns a site at Nam Kok Road, Kowloon City, comprising five lots held under five separate virtually identical Government Leases, each of which contains a restriction that the owner cannot erect or allow to be erected more than one house on the lot. The CFA reversed the unanimous decision of the Court of Appeal and held that a 26-storey building straddling the five lots cannot be a “house” within the meaning of the word in the Government Leases.
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
Over the past eight months, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has issued two decisions that modernize and streamline its foreign investment policies for certain radio licensees, including wireless telecommunications carriers.
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
On March 22, 2013, ISDA opened the DF Protocol 2.0 for adherence to market participants. The DF Protocol 2.0 is part of ISDA’s documentation initiative aimed at assisting the derivatives industry in implementing and complying with the regulatory requirements imposed under Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”).
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