This multi-jurisdictional guide explores an overview of key legal issues, rules and developments regarding business crime across a range of jurisdictions.
Topics covered include criminal law enforcement, corporate criminal liability, statutes of limitations, initiation of investigations, and procedures of gathering information – in 18 jurisdictions.
This guide provides corporate counsel and international practitioners with comprehensive jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction guidance to employment and labor laws and regulations around the world.
Topics covered include terms and conditions of employment, employee representation and industrial relations, discrimination, maternity and family leave rights, and business sales.
This guide covers common issues in public investment funds – including registration, regulatory framework, marketing of public funds, and tax treatment – in 14 jurisdictions.
Learn about the collection and use of diversity data within organizations' global workforces, the affirmative action requirements in some jurisdictions and the challenges and
restrictions around diversity data gathering and use.
In this multi-country guide, learn about the rules regarding employment termination laws in a wide range of jurisdictions.
In 2002, with the enactment of the new Brazilian Civil Code, the Brazilian Commercial Code lost much of its relevance and content, since the rules that regulated business activity were largely incorporated into the new Civil Code. More importantly, the changes introduced by the Civil Code in corporate law brought uncertainty and changes to known concepts and rules. Due to the controversy this has generated, the Brazilian Congress has recently been discussing a new Commercial Code. This article discusses the latest version of the Code, which has been released for public consultation.
This multi-jurisdictional resource provides practical information on cross-border data protection issues, including regulations, data controller obligations, rights to access personal data, international transfer of data, and data processing by third parties.
This guide sets out the salient rules and regulations for agreeing and enforcing employment non-competition clauses in each jurisdiction.
This guide is part of the Lex Mundi Global Practice Guide Series which features substantive overviews of laws, practice areas, and legal and business issues in jurisdictions around the globe.
With Brazil and Mexico ranked among the top 20 economies in the world and Peru as the ninth fastest growing economy, multinational corporations have expressed renewed interest in Latin America (LATAM) for business expansion and directed foreign investment. The LATAM market is an attractive investment destination due to low labor costs, resource richness and a young expanding consumer market. The regulation of the labor market, however, is strict and inflexible. American decision-makers who oversee operations in LATAM should carefully review local regulations to ensure compliance and avoid potentially costly errors. This article highlights the critical employment law issues for American corporations with business operations in LATAM.