Our job description as in-house counsel often includes common themes: (i) assisting our company in achieving its business goals and (ii) ensuring that our company does not take on undue risk. This Top Ten is designed to help you identify and evaluate these common risk exposures that arise in commercial contracts.
Until the end of 2020, it was possible for anyone to make use of the so-called commercial register blockage pursuant to the Swiss Commercial Register Ordinance (hereinafter "CRO") to prevent an unwanted entry into the commercial register for 10 days, without going to court. With a revision to this in January 2021, this Quick Overview will explain how the rule change results in higher hurdles for temporary prevention of commercial register entries.
This resource highlights the importance of settlement agreements (also known as separation agreements) and the need for using precise language and specific terms with regards to the conditions of contract and relevant laws when these agreements are drafted. The resource also uses the recent English case of Duchy Farm Kennels v Steels, [2020] EWHC 1208 (QB) to illustrate the key takeaways employers should bear in mind moving forward in the jurisdiction of Hong Kong.
This article examines the issues with existing regulatory regime for, under the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), Unfair Contract Terms (UCTs) in Australia and how the Treasury released its Regulation Impact Statement for Decision, titled ‘Enhancements to Unfair Contract Term Protections’. The aim of the Impact Statement and related proposals is to make UCTs and unreasonable contracts unlawful.
Companies defined as “foreign private issuers” enjoy a number of important advantages under special SEC rules and accommodations.