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China's State Council has published draft Regulations on Notifications of Concentrations of Undertakings (the "Draft Regulations") for public comment. These are intended to implement the relatively general merger control provisions in China's new Anti-Monopoly Law ("AML"), which goes into effect on August 1 but did not contain any specific notification thresholds.
The Law Society has issued a new practice note on mortgage fraud. It came into force on 18 March 2008 and replaces its 1991 Green Card warning on property fraud.
Simple contracts may still be made on behalf of a company by a person acting under its authority. The position is different for deeds. As before, a deed can be executed by a company either by the affixing of its common seal or alternatively by having it signed by two directors or by a director and the secretary.
The charity Age Concern has argued that UK age discrimination legislation contravenes European law by allowing employers to retire employees against their wishes.
The inaugural 2007 report focuses on the ability of federally chartered institutions and their subsidiaries to rely on federal preemption to defeat the enforcement of state laws against them.
Formed in early 2007 to target suspected fraudulent Medicare billing in Southern Florida, the United States Government's Medicare Fraud Strike Force has zealously pursued its mandate.
In May 2007, the High Court decided, in the case of Regus (UK) Limited v Epcot Solutions Limited, that the exclusion of liability clause in the supplier’s standard terms of business was unreasonable under the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 (UCTA).
