http://www.mondaq.com Mondaq Business Briefing provides global coverage of all legal analysis from reputable firms, en-us Copyright 2009 Mondaq.com 60 http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=88468&rss=0 In a culture where gossip is news, where questions are met with indignation instead of answers, and where, by law, the Ministers' definition of "public good" cannot be questioned, facts and fiction are readily and frequently intermingled in the Government's announcements and news releases. 6 Nov 2009 10:29:32 GMT http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=88660&rss=0 In this August and September 2009 issue of the Patent and Trademark Bulletin for the District of Massachusetts: 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=88742&rss=0 House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank introduced a discussion draft of the Financial Stability Improvement Act of 2009 (the “Act”), which addresses the regulation of systemic risk and the resolution of systemically important financial institutions. 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=88786&rss=0 aa 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=88798&rss=0 On October 5, 2009, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced a revised set of guidelines for the use of testimonials and endorsements in advertising. 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=88826&rss=0 The Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") has begun auditing companies' compliance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code ("Section 409A"). 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=88832&rss=0 On October 23, 2009, two private lawsuits filed under China's Anti-Monopoly Law ("AML") were resolved, allowing more insight into the workings of the new statute. 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=88838&rss=0 The Department for Business Innovation & Skills has launched a consultation on changes to current practices in the consumer credit industry. 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=88840&rss=0 In a putative class action pending in the federal court for the Northern District of California, Sullivan v. Kelly Services, Inc. (Case No. C 08-3893 CW), Judge Claudia Wilken, ruling on cross motions for summary judgment, has held that the time spent interviewing by a Kelly Services employee seeking temporary work assignments with Kelly Services' clients is compensable under California law. 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=88866&rss=0 In a recent opinion that bucks the national trend, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court authorized plaintiffs who have no manifest physical injuries, but who assert “subcellular changes” caused by cigarette smoking, to sue for medical monitoring. 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=88890&rss=0 The Tax Office has issued a new Margin Scheme Legislative Determination that generally applies from 1 March 2010. 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=88898&rss=0 One of the most common mechanisms preferred in promotion campaigns in Turkey is prize draws. The promotion campaigns including prize draws aims to increase the sales by pushing the consumer to purchase as more purchase gives more chance to win the prize. 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=88900&rss=0 The franchise sector breathed a collective sigh of relief when the Minister for Small Business Craig Emerson announced the Government's official response to the report of the recent Federal Parliamentary inquiry into franchising. 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=88910&rss=0 It seems both fundamental and self-evident that you should make sure that you are contracting with the legal person with whom you want to contract. 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=88912&rss=0 This recent unanimous decision of the High Court of Australia highlights the need for mortgagees to carefully consider the terms contained in their guarantees, as certain provisions can displace priority arrangements between mortgagees in any enforcement action, through rights of subrogation. 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=88914&rss=0 A repairer was held to be bailee of a boat, even where the bailor retained a key and the boat was left at an unsecured mooring. 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=88922&rss=0 Much of the current debate surrounding health care reform has focused on entitlements and the mechanisms for paying for them. 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=88928&rss=0 On 8 July 2009, the European Commission announced that it had fined each of E.On (including its subsidiary E.On Ruhrgas) and GDF Suez EUR 553 million for operating a market-sharing agreement. 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=88938&rss=0 Located at the crossroads of Europe, Russia, the Caspian Region and the Middle East, Turkey is an energy corridor linking the supplier countries to principal consumer markets and thus stands as a key layer in ensuring energy security through diversification of resources and routes. 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=86986&rss=0 On July 1, 2009, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided an important trademark issue in favor of protecting the names of Indian tribes. 5 Nov 2009 19:35:27 GMT http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=86546&rss=0 The Environment Agency has launched a consultation on its revised Odour Management Guidance, covering sites regulated under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2007. 5 Nov 2009 16:15:31 GMT http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=87934&rss=0 Employers are often confused about contracts of employment – what needs to be issued & when; what these should contain; and whether a contract even exists. 5 Nov 2009 16:14:42 GMT http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=87228&rss=0 The Financial Reporting Council ("FRC") is revising its guidance on going concern. 5 Nov 2009 15:04:44 GMT http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=88470&rss=0 There has been much discussion recently centered around the proposals of the European Commission for a Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers. 5 Nov 2009 15:03:24 GMT http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=88508&rss=0 With identification of polar bear critical habitat, federal Endangered Species Act rulings are forming a new regulatory landscape for federal, state and Native lands in Alaska. 5 Nov 2009 09:00:08 GMT