Australia
Holding Redlich
Part 2 of the bulletin includes recent publications, reports, cases and legislation of interest to NSW government lawyers.
Holley Nethercote
The AML/CTF regime addresses threats that money laundering and counter terrorism financing pose to national security.
PCL Lawyers
The Qld government has decided to double the grant to $30,000 for eligible first-time home buyers.
Bermuda
Appleby
Regulatory compliance has seen developments at a global scale over recent years, with continued focus on tax evasion and anti-money laundering (AML)/anti-terrorist financing (ATF).
Canada
Stewart McKelvey
Canada's anti-modern slavery legislation comes into force on January 1, 2024. To prepare for the first reporting deadline on May 31, 2024, organizations need to determine if they are required to submit...
Dentons
The federal government and the Province of Alberta gave businesses looking to decarbonize through carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) a financial boost by announcing incentives for the development of CCUS projects.
Miller Titerle + Company
The Canadian Infrastructure Bank (CIB) has introduced the Indigenous Equity Initiative (IEI), a lending program designed to enable First Nations to become equity owners of infrastructure assets situated on their traditional territories.
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
The Fall Economic Strategy ("FES") unveiled on November 21, 2023 has received a warm welcome from many players involved in Canada's natural resource sector.
Cassels
On November 1, 2023, the Quebec Superior Court (Court) released R. c. Montour, which considered whether two First Nation-member defendants were criminally liable for importing substantial amounts...
Gardiner Roberts LLP
Not every election is necessarily final after the ballots are counted on election night. Sometimes, the margin of victory is extremely close and a judicial recount is required to determine a victor.
Fogler, Rubinoff LLP
A Report must be approved by an entity's or government institution's governing body and published in a prominent place on the entity's or government institution's website.
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
On November 3, 2023, Canada, British Columbia (B.C.) and the First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) (collectively, the Parties) signed the Tripartite Framework Agreement on Nature Conservation (the Agreement).
China
Spruson & Ferguson
An international treaty that simplifies the process of authenticating public documents for use in foreign countries.
Egypt
Sadany & Khalifa Law Firm
In light of encouraging foreign investment and facilitating foreign investors in the Arab Republic of Egypt, new mechanisms have been updated and put in place in the Egyptian law...
Germany
Fieldfisher
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action is planning to further tighten the investment screening procedure for assessing foreign direct investments in Germany.
Gibraltar
The Sovereign Group
The FATF formally placed Gibraltar on the grey list in June 2022 due to perceived deficiencies in pursuing regulatory sanctions and final confiscation judgments.
India
Khaitan & Co LLP
In a significant development, a Division Bench of Hon'ble Punjab and Haryana High Court, through its common judgment and order dated 17 November 2023 in a group of nine petitions reported as IMT Industrial Association and Another v State of Haryana and Another, ...
LEGALLANDS LLP
The timeless Sanskrit shloka beseeches that "May the well-being of all people be protected by the powerful and mighty leaders be with law and justice.
Japan
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
欧州委員会(以下「欧州委」という。)は、2023年10月19日、2020年10月から全面適用を開始した対内直接投資審査規則(以下「FDI規則」という。)の
Walkers
The Jersey Financial Services Commission ("JFSC") recently announced that its first area of focus for its 2024 thematic examination programme will be politically exposed persons ("PEPs") (the "Examination").