Search for: "Switzerland" Results 5441 - 5460 of 7,011
Sort by Relevance | Sort by Date
RSS Subscribe: 20 results | 100 results
11 May 2010, 1:00 am by Paul Caron
Here is the abstract: The smaller financial centers such as Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Hong Kong and other low-tax jurisdictions have no realistic choice... [read post]
10 May 2010, 2:36 pm
The death penalty has been abolished in West Germany, France, Portugal, The Netherlands, and all of the Scandinavian countries, and is available only for exceptional crimes such as treason in Canada, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland. [read post]
10 May 2010, 5:05 am by Chip Merlin
In addition, at least 70 liability lawsuits have already been filed seeking damages from BP; Zug, Switzerland-based Transocean Ltd., which owns the rig; Houston-based Halliburton Co., which cemented the oil well; and Houston-based Cameron International Corp., which manufactured the wellhead equipment. [read post]
10 May 2010, 3:55 am
– NGHC hears passing off case concerning ‘Simply Slim’ slimming tablets; WCHC hears trade mark infringement case concerning use of ‘marula’ on liqueur label (Afro-IP)   Switzerland Prayers to Madonna didn’t help - trade mark cannot be registered for various goods(Class 46)   United Kingdom But who will regulate the regulators? [read post]
9 May 2010, 12:41 pm
The latter is a group formed in Switzerland to address the specific issues surrounding this inmate’s case.The IACHR ruled that the petitioner does not have to exhaust domestic remedies to raise the claim that long delays on death row constitute torture because there are none really available to him under the procedures that exist in the United States. [read post]
6 May 2010, 5:26 pm by Kevin Jon Heller
Rather than follow the political question – that of whether Palestine is an actual state on a par with states such as Switzerland or Syria – Al-Haq has rooted its consideration of the matter strictly in international law. [read post]
6 May 2010, 5:00 am by Monique Altheim
Thus Israel will be joining the small and select club of countries to which personal data from the 27 EU member states and three EEA member countries ( Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland ) can flow without any safeguard being necessary. ( The other countries deemed “adequate” are : Switzerland, Canada, Argentina, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man and the Faroe Islands.) [read post]
5 May 2010, 5:05 am by By DEALBOOK
ABB, the Swiss power and engineering company, said on Wednesday that it has agreed to buy Ventyx, an American maker of software for energy companies, for $1 billion in cash. [read post]
4 May 2010, 11:40 am by Sheppard Mullin
In this case, Omega's copyrighted work - a globe design - was affixed to watches manufactured in Switzerland and first sold to authorized distributors abroad. [read post]
4 May 2010, 6:02 am by Simon Lester
As for the legal claims: The companies’ claims are based on a 1991 treaty between Switzerland and Uruguay, in which each country guaranteed certain minimum standards of treatment for the other country’s investors, and agreed to go to international arbitration over any alleged failure to live up to those commitments. [read post]
3 May 2010, 9:20 pm by Adam Wagner
As Lord Scott points out, if it were otherwise, the positive obligation under section 2(1) to protect life would justify the removal of passport facilities from persons proposing to travel to Switzerland with suicidal intent. [read post]
3 May 2010, 8:11 pm by Sex Crimes
Switzerland has decided not to extradite Roman Polanski until a California court first resolves whether the fugitive film director can be sentenced in absentia. [read post]
3 May 2010, 11:40 am by David Zaring
  Compared to Japan, Germany, Switzerland, China, you name it, American banks are small, particularly as a proportion of GDP. [read post]
3 May 2010, 3:01 am
(Spicy IP) ACTA text released: Impact on India and other developing countries (Spicy IP) Calcutta High Court: No stay on classic song in Housefull (Spicy IP) Spicy IP interview: KritiKal and innovation solutions for India (Spicy IP)   Israel Israel judge refuses to issue temporary injunction for patent infringement (The IP Factor)   Korea New developments in the KIPO (inovia’s Foreign Filing Blog)   Netherlands District Court of The Hague finds direct patent infringement: Grimme… [read post]
3 May 2010, 1:26 am by Michael Geist
The ACTA governments have revealed that the next round of negotiations will take place in Switzerland in June, but currently refuse to provide a specific location or dates. [read post]
In our recent working paper, we analyze the principles governing the law applicable to securities fraud actions in the U.S. as well as in major European jurisdictions (UK, Germany, and Switzerland). [read post]
1 May 2010, 5:35 pm by Hedge Fund Attorney
Doll, Vice Chairman, BlackRock, on the Current Investment Outlook Location: New York, NY May 5 Sponsor: iQRA’ Mastery Event: Middle East Islamic Exchange Traded Funds Location: Palm Jumeirah, United Arab Emirates AE May 5 Sponsor: Houlihan Lokey Event: Houlihan Lokey’s Third Alternative Investing Summit Location: London May 6-7 Sponsor: Soyatech, LLC Event: Global AgInvesting 2010 Location: New York, NY May 6-7 Sponsor: Centre for Management Technology Event: Carbon… [read post]
1 May 2010, 11:00 am by Oliver G. Randl
These Contracting States include Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and Turkey. [read post]
29 Apr 2010, 2:17 pm by Doug
Google’s Street View technology has been accepted in countries like Britain and France, but has encountered greater resistance in Germany and Switzerland, where data privacy laws are stricter than in the rest of Europe or in the United States. [read post]
29 Apr 2010, 3:51 am by By DEALBOOK
Christopher Fawcett, a member of the hedge fund industry's largest trade group, told Bloomberg News that a crack down by regulators in Europe has hedge-fund managers across the zone mulling idea of putting offices in such areas as Hong Kong, Singapore and Switzerland. [read post]