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The Wireless World: Ofcom Launches Key Review Of Mobile Regulation As Sector Enters "Second Revolution"

On 28 August 2008, the Office of Communications ("Ofcom") published its consultation "Mobile citizens, mobile consumers - Adapting regulation for a mobile wireless world" inviting stakeholder responses on the future regulation of the mobile sector. The regulator, which expects mobile calls to...

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International Trade And Energy

World trade in both finished products and raw materials, including the movement of oil, coal and increasingly gas depends almost exclusively on shipping. The complex contractual arrangements that facilitate international trade all stem from shipping contracts originating from the early part of the...

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Anti-Corruption Compliance Programs And Adequate Local Knowledge - Essential Tools For Any International Business

The globalisation of the market place combined with an increase in international regulation (often with significant criminal sanctions for a breach) has led international companies to consider the effectiveness of their compliance policies. These compliance policies not only have to ensure...

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International Deal Structuring: Using International Structures To Protect And Enhance Foreign Investments

Around the world over 180 countries have entered into over 2,400 Bilateral Investment Treaties ("BITs"), specifically designed to protect foreign investments. BITs provide a new and potentially very powerful shield and sword to foreign investors whose investments are negatively affected by the...

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A Snapshot Of Employee Benefits In The UK

Background Many employees hired by UK-based employers receive generous benefits over and above their base pay. Whilst these benefits differ according to the seniority of the worker and the custom and practice of an industry, they are motivated by three main reasons: • certain...

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Getting International Compliance Policies Right

How can a global company ensure that it generates a meaningful, international, compliance policy? Such polices need to be applicable across the corporate universe but encompass local differences adequately. This might seem to be a simple question but it often presents a raft of difficulties for...

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Planning For 2020 AD? - A Global Law Firm Gets Ready Now

Editor : The Legal Transformation Study (Study) looks to the state of the legal profession in 2020 AD and lists uncertainties and trends that affect planning for the future. Why did Eversheds decide to contribute to the funding of the Study and to publish a report (Report)* titled "The Law Firm of...

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