McMillan is pleased to announce that C. J. Michael Flavell will receive the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal.

Carey was selected as “Latin America Law Firm of the Year,” by Chambers Latin America, the prestigious regional publication from Chambers & Partners.

Some recent cases in the Federal Court of Australia have been decided in favour of trademark owners where the infringer has attempted to "parallel import" goods bearing the registered marks. This article highlights key aspects of the judgements, and how they could inform strategies for Australian trademark owners seeking to prevent infringing importation.

On Saturday, June 23, 2012, Spain’s Official State Gazette published Act 1/2012, June 22, regarding the simplification of duties of information and documentation of mergers and splits in companies (hereinafter, “the Act”). The Act’s main purpose is to boost the utilization of a “companies’ Internet websites” as a means of distributing electronic information to the company’s stakeholders, under the pretext of substituting the traditional system of publication in Official Gazettes, or the...

Cross-border investment and business has become easier and more accessible to a greater spectrum of the population due to a number of factors such as the advances in information and telecommunication technologies and the unparalleled liberalisation of national economies. In contrast with this movement, tax administration authorities cannot freely carry out their roles beyond their domestic borders. Consequently, the proper exercise of fiscal sovereignty is...

Since 1998 investment incentives have been an important instrument to motivate foreign investors to invest in the Czech Republic. A long awaited amendment to the Investment Incentives Act brings several changes to aid investors in deciding where to invest, and to persuade them that the Czech Republic is the best alternative for their investments, either because of the range of incentives provided or because of the Czech Republic's strategic position in the heart of Europe.

This article discusses the enforcement action the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights recently brought against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee pursuant to the Breach Notification Rule of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act and the significance of the Resolution Agreement arising therefrom.

On 11 March 2012, the Swiss people voted in favour of limiting secondary residences in Switzerland to a maximum quota of 20% of the total surface of habitable space of each commune. This new constitutional provision has given rise to heated debates and dissenting voices with respect to its implementation. Indeed, the text of the Initiative left many legal issues unresolved, such as the definition of “secondary residence”, the calculation of quotas, and whether the provision applies...

The Act on Special Levies for Selected Financial Institutions, which from January 1 2012 obliges banks and branches of foreign banks to pay a “bank tax”, has recently been amended. On September 1 2012 the bank tax will rise, as the basis of calculation will include deposits by retail clients. Banks will also incur an extraordinary payment obligation.

The North American experience indicates that ongoing hydrocarbon development, especially from hydraulic fracturing, will continue. Environmentalists throughout the world will not be able to stop the development, but their efforts will encourage governments to place more regulations on hydrocarbon production.