Law Reform

• Patent Law Reform Is Almost Here.

Article by John Richards1 BACKGROUND Patent Law reform legislation (in the form of the "America Invents Act") has at last passed both houses of th...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2011, January 2011

• Shifting Sands: Insolvency And Restructuring Law Reform In The Middle East.

The global nature of the financial crisis, liquidity constraints, declining asset values, general market uncertainty and the realisation that insolven...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2012, January 2012

• Banking Law Reform and Users-Consumers in Developing Economies: Creating an Accessible and Equitable Consumer Base From the 'Excluded'

While these conclusions seem to be obvious, it is only most recently that the International Financial Institutions (IFIs), particularly the World Bank, have begun to more systematically address these fundamental deficiencies in developmental legal reform agendas respecting the banking/financial sector.1 From this author's perspective of over two decades of study and practical involvement with financial sector reform in developing, transitioning, and emerging economies, he is of the considered view that: (i) the modern banking and financial sector law reform policies and infrastructures process is of relatively recent vintage; (ii) this reform process has been largely crisis-oriented and reactive by necessity and has become driven largely by industrialized countries' systemic objectives ...

• Texas International Law Journal
• Vol. 42 Nbr. 3, July 2007

• Patent Law Reform Is Almost Here

Article by John Richards1 BACKGROUND Patent Law reform legislation (in the form of the "America Invents Act") has at last passed both houses of ...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• Provoking change: comparative insights on feminist homicide law reform.

I. INTRODUCTION Compared to rape doctrine, American homicide law has changed little in response to feminist concerns about the gender bias of the cr...

• Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
• Vol. 100 Nbr. 1, January 2010

• Sweeping Patent Law Reform Enacted: How Will This Change Patent Litigation?

The America Invents Act (HR 1249) was enacted into law on Friday September 16, 2011, marking a significant change to U.S. patent law. The new laws wil...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2011, January 2011

• New Labor Law Reform Variations on an Old Theme: Is the Employee Free Choice Act the Answer?

Introduction. II. The Recognition Process. III. First Contract Arbitration. IV. Remedies, Sanctions, And Injunction Procedures. V. Law Reform Proposals On NLRB Appointments. VI. The Promotion Of Voluntary Initiatives. VII. Jurisdiction Over Small Employers. VIII. Rulemaking. IX. Conclusion.

• Louisiana Law Review
• Nbr. 70-1, October 2009

• Back to the Future with Labor Law Reform

[...] unions were trying to lay the groundwork for a grassroots campaign for labor law reform if the Democratic Party regained control of the presidency in 1976, after its big victories in the post- Watergate Congressional elections in 1974. [...] EFCA would create a Canadian-style process for negotiating first contracts following the certification of a new union.

• Dollars & Sense
• Nbr. 278, September 2008

• Sweeping Patent Law Reform Is Coming: Will You Be Ready?

Patent reform legislation marking, in some respects, the most significant change to US patent law since the 1800's, is all but certain to be enacted t...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• Securities Law Reform - Cabinet Paper Released.

On the 17th of March, the Minister of Commerce released a Cabinet Paper (Paper) outlining the proposed reform of New Zealand's securities law. This Pa...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2011, January 2011