Member Articles

Pursuant to German minimum wage legislation, which came into effect on 01.01.2015, both German and foreign employers are obliged to pay their employees performing work for them in Germany a minimum wage of at least EUR 8 ...

Contact: Nicola Rochon This article was originally published on the Blake Morgan (Southampton, England) website. A positive change that will be brought into effect by the new regulations is the reduction in renewa ...

Contact: Jacqui Gudgion, Mercer & Hole (London, England) The last 12 months has been an eventful time in the tax world to say the least. The new Government has introduced some significant changes both from a person ...

Contact: Travieso Evans Arria Rengel & Paz (Venezuela) Decree No. 2.179 of December 30, 2015 was published in Official Gazette No.  6.211 Extraordinary of even date therewith. Through said Decree, the President of ...

Contact: Susan Kohn Ross and Aaron M. Wais; MSK (Los Angeles, California, USA) As was widely reported last week, United States and European Union officials announced that terms of a “Safe Harbor 2.0” has b ...

Contact: Ben Evans; Blake Morgan LLP (Southampton, England) The CJEU has ruled on whether a licensee of a Community Trade Mark ("CTM") needs to register the licence with the OHIM before they can bring an action for infr ...