16 May 2018 (Singapore) – UPCOMING EUROPEAN UNION (EU) GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR) On 27 April 2016, the European Council and Parliament on 27 April 2016 adopted GDPR, the successor to Directive 95/46EC. The GDPR applies directly in all EU Member States from its effective date, 25 May 2018. It repeals and replaces Directive […]
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14 February 2018 (Singapore) – UPCOMING SINGAPORE PAYMENT SERVICES BILL Written by Winston Wong and Misa Mitsugi, Flint & Battery LLC At present, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”) regulates various types of payment services under two pieces of legislation – the Payment Systems (Oversight) Act (Cap. 222A) (“PS(O)A”) and the Money-Changing and Remittance Businesses
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22 January 2018 (Singapore, India) – INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MEDIATION IN SINGAPORE AND INDIA (by Francois Vieillescazes, Flint & Battery LLC, co-written with Dr. Sheetal Vohra, Managing Director of Vohra & Vohra, New Delhi) INTRODUCTION Mediation is a dispute resolution mechanism whereby a neutral third party, the Mediator, will help the parties to the dispute to reach
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20 July 2016 (Singapore) – Indonesian Tax Amnesty Scheme Indonesia’s new tax amnesty scheme takes effect from 18 July 2016. The scheme is targeted at recovering billions of dollars that have been lost due to tax evasion by encouraging wealthy individuals and businesses that have hidden their assets abroad to declare their wealth. THE SCHEME
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11 June 2016 (Jakarta, Indonesia) – FOREIGN INVESTMENTS IN JAKARTA, NEW NEGATIVE LIST 2016 (REG 44 OF 2016) OVERVIEW The President of the Republic of Indonesia has signed a Presidential Regulation No. 44 of 2016 on the List of Business Fields Closed to Investment and Business Fields Conditionally Open for Investment, otherwise known as the
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