Personal Data Protection Authority Imposed Administrative Fines Against the Association Sending Adve
On 6 November 2020, Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Authority published a summary of a decision dated 10 September 2020 and numbered 2020/791 on its website regarding the processing of the mobile phone number of a data subject by an association for sending advertising SMS without getting explicit consent of the data subject.
UPDATES OF THE ROMANIAN CRIMINAL LAW IN ACCORDANCE WITH RELEVANT EU LAW PROVISIONS
Background As a part of European Union (”EU”), Romania regularly updates its legislation to reflect the direction provided by the European legal framework.
Digital Securities Offerings in Malaysia (Part 2)
Malaysia Lawyer’s Perspective on Digital Assets1 Offering The following Q&A is between Ian Fong, Director of Marketing & PR, Propine Technologies Pte. Ltd. and our Serina Abdul Samad, Partner and Head of Capital & Debt Market practice group, Azmi & Associates, in Q1 2020 and is the second of our two-part series on the topic of …
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Digital Securities Offerings in Malaysia (Part 1)
The following article is the first of our two-part series on the topic of Digital Securities Offerings in Malaysia.
COVID-19 Real Estate Legal Updates: The Malaysian Government Introduces Special Measures to Revitali
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatic consequences for the Malaysian economy and financial markets, and the real estate market is no exception with mounting pressure on the supply and demand. On 07 June 2020, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced that the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) will be replaced with the Recovery Movement Control …
SALE OF ENERGETIC CAPACITIES TO CONCESSIONAIRE DISTRIBUTION OPERATORS
Introduction By means of recent changes to the Energy and Gas Law no. 123/2012 (the “Energy Law”), the operators holding concession over the electricity distribution grid (the “Distribution Operators”) have been compelled to take over the ownership over private electricity distribution grids and related energetic capacities (the “Energetic Capacities”) in specific cases set out thereby. …
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Taxing Bossku: The Legal Issues Arising from Dato’ Seri Najib Razak’s Tax Case
Introduction 1.1 While the verdict of Dato’ Seri Najib Razak’s (“DSNR”) criminal trial on various charges relating to SRC International was handed down in the last week of July 2020, tax professionals are looking at the tax recovery action against the former Malaysian Premier.
The Temporary Measures for Reducing the Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Act 2020
PART 1: INTRODUCTION In addressing the impact and aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia, the Temporary Measures for Reducing the Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Bill 2020 (“the COVID-19 Bill”) was tabled for its first reading on the 12th August 2020 and was passed by the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives) of Malaysia …
Section 17A of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009
PART 1: INTRODUCTION The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009 (“MACC Act”) has been amended to introduce corporate liability provision for bribery and corruption under section 17A of the MACC Act, which came into effect on 1st June 2020. Prior to the introduction of section 17A, the MACC Act had only primarily focused on the prosecution …
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COVID-19: Virtual General Meeting for Listed Companies
Virtual general meetings are gaining wider acceptance in many parts of the world in light of the COVID-19 pandemic where more listed companies have begun conducting meetings virtually.