This edition of the Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business surveys issues involved in post-employment employer-employee relations and the ability of employers to control the conduct of a former employee. The survey's introductory chapter provides a general review of issues in the context of multiple jurisdictions, followed by countryby-country analyses of 17 jurisdictions, encompassing reports on Argentina, Belgium, Canada, China, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, the Slovak Republic, Switzerland, and the United...

The Yearbook 's principal aim is to review significant legal developments in international business and to offer an important forum and point of reference to international legal practitioners. Volume 13 continues to develop the inclusion of materials which are of particular value to practitioners and advisers working within the international business sector. This 1991 volume gathers a range of considerable expertise to bear upon issues of company law, litigation and arbitration, foreign investment, joint ventures, financial services, and deregulation. The Yearbook is published under the...

The pace of environmental regulation in recent years may have been at the expense of its coordination and consistency. In many states, it can appear an amorphous and confusing, perhaps even spiteful, puzzle for business, the public, the legal profession, and possibly even those authorities charged with administering it. The information provided in this book provides a starting point for foreign investors in their investigation of the environmental regulations and the related social priorities which will have an increasing impact on their investment decisions and strategies. Often, in such...

The Yearbook 's principal aim is to review significant legal developments in international business, and offers an important forum and point of reference for international legal practitioners. Volume 15 continues to develop the inclusion of materials which are of particular value to practitioners and advisers working within the international business sector. This 1993 volume gathers a range of considerable international expertise to bear upon issues of insolvency administration, rights and remedies of foreign creditors in bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings, enforcement of judgments,...

The Yearbook reviews significant legal developments in international commerce, and offers an important forum for legal practitioners to address and compare practical legal issues of direct interest to their areas of specialisation. Each volume of the Yearbook features a comprehensive range of articles written for and by leading practitioners and advisers working in the international business sector. Volume 16, the new volume for 1994, addresses key issues in general commercial law, company law, environmental law, foreign investment and litigation, procedure and dispute resolution. The...

The use of unfair trading practices constitutes a breach of the law against unfair competition. The principle of freedom of competition is vital to any market. Without it, there exists no protection against large companies' obtaining monopolies and then ruthlessly exercising market dominance. The ability of other companies to freely compete with such entities is necessary to protect consumers from, for example, highly inflated prices. On the other hand, the right to compete must be tempered to avoid abuse by traders using unscrupulous methods to sell products or services. Such misuse also...

The constant flow of technological advances exacerbates the problem of copyright infringement. The most significant advance: the ability to make copies of copyrighted material. Increasingly sophisticated means of communication, both for work and entertainment purposes, have developed in the last half of this century. These advances have led to a highly profitable business in piracy. The extensive trade in counterfeit goods--music, film, video, and other items carrying well-known brand names--has cost companies lost revenues of billions of dollars each year. Though regulations such as the...

The twenty-second volume of the Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business contains a section dealing with the current situation regarding computer law in Luxembourg, Hungary and Greece and another describing the ever-changing area of telecommunications and information technology in the United States. A further section covers aspects of intellectual property law. This section contains explanations of the intellectual property rights available in Peru and Israel, and it discusses the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and the Fifth Community...

The Yearbook reviews significant legal developments in international commerce and offers an important forum for legal practitioners to address and compare practical legal issues of direct interest in their areas of specialisation. Each volume features a comprehensive range of articles written for and by leading practitioners and advisors working within the international business sector. Volume 19 contains sections on: banking and finance company law trading practices general commercial issues The company law section addresses subjects such as liquidation, shareholding, and directors'...