Does BUY NOW = DELIVER NOW? When I opened my Microsoft Word application on my personal computer this morning to write this article, it read that – ‘Your subscription as expired; choose one of the following options to reactivate.' This confused me for two reasons: (i) I was under the…
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INSIDER TRADING BETWEEN FRIENDS AND FAMILY “The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient.” - Warren Buffet The term insider trading has been popular amongst headlines of newspapers for a while now and has been subject to the argument of whether…
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TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF AIRCRAFT LEASING (Part 1 of 2) In the first issue of this two-part series, aviation lawyers at STA discuss the types of aircraft leasing and the legal aspects therewith. Our attorneys have on many occasions advised clients on the legalities surrounding different types of aircraft leasing and…
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DIPLOMACY AND INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE: AN ANALYSIS (Part I of II) ‘Peace comes at a price. And that price is diplomacy. We may all know who is paying the price, but sometimes, we cannot comprehend the amplitude of the price paid.’ {C}- International Relations Department, STA Law Firm The…
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MAN, the Law, and Algorithms! “Computers will overtake humans with Artificial Intelligence within the next 100 years. When that happens, we need to make sure that computers have goals aligned with ours.” Stephen Hawking A few years ago, I used to take the morning bus to reach…
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Too Much of FATCA! Renowned author and entrepreneur, Mark Twain, once said, ‘tax is a fine for doing well; whereas, a fine is a tax for doing wrong.' Now, the question on hand is which one of the two the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (the FATCA) would get unseated!…
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Cyber Crimes & Courts Jurisdiction (by default) is the practical and ultimate authority within the legal society to administer, review and to execute laws and regulations within a well-defined area of region and responsibility. Therefore, immediately following the commission of a crime within a particular state, the judicial body in that province…
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An Analysis on Trademark Dilution in US and EU ‘Did you sleep well?’, Enquired Mr. S while sipping a steaming cup of latte in her client’s office. Mr. P, the client, replied indifferently ‘I don’t think I would be able to rest my eyes until we get a grip…
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‘Alice’ Through the Looking Glass “Upon filing a patent claim, your job is merely quarter done.” - Kalyan C. Kankanala Try to make up your mind on the answer to one question before commencing your spell-binding read of this article. Now, the debacle that calls for a response…
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The World Wide War of Brands Once upon a time, there were two large fast food chains X and Y, who were prominent in serving their millions of customers with gourmet burgers. However, the lively competitiveness between them turned bitter when X advertised that their gourmet burgers were fresher and…
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Privacy, a Price Paid for Technology? "The difference between Technology and Slavery is that slaves are well aware that they are not free." - Naseem Nicholas Taleb A study conducted in July 2016 revealed that a significant number of people agreed to the terms of service of a fake…
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FIDIC in the Middle East - The Must Knows for Industry Players The UAE industry has seldom been ignorant to internationally set standards- that in more than one ways. Originally established as an organization by three founding countries Belgium, France, and Switzerland- today FIDIC, which is an abbreviation…
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The Essence of Financial Crimes 'Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud." Sophocles On a bright morning in March 2009, Bernard Mardoff pleaded guilty to defrauding his clients of sixty-five (65) billion dollars in one of the largest Ponzi schemes the world has witnessed. The former chairman of Bernard L. Mardoff Investment…
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The Fine(d) Blend of Bitcoins and Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) 'There are three eras of currency: commodity based, politically based, and now, math based.' - Chris Dixon Let’s keep it simple! Cadberry sells chocolates to its distributors worldwide by a distribution contract signed between Cadberry and its agents. In turn, distributors…
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