The Maltese flag has earned the confidence of several reputable ship owners, ship financiers and ship management companies as attested by the increasing registered tonnage. As at end of June 2008, the total number of Malta-flagged vessels was nearing the 5,000 mark with a total gross tonnage of over 32 million tonnes and an average age of 16.72 years. The current registered tonnage makes Malta the eighth largest maritime flag in the world and the second largest in Europe.

If you are an employee in the State of New Jersey or if you are an employer with 50 or more employees working in New Jersey, then you need to know these key elements of the New Jersey Family Leave Act.

Most people do not realize that they can stop foreclosure even if they stopped paying their mortgage.

Court system of Ukraine has undergone substantial changes since independence has been declared, but this system isn’t sufficient for democratic and constitutional state yet. Generally, court system consists of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and courts of general jurisdiction.

Governor Schwarzenegger has signed into law tax legislation with immediate and retroactive negative tax effects along with some future positive tax changes.

A recent Delaware Chancery Court decision is another sign that courts are reexamining traditional notions of director conduct.

Contracts and their kinds are regulated by the Civil Code of Ukraine which treats commercial concession agreements which are analogous to franchise ones. Regulation stipulated for commercial concession agreements does not provide a grantee responsibility to disclose any special information at the pre-contractual stage.

In rapid succession, with two recent decisions, the California Supreme Court has reshaped the legal landscape for arbitrations under California law. Reversing long-standing precedent, arbitrators may now be required to follow the law, and to enforce the terms of the parties' contract.

Almost anything is technically possible in espionage when you are dealing with multi-billion pound litigation cases, mergers and accusations or intellectual property rights.

Corporate Espionage was once thought of as a risk that only affects the richest of companies in high-risk sectors or emerging markets, the latest trends suggest that this is far from the truth.