Do We (Finally) Have Lift-Off? Nigerian President Issues Policy Directives To Unlock Investments In The Nigerian Energy Sector – Oil, Gas & Electricity

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The President of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu (the “President“), on 6 March 2024, signed Executive Orders on oil and gas reform and issued three (3) policy directives in a bid to enhance investments in the energy sector…

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Thinking About A Truly Populist Party

(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Donald Trump has given populism a bad name. Populism is okay, even if Trump isn’t. I can imagine a successful political party in the United States that advocated populist positions. Some of those positions would mirror policies that Trump is advocating; some would not. My populist party would favor high…

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With Goal of Promoting Open Access to Legal Scholarship, Yale Law School Launches Law Archive

With the goal of making legal scholarship freely available outside of “proprietary and predatory frameworks,” Yale Law School has launched Law Archive, a free and open archive for publishing legal scholarship. Developed by Yale’s Lillian Goldman Law Library and the Center for Open Science (COS), which provides the OSF Preprints platform that hosts the site, the archive…

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Case Review 2023: Patent Motions – Patent

In 2023, the Federal Court of Canada released more patent motion decisions than motion decisions in all other IP rights combined: Within the patent proceedings, there was a split between decisions involving pharma and biologic patents (58%) and those involving other technologies (42%). This illustrates that patent litigation in Canada continues to be dominated by…

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Best Practices For In-House Professionals Navigating The Corporate Transparency Act

The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) has been a significant development for businesses in the United States, especially for in-house legal professionals tasked with ensuring compliance. This legislation aims to enhance transparency and combat financial crimes by requiring certain entities to report beneficial ownership information to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Here are some best…

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