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The Joint Select Committee on Gambling reform has agreed to delay the tabling of its report until 28 June 2013.
Businesses should keep abreast of the position of the ACCC, to ensure they stay on the right side of the regulator.
As social media becomes ever more prevalent, the obligations as well as the opportunities could increase for companies.
Business leaders are under tremendous pressure to maximize the value of their company's IT and data, and cloud-based computing can have numerous advantages and be accomplished successfully if all the legal considerations are taken into account.
Crowdfunding is "a method of funding a project or venture through small amounts of money raised from a large number of people over the internet via an internet portal intermediary.
The world of rugby underwent a major transition at the turn of the millennium, as the shift in culture following the professionalisation of the game in the mid-90s started to take root.
A discussion on the challenges brought by the use of social media for the business sector.
On December 2, 2012, Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto entered into the Pact for Mexico with the major political parties, which calls for an amendment to the telecommunications legal framework.
In an industry that lacks much in the way of regulation and heavily relies upon privacy, it is no surprise that the sale and transfer of fine art is one of the world's most popular methods of money laundering.
The FTC has taken an increased interest in mobile cramming in the past few months.
Pop star, Chris Brown, famous for his recent run-ins with the law and public break up with Rihanna, is now famous for scaring his neighbors with colorful street art goblins painted on a retaining wall at his Hollywood Hills home.
The California governor's office has just taken action that will make California much more competitive with New York and other states in seeking foreign investment capital to create jobs and facilitate construction financing for hotels and other projects.
big change in a small state may have made your skill contests easier: Vermont has amended its Contests and Sweepstakes law to permit marketers to require a purchase as part of a contest.
Every marketer knows that nothing drives sales like showing the product in action.
Consumer products companies are constantly working to improve their products and often they want to communicate those improvements to consumers.
Strong hotel property value growth predicted, fueled by increasingly favorable hotel debt, despite overall sluggish economic growth, sequestration, unionization and Obamacare.
In a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued last week, the FCC proposed to establish a new, terrestrial-based, air-to-ground mobile broadband service in the 14.0-14.5 GHz Ku-band, providing multi-gigabyte broadband connectivity for passengers flying over the contiguous United States.
From a marketing standpoint companies always want to know who the target audience is for the advertising, but sometimes it becomes important from a legal standpoint as well.
A number of well-known restaurant chains have been hit with lawsuits over the last few years alleging that their exempt managers or assistant managers were indeed non-exempt and therefore should have been paid overtime.
As the use of social media by companies has become nearly ubiquitous companies have begun to grapple with the implications of social media use by both the company and its employees.
Businesses should keep abreast of the position of the ACCC, to ensure they stay on the right side of the regulator.
As social media becomes ever more prevalent, the obligations as well as the opportunities could increase for companies.
The Joint Select Committee on Gambling reform has agreed to delay the tabling of its report until 28 June 2013.
Potential legal hurdles and issues should be considered as one ventures into social media advertising and promotion.
Business leaders are under tremendous pressure to maximize the value of their company's IT and data, and cloud-based computing can have numerous advantages and be accomplished successfully if all the legal considerations are taken into account.
Crowdfunding is "a method of funding a project or venture through small amounts of money raised from a large number of people over the internet via an internet portal intermediary.
Since the beginning of civilization, man has always been
motivated by the need to make progress and better the existing
technologies. This has led to tremendous development and progress
which has been a launching pad for further developments. Of all the
significant advances made by mankind from the beginning till date,
probably the most important of them is the development of
Internet.
At present in India, there is no central statutory agency or uniform legislation regulating the advertising industry.
The Hon’ble Bombay High Court on 11 July 2012 in the appeal filed against Western Outdoor Interactive Pvt. Ltd., held that the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (ESI Act) applies to software development companies
A discussion on the topic of advertising and its true importance.
The world of rugby underwent a major transition at the turn of the millennium, as the shift in culture following the professionalisation of the game in the mid-90s started to take root.
A discussion on the challenges brought by the use of social media for the business sector.
As the use of social media by companies has become nearly ubiquitous companies have begun to grapple with the implications of social media use by both the company and its employees.
Assume you are a business owner. You purchased certain computer software last year which you hoped would improve productivity, but which you now realize your business no longer uses or needs.
The California governor's office has just taken action that will make California much more competitive with New York and other states in seeking foreign investment capital to create jobs and facilitate construction financing for hotels and other projects.
Strong hotel property value growth predicted, fueled by increasingly favorable hotel debt, despite overall sluggish economic growth, sequestration, unionization and Obamacare.
Consumer products companies are constantly working to improve their products and often they want to communicate those improvements to consumers.
Pop star, Chris Brown, famous for his recent run-ins with the law and public break up with Rihanna, is now famous for scaring his neighbors with colorful street art goblins painted on a retaining wall at his Hollywood Hills home.
In a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued last week, the FCC proposed to establish a new, terrestrial-based, air-to-ground mobile broadband service in the 14.0-14.5 GHz Ku-band, providing multi-gigabyte broadband connectivity for passengers flying over the contiguous United States.
From a marketing standpoint companies always want to know who the target audience is for the advertising, but sometimes it becomes important from a legal standpoint as well.
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