During a speech at Consenus 2019, Sigal Mandelker, the US Treasury's Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, reiterated the projection that the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) will adopt international standards for cryptocurrency-based services in June 2019...
By Christopher Murrer and Dean Joffe 1 day ago
During a speech at Consenus 2019, Sigal Mandelker, the US Treasury's Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, reiterated the projection that the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) will adopt international standards for cryptocurrency-based services in June 2019...
Lexis Nexis, in collaboration with many specialist legal practitioners, has compiled a useful, easy-to-navigate online tool called Lexis Practical Guidance...
LexisNexis 1 day ago
Sometimes procurement professionals can be caught with their hand in the cookie jar, mixing business with pleasure to the detriment of their employers...
LexisNexis 2 days ago
The single biggest negative factor that could potentially arise from an organisation's relationship with its third-parties is risk...
LexisNexis 2 days ago
A new law and policy forecasting report takes a fascinating look at the potential legal implications of our rapidly evolving "reputation economy", in which social standing is increasingly managed in the manner of a commodity or tradable currency...
LexisNexis 2 days ago
The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Commission has referred its findings into the irregular awarding of a tender at an Eskom power station to the minister of public enterprises and director general of National Treasury.
3 days ago
The financial services sector is faced with a high level of regulatory and compliance requirements and finance executives are increasingly expected to master areas outside of their traditional skill set...
LexisNexis 11 Jun 2019
The Mpumalanga High Court on Friday, 7 June 2019, dismissed (with costs) the intervention application brought by Ferdi Dippenaar against Flaming Silver...
10 Jun 2019
As much as people love social media, there is a dark side to it too - one involving counterfeit goods and billions of Rands of lost revenue for companies and governments the world over...
7 Jun 2019
Under the Roman Dutch common law, marriages were ordinarily in community of property and the husband was vested with the marital power, but this was abolished by the Matrimonial Property Act...
Corné Lewis and Neha Dhana 6 Jun 2019
On 9 April 2019, the Minister of Trade and Industry signed four amendments to the Amended Generic B-BBEE Codes of 2013 (Codes). These amendments were gazetted last Friday and will come into effect on 31 November 2019...
Adam Ismail, Candice Meyer and Safiyya Patel 5 Jun 2019
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) and the SABC have made an application seeking an order reviewing and setting aside the decision to appoint Sekela Xabiso CA Incorporated as a service provider to the SABC...
5 Jun 2019
Mediation is an alternative mechanism for dispute resolution and is, in essence, a facilitated negotiation, with the appointed mediator playing the role of the facilitator...
Jackie Lafleur 4 Jun 2019
Supplier services are essential in helping a business to function and reach its operational objectives. Considering their significance to the performance of a business, it is of utmost importance to work with the right suppliers...
LexisNexis 28 May 2019
South Africa's financial services sector has, in recent times, felt the harsh effect of a gradual depreciation in the value of the rand, which has been attributed to, amongst other things, a lethargic economy...
Wildu du Plessis, Rui Lopes and Matthew Tout 27 May 2019
South African Express is preparing to lay fraud and corruption charges against some of its former executives...
27 May 2019
Baker McKenzie lawyers based in Africa, alongside the firm's global Africa specialists, as well as lawyers from our African Relationship Firms from across the continent, share their knowledge about what investors should consider when transacting in Africa...
Morne van der Merwe and Wildu du Plessis 23 May 2019
What conduct constitutes financial advice and what would amount to negligent financial advice?
Christine Rodrigues 21 May 2019
The Association of Meat Importers and Exporters (AMIE) and the South African Poultry Association (SAPA) have agreed to lift the veil of secrecy on 'confidential' documents on which the protectionist application on chicken imports is based, thereby averting a protracted court battle...
16 May 2019
One of the key challenges in getting energy and infrastructure projects off the ground in Africa is the lack of available funding...
Mike Webb 14 May 2019
There is a common misconception amongst many members of the public, and indeed the legal profession, that agreements in restraint of trade are invalid and unenforceable. As a matter of fact, and law, nothing could be further from the truth...
John Saner, LexisNexis 14 May 2019
The draft Conduct Standard - published for public comment on 3 May 2019 - aims to introduce requirements applicable to banks, mutual banks and co-operative banks that promote the fair treatment of financial customers of banks...
Dawid de Villiers, Johann Scholtz and Jessica du Toit 10 May 2019
A compromise is an agreement whereby parties settle a dispute between themselves. If the dispute concerns an existing agreement, the compromise will replace that agreement and terminate any obligations in terms thereof...
Rosanne Kinder 2 May 2019
Seventeen contractors and builders have been deregistered from the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) database of approved homebuilders for contravening the Housing Consumers Protection Measures (HCPMA) Act...
30 Apr 2019
In Big Catch Fishing Tackle Pty Ltd and Others v Justin Miles Kemp and Others (2019), De Waal AJ dismissed the application instituted for interim relief, with costs against the second to fifth applicants, on the basis that the applicants had not made out a case that they would suffer irreparable harm if the interdict was not granted...
Dean Joffe, overseen by Ashlin Perumall 16 Apr 2019
Deciding to go into business with a company requires many background checks to ensure you are making a wise decision that will not put your company's reputation at risk...
LexisNexis 16 Apr 2019
The Direct Marketing Association of South Africa (DMASA) has announced that its updated Code of Practice is in the process of finalisation...
15 Apr 2019
Companies can't just pretty up their board of directors with figure heads, appointed for their reputation and the contacts that they will bring to the particular organisation...
Jerry Botha & Jonathan Goldberg 15 Apr 2019
The Competition Commission has sought to provide some guidance regarding the notification and implementation of mergers by publishing Guidelines for the determination of administrative penalties for failure to notify mergers and implementation of mergers contrary to the Competition Act...
Burton Phillips 11 Apr 2019
Companies may seek business rescue as a way to buy time to get back on their feet while enjoying protection from creditors' claims, while assuming they will drive the recovery process. This couldn't be further from the truth...
1 Apr 2019
