by admin | Jul 4, 2019 | FIAU, MFSA
The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) and the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) jointly issued, on the 18th June 2019, Guidelines for financial institutions opening bank accounts for FinTechs. Both Authorities, being aware of the risks connected to...
by admin | Jun 26, 2019 | Human Rights, Landlords, Lease, Rent
The Maltese Superior Courts in a momentous socio-legal setting recently took the bull by the horns and confronted a legal hot potato: the landowners’ fundamental right to property. The past seventy years have seen the introduction of laws specifically aimed at...
by admin | Jun 25, 2019 | Employee Rights, EU
Member States of the EU must require employers to set up a system to measure hours worked daily.The Court of Justice of the European Union has recently ruled on whether a Member State should have in place a law to oblige employers to set up a system to measure hours...
by admin | Jun 24, 2019 | Cybersecurity
We live in an increasingly data rich society where information is more accessible and shared than ever before. However, at the same time, the need for this information to be protected from misappropriation is vital. Advances in technology mean that organisations are...
by admin | Jun 11, 2019 | Copyright, Intellectual Property
In light of the economic importance of trademark rights and regulation to the EU internal market as well as to the national economies of all Member States, in 2008 the EU embarked on a total reform of its trademark legislation which resulted in the enactment of a new...