Administrative Law

• Extension of the Emergency
• New repricing regime for public work contracts
• Privatizations in the Province of Córdoba

Banking and Finance

• Guaranteed loan for the expansion of a thermo-electrical plant
• Changes on the Foreign Exchange Market Regulations
• Court confirms 70/30 rule for oil exports
• Changes on the foreign exchange market
• Payment suspension of public external debt

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Capital Markets

• Short Term Securities - Information Requirements
• Short Term Securities - Information Requirements
• Stockbrokers and Brokerage Firms producers’ activity
• Financial Trusts– Ordinary Public Trustees
• Mutual funds for productive projects

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Commercial and Competition Law

• Preventive measures issued by the Antitrust Commission on the Pay TV market
• The onerous transfer of companies to public bodies requires merger control approval
• Competent Court to review antitrust matters: a pending issue
• Rejection of the Cablevisión - Multicanal merger by the Antitrust Commission
• A new Mediation Law

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Corporate Law, Foreign Investments, Mergers and Acquisitions

• Companies, Non-Profit Associations and Foundations: Update of Information
• Securing third party obligations
• Securing third party obligations
• Securing third party obligations
• CNV resolves that there is no obligation to disclose preliminary negotiations

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Environmental Law

• The International Court of Justice pronounced on the “Botnia Case”
• The Province of Buenos Aires amended the elimination schedule of PCBs
• The City of Buenos Aires ruled on the Environmental Compensation Fund
• Transparency regime - New requirements from the Securities Commission regarding environmental regulations
• Federal Justice regulated the jurisdiction of the Matanza - Riachuelo Basin Authority

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General Practice

• Age of Majority Law
• A positive balance

Health Care

• Patient Rights in relation to professionals and health institutions
• Disability and medical and educational cover

Insolvency and Restructuring

• Court of Appeals rejects APE due to lack of information
• The Argentine Supreme Court revoked the approval of Sociedad Comercial del Plata S.A. reorganization procedure
• Court ruling confirms the rejection of APEs of financial entities
• Court rejects APE of financial entities
• Court of Appeals ruling on APEs

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Insurance Law

• Financing and Restructuring of Insurance Companies
• Environmental Insurance
• Annuity insurance in a foreign currency and emergency regulations: Insurer must comply as originally agreed
• Superintendent of Insurance – Minimum contents for insurance policies
• Life Insurance – Term for Rejection of Claims

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Intellectual Property - Copyright

• Successful domain name recovery
• Phonogram protection term
• Border Measures – Industrial Models and Designs
• Collective procedure for Audiovisual and Cinema Author Directors
• Performance acting or dancing fees

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Intellectual Property - Internet and Information Technology

• Landmark Ruling on Internet Service Provider Liability
• Domain name recovery under UDRP proceedings
• New rules for the registration of domain names with country code “ar”
• Regulation of the “Do Not Call Registry”
• Restrictions on the amount of domain names a Registrant Entity may own

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Intellectual Property - Patents

• Declaratory action ruled inadmissible for patent infringement cases
• Declaratory action ruled inadmissible for patent infringement cases
• Industrial Designs
• Patent applications: Priority List II
• New official fees in Argentina

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Intellectual Property - Trademarks

• Application form for Collective Marks
• Trademarks - Comparative Advertising
• Geographical Indications and Appellations of Origin of Agricultural and Food Products
• Viticulture: conflict between a trademark and a geographical indication resolved
• Collective Marks – Common distinctive sign

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Labor Law

• The Workday’s Law has been modified
• Amendments to Labor Contract Law
• Amendments to Labor Contract Law
• Regulation of aspects regarding health coverage for interns
• Reduction of Employer’s Contributions

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Litigation, Dispute Resolution and Arbitration

• Collective actions: an important decision by the Commercial Court of Appeals
• Class actions reached Congress
• Transparency of methodology for arbitrators’ challenge process in the ICC Court
• Class actions: landmark ruling by Supreme Court
• International commercial arbitration and Russian-Argentine relations

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Maritime and Air Law

• Extension of the New Regime for the Argentine Merchant Navy
• Regulatory rules to Decree No 1010/2004 regarding the Argentine merchant navy
• New regime for the Argentine merchant navy - Decree No 1010/2004
• Liability of the air carrier

Mercosur

• Brazil: An Opportunity for Argentines?
• Exportation rights and their application in transactions within the MERCOSUR
• Statute of MERCOSUR’s Guaranty Fund for Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
• Argentina - Brazil - Payment System in Local Currency
• Use of the expression MERCOSUR in corporate names

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Natural Resources, Utilities and Energy Law

• Power generation from renewable sources: Biomass and Biofuels
• Biofuels
• A draft law sanctioning companies working in Argentina whose affiliates perform and/or support oil exploration in Malvinas Islands
• Mining Exploitation and the Environment
• The Province of Buenos Aires moves forward onto the development of biofuels

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Pro bono

• Asociación Va de Vuelta – Taller de escritura en la cárcel de San Martín

Project Finance

• Private finance of infraestructure works

Real Estate and Construction Law

• Changes to the Real Estate Transactions Register
• A new Real Estate Property Transactions Registry was created
• Construction permits: suspension of proceedings
• Residential Real Estate Incentives Law
• Authorization to extend the term of a lease agreement

Tax and Customs Law

• Decision on the applicability of the exemption provided by the Income Tax Law on severance payments
• Deductibility of interest from a loan entered to reduce capital
• Penalty for submitting a “Certificate of Origin” issued after deadline
• New Bill on Installment Agreement within the City of Buenos Aires
• The Tax Authority adjusts its provisions in accordance with the recent declaration of unconstitutionality of precautionary measures

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Telecommunications and Broadcasting

• Public Registry of Channels and Producers
• Number Portability Regime
• Licensees of broadcasting services
• The Law of Conservation of Cultural Goods and Heritage
• Dialing Selection Modality

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