http://abogar.com/main Corporate law and taxation Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:19:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en           On May 15, 2008, the U.S. Navy rejected all bids made for approximately 2,000 acres of the former Roosevelt Roads U.S. naval base, according to a liaison in charge of the auction process.  The planned public sale has been rescheduled for the first quarter of 2009. This postponement presents ... http://abogar.com/main/index.php/2008/07/30/rosy-the-leisure-and-entertainment-capital-of-the-world/ ARGENTINA OPENS DOORS TO U.S. INVESTORS By © 1995 published in International Financial Law Review 48 (March 1995) (Euromoney Publications PLC)   sub nom David R. Martínez       On October 20, 1994, the US-Argentine bilateral investment treaty came into effect, offering U.S. investors brighter prospects in Argentina. The treaty, which has an initial term of 10 years ... http://abogar.com/main/index.php/2008/07/30/argentina-opens-doors-to-us-investors/ Industrial Secrets Protected for the First Time On January 1, 1994, Andean Pact legislation began protecting industrial secrets for the first time. Applying to Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela, Decision 344 replaced Decision 313, passed in 1992, which had governed various forms of industrial property but not industrial secrets. Regulated ... http://abogar.com/main/index.php/2008/02/08/andean-pact-decision-344-industrial-secret-protection-in-bolivia-colombia-ecuador-peru-and-venezuela/ U.S. businesses and other foreign companies seeking to engage a sales representative or distributor or to license a trademark to a company in Costa Rica should proceed with caution. Costa Rica provides significant legal restrictions on the termination of sales representatives and distributors of goods and services. The ... http://abogar.com/main/index.php/1999/05/31/hello-world/ Effective March 11, 1998, Guatemala amended its Commercial Code provisions on agents, distributors, and representatives. Replacing Decree 78-71, Decree 8-98 revises Articles 280 to 291 of Chapter II, Title II, Book I of the Commercial Code. Except as provided in special legislation, the amended provisions also apply to ... http://abogar.com/main/index.php/1999/04/30/guatemala-the-law-of-agents-distributors-and-representatives/ As part1 of the United States, Puerto Rico must observe the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitration Awards2 and the Inter-American Convention on Commercial Arbitration 3 in international commercial disputes where private parties have agreed to arbitration.  http://abogar.com/main/index.php/1999/01/30/arbitration-in-latin-america-puerto-rico/