The Investment Company Act of 1940 (“ICA”) regulates investment funds. An investment fund pools capital from investors in order to pursue a common investment strategy. Investment funds are managed by professional asset managers, who are paid a fee (plus expenses) by investors.
The Constitution of the Republic of Portugal sets forth the Republic’s fundamental principles, values, norms, and guarantees, including (among other enumerated rights and protections) the following:
A shell company, also known as a shell corporation, is a company that has no or only nominal business operations and few or no assets. A main feature of a shell company is its ability to conceal the identity of the owner. Shell companies are restricted under U.S. law.
The Sexual Violence Legislation Act 2021 (the “Amending Act”) makes changes to the Evidence Act 2006 to introduce greater protection to complainants in criminal proceedings involving offenses of a sexual nature (“sexual cases”) to avoid re-traumatization.
The Domestic Violence – Victims’ Protection Act 2018 (the “Amending Act”) is an Act which amended the Employment Relations Act 2000 (the “ER Act”) to provide employees who are affected by family violence with a right to request a short-term change (2-months or shorter) to their working arrangements.
The Harassment Act of New Zealand (the “HA”) provides protection to victims of harassment by making the most serious types of harassment criminal offenses, empowering courts to make orders to protect victims of harassment who are not covered by family violence legislation and providing effective sanctions for breaches of criminal and civil laws relating to harassment. Harassment is defined to mean a pattern of behavior that is directed against another person, being any “specified act” to the other person on at least 2 separate occasions within a period of 12 months.
The Family Violence Act (the “FVA”) broadly defines family violence to include physical, sexual or psychological abuse by a person in a family relationship with the victim, which includes spouses (including domestic partners), family members or household members. The definition of family violence expressly includes dowry abuse. The object of the FVA is to stop and prevent perpetrators of family violence and to keep victims, including children, safe from family violence.
The Human Rights Act 1993 of New Zealand (“Act”) aims to promote and protect human rights by prohibiting discrimination based on the grounds of race, sex, age, disability, religious belief, family status and sexual orientation (amongst other grounds pertaining to a person’s identity) in various settings including employment, education, and access to goods and services. The Act provides individuals with the ability to lodge complaints of unlawful discrimination with the Human Rights Commission, being a statutory body established under Part 1 of the Act (“Commission”).
The Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015 of New Zealand (the “Act”) grants powers to approved agencies to receive, assess and investigate complaints about harm caused to individuals by digital communications. The purpose of the Act is to provide victims of harmful digital communications with a quick and efficient means of redress and otherwise deter, prevent and mitigate harm caused by such digital communications.
The New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (the "Bill of Rights") entrenches a variety of civil and political rights and liberties into New Zealand legislation. Its objectives are to affirm, protect and promote human rights and fundamental freedoms in New Zealand, and to affirm its commitment to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The Bill of Rights applies to acts done by the legislative, executive or judicial branches of the New Zealand government or by any person or body in the performance of a public function.
