http://www.zawya.com/middle-east/legalen-usCopyright 2010 ABQ Zawya Ltd. All rights reserved.Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:19:00 GMT5014476http://www.zawya.com/middle-east/legalhttp://www.zawya.com/images/newsletter_zawya_logo.gifhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100318071902/Kuwait: Slew of loopholes in new private sector labor law?As a part of the Unified Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) Traffic Week, from March 14 - 20, the Kuwait and Gulf Link Holding Company (KGL) held a recognition ceremony. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:18:47 GMTKuwait Times ZAWYA20100318071902Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100318034122/New corporate income tax law discussed in Saudi ArabiaErnst & Young, one of the world's leading professional services organizations, has hosted the seventh annual seminar on Saudi Arabia's new corporate income tax law and its byelaws.Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:20:46 GMTArab News ZAWYA20100318034122Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100318054332/Military, security staff exempted from new SSC Law in JordanJordan's government on Wednesday said military and security personnel are excluded from the provisions of the new Social Security Law.Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:11:51 GMTJordan Times ZAWYA20100318054332Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidDS180310_dsart36(3)/Ghanem cites progress on judiciary's independence in LebanonThe Higher Judicial Council in Lebanon expressed on Wednesday some of the judiciary?s concerns during a meeting it held with Lebanon?s magistrates for first instance courts and appeals courts.Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:30:24 GMTThe Daily Star DS180310_dsart36(3)Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100318043913/UAE MoE To Finalise Investment Law Next MonthUAE Ministry of Economy will in April finalise the formula of the foreign investment draft law, which includes incentives to encourage local and foreign investment, according to a senior ministry official.Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:44:21 GMTEmirates Business 24/7 ZAWYA20100318043913Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20100317T082435ZJKF45/Kuwaiti Banks Plan To Sue Troubled Saudi Groups: ReportA number of Kuwaiti banks have decided to launch legal proceedings against two troubled Saudi business groups for debt estimated at around 1.5 billion dollars, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:51:10 GMTAFP ANA20100317T082435ZJKF45Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100317040058/Kuwait: New labor law set to outlaw bad management practices Amy (not her real name), a cleaner at a private clinic in Salmiya, was shocked last month to find half of her KD 100 monthly salary, KD 50, being deducted at source from her pay. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:10:06 GMTKuwait Times ZAWYA20100317040058Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100317044443/Unpaid workers in Qatar seek court helpHundreds of workers in contracting and local security companies resorted to Qatari court asking to be paid their wages that their employers failed to pay for months. Despite regular delays in receiving their payments from their employers they carried on their duties without stop, but that has not helped, so they sought court justice.Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:34:21 GMTThe Peninsula ZAWYA20100317044443Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidGN_16032010_170328/Dumping Saudi sponsorship system ?not easySaudi Arabia's Deputy Labour Minister Dr Abdul Wahid Al Humaid said that it is not easy to scrap the current sponsorship system considering the circumstances prevailing in the Kingdom.Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:40:53 GMTGulf News GN_16032010_170328Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20100316T131909ZJGV14/Kuwaiti MPs file no-confidence motion against ministerTen MPs on Tuesday filed a no-confidence motion against Kuwaiti Information Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah al-Sabah, accusing him of putting the Gulf state's national unity at risk by not applying media laws.Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:38:42 GMTAFP ANA20100316T131909ZJGV14Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20100316T104005ZJGD45/Kuwait minister grilled by MPs, accused of risking unityKuwait's Information Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah al-Sabah was accused during a grilling in parliament Tuesday of putting the Gulf state's national unity at risk by not applying media laws.Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:51:43 GMTAFP ANA20100316T104005ZJGD45Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100316085707/Kuwait: Information minister faces questioning over failure to apply media-related lawsThe 50-member parliament started on Tuesday discussion of a questioning motion tabled by MP Ali Al-Diqbassi against the Minister of Information, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah over allegations he failed to apply media-related laws.Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:08:19 GMTKUNA (Kuwait News Agency) ZAWYA20100316085707Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100316044448/Egypt: Constitutional Court says no obstacles to female judges in State Council In response to a government inquiry regarding the constitutionality of denying female judges seats in the State Council, the Supreme Constitutional Court stressed that the law grants both men and women equal rights to assume judicial positions in administrative courts.Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:14:22 GMTDaily News Egypt ZAWYA20100316044448Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100316041053/UAE Car Dealers Told to Adhere to Consumer Protection Law The Consumer Protection Department of the UAE Ministry of Economy on Monday instructed care dealers in Dubai and the Northern Emirates that any safety defects noticed in cars must be reported within 24 hours. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:20:34 GMTKhaleej Times ZAWYA20100316041053Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100316041533/Qatar: Amendment firms up merger norms Qatar yesterday amended some key provisions of the Commercial Companies Law (Number 5 of 2002) to regulate acquisitions and mergers. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:14:59 GMTThe Peninsula ZAWYA20100316041533Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100316041836/New Charter at DIFC Courts DIFC Courts, the Dubai International Financial Centre's independent, common law judicial system, published an updated set of guidelines to clarify the roles and responsibilities of the Courts' Users' Committee. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:12:55 GMTKhaleej Times ZAWYA20100316041836Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidGN_15032010_160333/Lawyers defend five in Sama Dubai graft caseA lawyer wondered in court yesterday whether tipping a porter of a government-owned hotel is considered a bribe, when he defended his client charged with abusing his public service and accepting bribes.Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:55:59 GMTGulf News GN_15032010_160333Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100315095515/New Charter to Improve Efficiency at DIFC CourtsThe DIFC Courts, the Dubai International Financial Centre's (DIFC) independent, common law judicial system, today published an updated set of guidelines to clarify the roles and responsibilities of the DIFC Courts' Users' Committee.Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:46:05 GMTPress Release ZAWYA20100315095515Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100315082913/Privatization law in Kuwait complete except article on employees' incentivesThe Parliamentary Financial and Economic Affairs Committee has completed the placement of the privatization law, with the exception of the article stipulating incentives offered to those employed in sectors to be privatized, said committee chief MP Dr. Yousef Al-Zalzalah.Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:50:33 GMTKUNA (Kuwait News Agency) ZAWYA20100315082913Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100315043920/Dubai Court not to suspend order in property rowThe Dubai Court of Cassation yesterday refused to suspend a sequestration order on the Hamarain shopping centre and JW Marriott hotel in Deira.Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:55:52 GMTEmirates Business 24/7 ZAWYA20100315043920Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100315044922/Legal panel clears KD 5,000 handout in KuwaitThe National Assembly's legal and legislative committee yesterday approved a draft law that requires the government to provide as a grant KD 5,000 to each Kuwaiti citizen aged 21 and above, MP Waleed Al-Tabtabaei said.Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:52:47 GMTKuwait Times ZAWYA20100315044922Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100315052007/800 Firms Banned In UAE From Hiring WorkersEight hundred of the UAE's biggest companies have been banned from hiring new workers because they did not join the federal Government's new Wage Protection System (WPS) by the November 30 deadline.Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:33:46 GMTThe National ZAWYA20100315052007Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidFTNEWSPLUS_CB20100315_115/Dubai Executive Jailed As City Gets Tough On CorruptionA senior Dubai executive has been given a hefty fine after being found guilty of abusing his position as a director of a local developer.Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:32:20 GMTFinancial Times FTNEWSPLUS_CB20100315_115Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20100314T180348ZIZQ18/Egypt opens way for women judges in top courtEgypt's top constitutional court on Sunday opened the way for women judges to be appointed to the influential State Council nearly a month after an internal vote on the issue was thrown out.Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:31:20 GMTAFP ANA20100314T180348ZIZQ18Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZW20100314000066/Kuwait Special Circuit Court Accepts Dar's Legal Cover FilingKuwait's Special Circuit Court of Appeal accepted Investment Dar's filing for legal protection under the country's financial stability law amid protracted debt restructuring talks, the Kuwaiti bourse said.Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:58:01 GMTZawya Dow Jones News ZW20100314000066Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100314045203/Jeddah mayor handsover Suraisiri property deeds to District CourtThe Mayor of Jeddah has handed over to the District Court the title deeds of property belonging to businessman Ahmed Solaiman Al-Suraisiri, currently serving a 15-year prison sentence for stealing SR600 million of investors' money.Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:29:47 GMTThe Saudi Gazette ZAWYA20100314045203Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidGN_13032010_140342/FNC seeks election law before end of current termMembers of the Federal National Council (FNC) have asked for an election law to be enacted before the House's term ends in February next year, to broaden political participation.Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:59:21 GMTGulf News GN_13032010_140342Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20100313T122648ZIWK11/Grilling of Yemen minister sought over seizure of TV gearAn opposition MP said on Saturday he will seek to have the information minister grilled in parliament over measures to block live coverage on Arab satellite television of the deadly unrest in south Yemen.Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:54:56 GMTAFP ANA20100313T122648ZIWK11Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100313074004/RERA Introduces Online Registration Rule For Lease ContractsThe Real Estate Regulatory Agency (RERA) has announced that all rental/lease contracts for Dubai properties must be registered through its new Ejari online portal. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:20:08 GMTPress Release ZAWYA20100313074004Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidDS130310_dsart30(3)/US rights report: corruption still plagues Lebanon The Lebanese government is riddled with corruption and while human-rights abuses are not as flagrant as elsewhere in the Arab world, they continue largely unabated, according to the US State Department. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:58:06 GMTThe Daily Star DS130310_dsart30(3)Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100313061508/Dar Files For Legal Protection Under Stability Law Investment Dar announced Thursday that it has started a process of legal protection under the terms of Kuwait's Financial Stability Law ("FSL"). Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:46:29 GMTArab Times ZAWYA20100313061508Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100313061628/Kuwait hit in rights report Kuwait has yet to take appropriate steps to end government corruption and trafficking in persons, according to the 2009 report on human rights abuses around the world released by the US State Department Thursday. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:45:12 GMTArab Times ZAWYA20100313061628Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20100311T185601ZIQU19/Euro MEP Accuses Iran Of Rigging Iraqi VoteThe point-man for European Parliament relations with Iraq accused on Thursday top Iraqi electoral commission figures of rigging the election at Iran's behest.Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:25:28 GMTAFP ANA20100311T185601ZIQU19Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100312070028/Qatar to get first woman judge soon Qatar will soon appoint the first woman judge in the country, in a move that comes as part of efforts to empower Qatari women to occupy all leading positions. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:40:22 GMTThe Peninsula ZAWYA20100312070028Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100312070836/US investigators, lawyers in Smadi case due in Jordan A team including US investigators and lawyers of Hosam Smadi is expected to arrive in the Kingdom from Texas on March 27, Hosam's father Maher Smadi said on Thursday.Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:38:00 GMTJordan Times ZAWYA20100312070836Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20100311T171012ZIQF93/Lebanese man becomes first to sue former Syrian 'jailers'A Lebanese man has filed an unprecedented lawsuit against five Syrians, including four officers, that he said kidnapped, tortured and jailed him in Syria, his lawyer told AFP on Thursday.Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:12:01 GMTAFP ANA20100311T171012ZIQF93Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidGN_10032010_110319/Suit Filed Against 10 Businessmen By Dynasty ZarouniReal estate company Dynasty Zarouni chairman has accused 10 businessmen of lodging a malicious swindling complaint against him and is seeking Dh200,001 in temporary compensation.Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:39:01 GMTGulf News GN_10032010_110319Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100311031855/UK's Freshfields announces association with Saudi law firm The Law Firm of Salah Al-Hejailan (LFSH) has joined forces with the London-based Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, one of the largest law firms in the world with 2,800 lawyers on its roll and 27 key business centers around the globe.Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:49:24 GMTArab News ZAWYA20100311031855Subscriptionhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100311044557/DIFC banks restrained by law on collateralThe Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)-licensed banks say their lending is restrained by a law that disallows them to create legal charge on collaterals held by the borrowers.Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:06:01 GMTEmirates Business 24/7 ZAWYA20100311044557Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20100310T121239ZIKD43/Jordan bans reporting on oil bribery caseJordan's military court has banned all news reports on a case of alleged graft at the country's sole oil refinery, Petra news agency said on Wednesday.Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:44:07 GMTAFP ANA20100310T121239ZIKD43Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100310105158/Dubai Judicial Institute outlines Training Plan and initiatives for 2010Dubai Judicial Institute (DJI), a leading centre of law studies and judicial training in Dubai, held today (Wednesday, March 10, 2010) a press conference to launch its training plan and initiatives for 2010 which focus on optimizing judicial practices and enhancing the Institute's reputation as a regional center for legal and judicial excellence. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:57:24 GMTPress Release ZAWYA20100310105158Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100310041137/Court Orders Liquidation and Distribution of Assets to Golden Gate Securities' Creditors A judiciary committee set up by the Dubai Ruler's Court has ordered the liquidation of the assets of Golden Gate Securities and to distributing it to its creditors. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:09:39 GMTKhaleej Times ZAWYA20100310041137Subscriptionhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidGN_09032010_100302/Dubai Police chief asks spies to leave the regionDubai Police have warned spies operating in the Gulf to leave the region within one week or face consequences.Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:02:13 GMTGulf News GN_09032010_100302Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100310040121/Full Foreign Ownership Law In UAE Seen By Year-EndThe final draft of the long-awaited law allowing 100% foreign ownership of companies will be ready within a month and will be sent for the Cabinet approval, UAE Minister of Economy Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri said.Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:32:05 GMTKhaleej Times ZAWYA20100310040121Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidWAM20100309123042031/Dubai issues new 16 international warrants for Mabhouh murder suspectsDubai Public Prosecution has issued international arrest warrants for 16 more suspects wanted for the premeditated killing of Mahmoud Al-mabhouh, a top Hamas leader, in a hotel in Dubai last January, taking the total number of people on its wanted list to 27.Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:09:00 GMTWAM (Emirates News Agency) WAM20100309123042031Subscriptionhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20100309T123428ZIFV33/Dubai accuses Israel of 'vast falsification' of passportsDubai's police chief on Tuesday accused Israel of "vast falsification" of travel documents, noting that dozens of false passports were uncovered following a Hamas leader's murder in the emirate.Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:07:45 GMTAFP ANA20100309T123428ZIFV33Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100309070128/Proposed Mortgage Law To Curb Prices In KSAThe approval of the long-awaited mortgage law in Saudi Arabia this year is expected to curb sharp increases in property prices, spur bank credit and encourage investment in the sector, a Saudi official said.Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:16:47 GMTEmirates Business 24/7 ZAWYA20100309070128Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100309075952/Freshfields advises on Middle East IWPP Deal of the YearInternational law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has won Middle East Independent Water and Power Project (IWPP) Deal of the Year 2009 at the Project Finance Magazine awards held on Thursday 4 March 2010. The firm secured the award for advising the Ministry of Finance of the Kingdom of Bahrain on the Al Dur IWPP.Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:12:19 GMTPress Release ZAWYA20100309075952Open