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Regulation of Mergers in the Nigerian Market
Despite prevailing global economic growth concerns, corporate entities still look to mergers as a key step for expansion and consolidation, whether within their jurisdiction of operation or outside. For example, a 2016 report by...
Carriage by Air – Proper Forum to Sue
The rise in the use of aircrafts with respect to trans-border trade and transportation has led to easy, convenient and fast movement of goods and people from place to place. With the use of Click Wrap Agreements, at the click of...
AMCON and Toxic Assets: Optimizing the Securitization Option
The concept of securitization has helped salvage several economies and will definitely aid the Nigerian economy in this era of economic downturn. The ROS should be amended to recognize AMCON as an SPV participant. This concept...
Alteration of Skye Bank’s Board of Directors: Did the Central Bank of Nigeria Act beyond Its Powers?
From the above analysis, the legality of CBN’s action in Skye Bank seems an unsettled question. Power to interfere in a bank is one that Central Banks take very seriously and exercise very cautiously, as it could immediately...
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Phishing in Nigeria’s Cyberspace and the Law
Under the Nigeria’s Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act 2015, phishing means the...
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Assessing Damages in Design Infringement Claims- Samsung Electronic Co v Apple Inc. in Focus
For the first time in over 120 years, the United States Supreme Court was called to decide on a...
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Assessing Damages in Design Infringement Claims- Samsung Electronic Co v Apple Inc. in Focus
For the first time in over 120 years, the United States Supreme Court was called to decide on a design patent infringement suit. This time, the suit is between the two biggest smartphone producers—Samsung Electronics Co. and...
Telecom Operators and Copyright infringements in Nigeria’s Music Industry
Telecom operators are increasingly defending copyright-infringement suits by players in Nigeria’s music industry. Copyright-infringement claims are getting bigger and bigger in Nigeria. Most of these big claims are coming from...
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Dear Readers Happy New Year to you! Nigerian Law Today (NLT) is 4 this January 2017. To mark our 4th anniversary, we have just redesigned our website so you have more engaging and refreshing reader experience. Surf our pages and...
Developing IP Strategy for SMEs
Protecting innovation starts with an efficient and effective intellectual property (IP) strategy. A comprehensive IP strategy can help SMEs become more competitive. It can also create revenue sources for their businesses. These...
AMCON, Banks, and Bank Debtors: Liability for Defects in Non-Performing Loans
In response to grave proportions of toxic loans on the books of Nigerian banks, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in 2009 carried out special examination of banks' books and bailed out 14 distressed banks. But the toxic-loans...
Current Issues
Is the Judgment Nullifying the Electricity Tariff Increase a Return to the Old Order?
This article is by no means supporting the current inefficiencies in the system. However we must...
