In this Issue:

*Brazil's Tax System Nehring e Associados Advocacia, San Paulo by David SIlva & Joao Burke

*The Federal Trade Commission’s Amended Franchise Rule: An International Perspective Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, Phoenix, Arizona by Jessica A. Benford and Renee L. Mitchell

*Is it OK to use the word Russia for your Russian subsidiary? Lidings Law Firm by Andrey Zelenin & Tatyana Bicheva

*Arbitration and Competition Law : A Troublesome Relationship EXELIA (Brussels) by Dominique Grisay - Professor of International and European Law, arbitrator

*Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Non-Money Judgments in Canada Fogler, Rubinoff LLP, Toronto by Blair W.M. Bowen

*Restrictive Covenants – A swing back in favour of the employer? Memery Crystal by Merrill April

*The European Company and the Directive 2005/56/EC on cross-border mergers: a view from France Lefèvre Pelletier & associés by Roland Montfort, Catherine Cathiard and Olivier Kodjo

*Arbitration-by-Attrition: Is Arbitration in Australia Losing its Appeal? Gadens Lawyers, Sydney by Damian Sturzaker & Megan Valsinger-Clark

*Singhania & Partners Newsletter from India Singhania & Partners, New Dehli

*Czech green card project for non-EU skilled workers PETERKA & PARTNERS v.o.s., Prague by Alena Brichackova

*Purchase of Bahamian Real Estate by Non-Bahamians Halsbury Chambers, Nassau by Donald Saunders

*2007 Circular 230 Revisions Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Chicago by Robert E. McKenzie, Esq.

*2007 Circular 230 Revisions Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Chicago by Robert E. McKenzie, Esq.

*Benefits and Risks of Fractional Aircraft Ownership Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin, San Francisco by Edward A. Deibert

*Avoiding Liability Exposure From Defective Products Made Abroad Epstein Becker & Green P.C. , New York by William A. Ruskin