The legal battle between Ronald Fenty and his famous daughter Robyn Rihanna Fenty over the use of the Fenty name is currently being played out in the media. It may seem obvious that Mr. Fenty should not be...
Tiger Woods’ made an exciting comeback last week by winning his 5th Master’s Tournament and 15th major title. It was a marked change from the position that he found himself in a few years ago, when his personal...
When an earlier version of this Article was first published in March 2017, it was stated then that “(W)ord on the ground is that the remaining unproclaimed (and the most substantive) part of the Fair Trading Act (…the...
Recently, the Government of Trinidad & Tobago signaled its intention to privatize its National Petroleum gas stations, with the intention to free up the retail gas station industry. In a country which has long operated under a system...
After many years, the long-awaited Fair Trading Act (Chap. 81:13 of the laws of Trinidad and Tobago, the FTA or the Act) has finally been brought fully into force. The Act was first partially proclaimed in 2007. While...
As businesses today face this dynamically changing environment brought about the Covid-19 pandemic, there are important implications for competition enforcement, consumer exploitation, and unfair pricing. With the Government facilitating the opening up of more business activity and the...
It is not uncommon to describe an employee who has lost their job as being ‘on the breadline’. This expression conjures up bleak images of Dickensian England or the Great Depression, but does it really capture the financial...
The outbreak of the Covid-19 coronavirus has presented new challenges for employers. Many businesses are already feeling the crunch due to supply chain issues, decreased demand for their goods or services or other issues relating to Covid-19. Although...
Recent months have seen an upswing in both social unrest and social media use. In countries like the United States it has become commonplace to see offensive social media posts or behaviour ‘go viral’ with an outpouring of...
“Blockchain, is a form of distributed ledger in which a record of consensus is created with a cryptographic audit trail which is maintained and validated by several separate nodes. This cryptographically assured and synchronized data can be spread...
