by Donovan & Ho | Jul 16, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial
From Cambridge Analytica’s alleged hijacking of 87 million Facebook users’ data, to something even closer to home, being Lowyat’s news expose of local telco’s database of 46 million mobile phone numbers and Astro’s IPTV customer details being made available for sale...
by Donovan & Ho | Jul 9, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial
Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) is a delivery model in which software features, applications and services are made available to customers via the Internet, typically hosted on a cloud platform and where customers are charged for consumption of the services on a...
by Donovan & Ho | Jul 3, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial
If you are unsure of what the General Data Protection Regulations (“GDPR”) are and how they affect you or your business, read on! In this article, we intend to cover the basics of the GDPR that will hopefully give you a better idea of the breadth of its application...
by Donovan & Ho | Jul 3, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial, Employment Law
An employee stock option is a stock option granted to employees of a company, offering them the right to buy a certain number of company shares at a predetermined price for a specific period of time. Stock options are typically awarded to compensate, retain and...
by Donovan & Ho | Jun 8, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial, Dispute Resolution
Directors are conferred with wide powers of management. Although they are generally guided by the will of the majority shareholders, they are not necessarily shackled by the decisions of the shareholders since they may take actions deemed in the best interest of the...
by Donovan & Ho | Mar 26, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial, Tax
Effective 1 September 2017, foreign nationals who stay at an accommodation premise in Malaysia are subject to a tourism tax of RM10 per room per night. Malaysians and permanent residents of Malaysia are exempted from paying the tourism tax. While it seems like the...