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• 3 Aug 2025

  GENIUS Act, CLARITY Act, and stablecoin takeaways for Malaysia

  Recent developments in US law - including the GENIUS Act and CLARITY Act - show the way forward for Malaysian stablecoin issuers.…

• 21 Apr 2025

  PTSD and Trauma in Tort Law

  Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) claims represent an evolving and increasingly significant area of tort law. As our understanding of mental health continues to develop, legal systems worldwide have…

• 21 Apr 2025

  Foon Yew High School Deepfake Scandal: A Legal Analysis

  In April 2025, a disturbing scandal emerged at Foon Yew High School in Kulai, Johor, Malaysia, involving a 16-year-old student (now expelled) accused of creating and selling AI-generated…

• 14 Apr 2025

  SEC: Most Stablecoins Are NOT Securities

  The US SEC's Division of Corporation Finance recently issued a statement that certain stablecoins, which it called "covered stablecoins", are not considered as securities. The "covered stablecoins" are…

• 24 Jun 2024

  Winding Up an Association in Malaysia

  Winding up refers to the order which is given by a court, shutting down the business of a company, and liquidating its assets to pay for its debts.…

• 29 May 2024

  Managing Your Company’s Cap Table

  If you are a startup founder, understanding and managing your company's capitalization table (cap table) is crucial for making informed decisions about fundraising, equity distribution, and long-term growth.…

• 5 Mar 2024

  Area Denial and the Art of Litigation

  The concept of "area denial" actually provides rich strategies and tactics which we can learn from and apply in courtroom litigation. This article is a bit long, but…

• 18 Sep 2023

  Partnerships: When a Partner Dies

  Many businesses in Malaysia are established as partnerships. Sometimes people just prefer partnerships, which is cheaper to operate, compared to a private limited company. But there's one problem:…

• 17 Apr 2023

  Engaging Your Lawyer, AKA Unleashing Your Legal Eagle

  Greetings, my fellow Malaysian compatriots! Are you in a pickle and thinking of engaging a lawyer? Or perhaps you're researching for a friend or relative who's in need…

• 8 Apr 2023

  Criminal Breach of Trust – an introduction

  Criminal breach of trust is a serious offence. We write about it here.

• 17 Feb 2023

  The co-operative society

  A co-operative society is like an association, but with a difference: Its members get together to do business. The co-operative society is an enterprise; a way for workers…

• 12 Aug 2022

  Post-Money SAFE Agreement and Malaysian Startups

  The SAFE Agreement stands for "Simple Agreement for Future Equity". The SAFE was pioneered by Y Combinator, a technology startup accelerator. When it was first introduced in 2013,…